DIY Easter Egg Candles Spring has officially sprung and my chickens are laying full force. Egg shells do not go wasted around here. Like most things, I try and find another use for them. Egg shells are loaded with calcium and are excellent to feed to back to the chickens for nice hard shells in…
Homemade Quick Mix
Move over Bisquick™, there is a new quick mix in town. Around the homestead, I am the main cook. However, there are a few dishes that my husband has mastered, pancakes are one of them. During the cold months, when farming is slow, daddy steps up to the plate, or stove, technically and makes the little’s…
Homemade Vanilla Bean Coffee Creamer
For the majority of my adult life, I have been held hostage by the delicious and famous French Vanilla CoffeeMate™ Coffee Creamer. If you have experienced this smooth morning delight, then you know what’s fueling my addiction. Growing up we had plain black coffee. It was terrible. (Sorry mom, but it was.) As a impressionable…
Homemade Taco Seasoning
My family could live on tacos. Seriously, its my go to meal. Loaded with garden fresh veggies and grass-fed beef from the pasture, tacos really couldn’t get any easier. Taco soup, taco salad, taco stuffed bell peppers, crisp tacos, soft tacos… are you sick of me Bubba Gumping you yet? Anyways, back to my point…..
Homemade Livestock Fly Spray
Have you ever read the back of a livestock fly spray bottle? It’s terrifying. I don’t even want it in my barn, let alone on my cows that produce food for my family and I. However, having pesky, annoying flies on animals, especially when your sitting half way under them to milk, is not a…
Homemade Ranch Mix
I love ranch! Seriously, I love it so much its embarrassing ,.. for my family. Its a host for all things savory and not just veggies, that’s a given. Pork chops, kale or chard chips, homemade pizza, steak, roasted potatoes, even a scoop or two added to my favorite coleslaw recipe. You name it and…
DI Y Fruit Butters
Today I am thrilled to have my sweet and amazing friend Kathy from Homespun Seasonal Living write a deliciously fruity guest post on the blog!. Kathie is featuring a remarkable summer E-course starting June 22nd, which includes jams, jellies, dehydrating and much more. This is a fantastic opportunity for homesteaders to gain some important how-to knowledge….
Homesteading. Is the juice worth the squeeze?
Did I lock up the chickens? I really hope that cow doesn’t calve before morning.. What if the wolves get to the calf before I do? I should have locked momma in the barn for the night. Did I turn off the hose? If I flood the pasture one more time, its going to be…
Canning Homemade Lemonade
Mmm.. Homemade Lemonade! I have to admit, one of my mommy pet peeves is juice. Once a child inevitable gets a taste of commercially processed juice at a birthday party or play date, then crave it, like sugar sucking zombies! Having a healthy alternative to HFCS filled foiled pouches is must during summer time. This…
Smoked Chocolate Salted Truffles
Every year for Valentine’s Day I make my husband the same meal. Fillet Oscar with hollandaise, avocado and lime marinated shrimp, wedge salad with homemade blue cheese and chocolate truffles. What can I say, I’m predictable! This year I’m going to toss it up a bit and make him Smoked Chocolate Salted Truffles, see how…
