Carrot and Ginger Soup
Brrrrrr is it cold out there! With early winter comes carrot harvest. Did you know that carrots are sweeter after the first frost? True story y’all! Every year, I plant a brilliantly colored crop of carrots from none other but Bakers Creek Heirloom Seeds. I have been ordering from them for what feels like forever…
The Homestead Kitchen Cookbook Review & GIVEAWAY
WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE BOTTOM… As some of you may already know, my dear friend Heather from Green eggs and Goats, recently published her debut whole foods cookbook, The Homestead Kitchen. A delightful, easy to follow, real foods manual. Heather has dedicated 125 pages to recipes, pantry supplies, menu planning and homesteading. My favorite part…
Tips for Managing Freezing Temperatures on the Homestead
When it comes to winter on the homestead, the threat of freezing temperatures is at the top of my concern. The possibilities for situations to go wrong is at its peak and being well prepared is the only way to go into this season. Since the average rural farmer can’t just run into the farm…
New Life on the Homestead
I am beyond blessed to be able to write this post today. Our hearts are overfilled with joy and I can’t wait any longer to share it with you. Our family is expanding! Yes, this July we will be welcoming baby number FOUR to the family. This has been a long, emotional journey for our family. With…
Real Food Struggles – Confessions of A Homesteading Mom
I wish I was less of a control freak. I wish I allowed myself to shop the inside isles of a grocery store. I wish for once I could buy my family Lucky Charms and Mickey mouse shaped chicken nuggets. I wish I could stop at McDonalds and let me kids climb around on the…
Pulled Pork and Lentil Soup
When I was just a short little pea shooter, my dad would drive me around our small country town and quiz me on what crops were growing in the local farmers fields. By the age of 6, I could correctly name them all, with an extra bonus for naming the young green ones. Lentil fields…
10 jobs for kids on the Homestead
Being a solo female homesteader is not easy. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happily married to the man of my dreams, however, he has a more then full time job. Besides trying to keep up with his feisty little farm wife, he is also a fourth generation farmer and business owner. Keeping a roof over…
Homemade Lip Balm with Essential oils and Vitamin E
Is there anything worse in the winter then dry chapped lips? Seriously, I can handle being cold and crazy wind blown hair, but when it comes to protecting my lips from the elements, having lip balm in my pocket is a must. It seems easy enough.. have lip balm, apply to lips, right? Wrong. Do…
Raw Lemon Coconut Protein Balls * Paleo
The mad rush to get through harvest is over, thank you Jesus! Now with the crazy Holiday season just around the corner, it time to start stocking up the freezer with some simple grab and go snacks and meals for the family. Whether its a lunch snack for the kiddos, a post workout pick-me-up or…
You either get it or you don’t!
Let’s be honest here for a minute, shall we? This organic living, whole foods, fermentation, chemical free, homemade, free range, grass-fed, grow it yourself, do it your self movement is flippin exhausting! I know it. You know it. But you either get it, or you don’t. There’s nothing that gets my goat more then the taking…
Quick Huckleberry Preserves
I crave huckleberries, Seriously. I love them. However this coveted, plump, berry is only seasonal and found in the mountains of the beautiful Pacific Northwest. So running to Costco for huckleberries is out of the question. Earlier this summer, while on a family vacation on the beautiful St. Joe River, my husband and I loaded up…
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