Category: Homesteading

Canning Handcrafted Lemon Curd
Homesteading · Preserving · Recipes

Canning Handcrafted Lemon Curd

Sarah

One of the small luxuries in life I grew up with was lemon curd, because it was one of the few things my Nana passed on to my Mom. Nana wasn't known for her cooking skills (my Grandfather hired housekeepers who did the cooking and cleaning), she could barely boil a pot of water for… Continue reading Canning Handcrafted Lemon Curd

Canning Bread and Butter Pickles
Homesteading · Preserving · Recipes

Canning Bread and Butter Pickles

Sarah

This year I changed up my Bread and Butter Pickle recipe. Normally I do the combining of various spices, but I was feeling lazy and just used a premixed pickling spice blend. What that meant is my pickles are not yellow hued, as I left the turmeric out. I don't care if my pickles are… Continue reading Canning Bread and Butter Pickles

July On The Homestead
Gardening · Homesteading

July On The Homestead

Sarah

July's theme has been sunny and warm, with it starting off with the PNW heat wave of around 100* on our homestead. I was in Alaska for the first bit of the heat wave, and we will most likely lose a couple blueberry plants due to the heat. Those plants were easily missed and right… Continue reading July On The Homestead

It’s Time For Fall Crop Planting
Gardening · Homesteading · Prepping

It’s Time For Fall Crop Planting

Sarah

Last year when I posted about growing fall crops, we were in the midst of the Covid Pandemic, but a year later I will tell you I feel this is so much more important this year. Take the time to do fall crops if you can. Faced with what is happening in our states here… Continue reading It’s Time For Fall Crop Planting

Rural Life For The Win
Homesteading

Rural Life For The Win

Sarah

If you were to listen to the media, rural life is a backwards way of living and outside of Covid, no one wants to live there, or live the life. But I'd say Covid has proved the elitists wrong. People do crave the old ways, even when they don't realize it. And for here, on… Continue reading Rural Life For The Win