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Deep dive into Yogurt Making + Choosing the Best Milk + Why is Milk Pasturized?

Health Benefits of Fermented Dairy Products Cultured dairy products contain probiotics and we all know that the more probiotics we consume, the healthier our gut is. A healthy gut will consist of a large diversity of flora and fauna which equates to better digestion, a healthier immune system, and so on. Where &
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How to Videos – New Recipes – Night to Shine & More
Learning Old Fashioned Ways in a Modern World A homesteading newsletter by Laura Lawrence We’ve got a lot today folks!!! Videos Over the last few days I’ve uploaded to my YouTube channel some Homemade Goodness that will show you some tricks I use to create delicious food at home. English Muffins Amazing Soup Chicken Pot
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To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow

To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow Can I get an amen? Wow this speaks volumes to my gardening – growing loving heart. Does it to you? Do you feel the garden or dreams of gardening calling more than ever? I do and I’ve been gardening for nearly 15 years. The call is
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Let’s Take Care of Our Largest Organ- Our Skin
Did you know that your skin is your largest organ? Have you ever thought about all the products that goes on our skin and how our largest organ absorbs those ingredients? Ya know the lotions, sun screen, makeup, ointments, rubs, and the list goes on and on. Let’s change out some of those items to
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Remember the days of having a warm meal? Let’s see if I can help with that
Do you have a stubborn family member? Is that even a legit question? I’m sure you do, or maybe it’s yourself. We’ve all been there or still there. In today’s video I”m giving away some of my secrets how I involve the family, get them to eat and HAVE A WARM MEAL MYSELF!!! Yep, I
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Learn to make your own yogurt – cheese – butter
Making Your Own – Yogurt – Cheese – Butter Today we are going to learn to make our own Yogurt, Cheese & Butter. Why you ask? For several reasons, when your making these items at home your controlling the ingredients, your not adding in preservatives, additives, fillers and sugar. None of those things are useful
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Let’s Get Dirty! Glyphosate – Heirloom Seeds – Non -GMO VS Organic
Let’s Get Dirty! Glyphosate – Heirloom Seeds – Non -GMO VS Organic Now today’s topic is heavy and there can be quite a rabbit hole we can go down. I’ll try to stick to the basics, give you some background, and I encourage you to do your own research to come up with your own
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New Recipe + Online Course + Revival
New Recipe + Online Course + Revival Happy Holidays from the Farm Pictured here is my favorite girl pig of all time, my cuddler. — > Today’s new recipe is a treat– Oatmeal Applesauce Bars. These are a nice snack or desert thats really easy to whip up. Click on the link or image to
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Who else has those times where sitting down is not an option?
Can We EVER Just Sit Down!?!? (spotted in November brings me a smile!) The answer is….no. No we cannot. And yes sometimes it gets to be too much. Tonight while finishing up cleaning dinner there’s curds to be pressed into the cheese press, there’s dry beans needing to be shelled, the Berkey needs to be filled up,
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Pig Princess, Cabbage Recipe, and Gluten Free Cookies
What’s a Pig Princess, Cabbage & Cookies Have in Common? Nothing, well just this blog post to you my friends!! 🙂 Garden Talk: This week we are wrapping up the garden work by harvesting weeks later than we typically get to and it’s exciting, so lots of warm weather crops like Tomato’s & Peppers are
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Welcome to my Blog- I’ll share with you what our Homestead looks like and how we raise 80% of our food, all organically, sustainably, naturally and beautifully.
I’m hoping to inspire you that you can do this as well! God has provided our family with all the things, but the big thing He has given us is the drive to get ‘er done! We didn’t start out with all this, we started very slow, replacing one thing at a time, learning one thing at a time.
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