Homemade Ricotta Cheese
See also Sour Milk – Don’t Toss it Out! and Cottage Cheese Made from Sour Milk Ricotta Cheese I’ve seen a couple of posts about making ricotta cheese recently and it… Read more »
Chocolate Chip Muffins
I get a lot of use out of the Whole Grain Muffin Mix recipe my friend Audrey shared with me last year. This time I used it to make… Read more »
The Gardening Notebook – Ebook Review
Review of The Gardening Notebook by Angi Schneider I’ve kept notes on garden information, thoughts, and observations for years. So you can imagine my delight when Angi asked me… Read more »
Dried Beans in a Jar
Perhaps this post would more aptly be named ‘My Dad is full of Beans.’ Keep reading to find out why! Look at this gorgeous jar of beans my parents… Read more »
How to Butcher a Chicken
How to Butcher a Chicken A Step by Step Tutorial Do you want to know how to butcher a chicken? I butcher my home raised chickens so that my family… Read more »
40 Pounds of Organic Fair Trade Chocolate!
Check out my recipe for Dark Chocolate Cake! Buying Chocolate in Bulk My family made the commitment to stop buying conventionally produced chocolate because, if it isn’t fair trade, it… Read more »
Culling the Flock
Butchering Old Hens Monday morning I butchered some of my old hens. The oldest hen in my flock was one of the unlucky ones. She was an Ameraucana from my… Read more »
Queso Fresco – Easy to Make Cheese
See also Raw Milk and How to Make Cottage Cheese from Sour Milk. Super Easy Homemade Cheese! Sometimes I find milk marked down for quick sale because it’s close to expiration…. Read more »
Cranberry Pineapple Muffins
Everyone in our house likes muffins. I keep a big container of Easy Whole Grain Muffin Mix in the cupboard for making quick batches of healthy muffins. One batch uses… Read more »
Making Raw Yogurt
Raw Yogurt Recently I’ve made several batches of raw yogurt, which is very different from what most folks are making. I’ve had varying results. The first batches seem to come… Read more »
Wanna Go Homesteady? Part 2
Making the Most of What You Have Moving Won’t Work for Everyone Last week, in part 1 of “Wanna Go Homesteady?”, I talked about how we moved from a… Read more »
Winter Homesteading Tasks
I sat down over the weekend and made a list of tasks I need to complete in January and February around our homestead. It almost seems too late to be… Read more »
Lessons of a Humble Teapot
This little teapot has a lesson for anyone interested enough to listen. Not only does it pour out a hot cup of tea, but maybe it can dispense a bit… Read more »
Wanna Go Homesteady? Part 1
Finding Our Homestead So many people are interested in the homesteading lifestyle, they’re everywhere! Urbanites, suburbanites, apartment and condo dwellers, 20 somethings and old timers too…from all walks of… Read more »
Getting “Used” Chickens for Free
Free Chickens Are you interested in getting some free chickens? ‘Used’, or ‘pre-owned’ chickens, might not be as hard to find as you might think! I have taken in free… Read more »
Butter Mold
For more information, check out my post How to Make Raw Butter. Antique Butter Mold I love antique butter molds, don’t you?! I’ve been admiring old wooden butter molds in… Read more »
Raw Honey-Butter for the Holidays
For more information check out my posts How to Make Raw Butter and and antique Butter Mold. Making Raw Honey Butter My Grandma used to make honey butter for… Read more »
How To Make Raw Butter
For more information, check out my posts an antique Butter Mold and Raw Honey Butter. Why Make Butter? Although many people are trying to cut down on fat by using… Read more »
Locally Raised Beef
See also Making Broth on Your Woodstove A Freezer Full of Beef… It’s great knowing that we have enough meat to feed our family for another year, or more. I… Read more »
Raw Milk
See also How to Make Raw Butter, Raw Honey Butter, and an antique Butter Mold. Locally Raised Raw Milk I’ve made some new farmer friends recently. They keep Jersey cows… Read more »