Category: Homesteading

(herb garden) Screw it I’m gardening! I think I spoke to soon on a previous blog post- spring came…and then went and Winter came back again! We just received 6 inches of a white blanket in the form of snow! I know, it’s renewing the earth…putting water into the ground…yes all good stuff I get…

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(herb garden) Starting New Spring brings such hope in all things.  Our weather FINALLY broke this week and we are able to get outside and actually see the ground. You can feel the excitement in the air with the sun shining, the birds singing and the dirt just calling my name. And oh yes it…

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Maple Syrup- Rub’s- Taco Seasoning Let’s continue the talk on Maple Syrup! Boy is it delicious, nothing like wood smoked maple syrup hot outta the pan! My husband has been enjoying this very much. It combines some of his favorite things- tree’s and fire! He’s built a really great fire pit thingy (that’s the technical…

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Starting Your Seeds Indoors – Building a Trellis in the Garden – What to do with Lard Oh yes I feel the garden calling my name even though we just got another layer of snow with…more coming….again.  Yes that photo is from this morning! Here in zone 4b we still got a bit to go.…

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All About the Chickens Black Jersey Giant & Pheasant We are talking chicken today!!! I have uploaded several resources to help you along with your Food Prood journey. And one being- how to cook a whole chicken (preferably organic, we are prood’s right?) When we started raising and processing our own chickens we left them whole, so…

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Back from Vacation – Cookies – Creamy Pasta Family Vacay complete! We went from very cold and lots of snow in Northern Michigan to Panama City Beach for a week on the beach. The weather was warmer than normal, and don’t slap me, but it was hot! Lots of Portuguese man o wars were washed up…

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Carnita’s – Gardening Worksheets -Bagels & More This is an exciting day I have so much to share with you! I’ve been working really hard getting lots of new stuff up on the website this past week. Several gardening worksheets, my favorite recipe and several amazing Sourdough recipes. Have you started your sourdough yet? If…

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Honey Oat Bread – Pasta Carbonara – Marbling Fats I’d like to talk to you about the importance of good meat! What is good meat? Does it look a certian way, taste a certain way, raised a certain way? In my opionion good meat has been raised humanely, fed the best it can like organic…

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Weather – 15 Minute Dinner – French Toast – My Happy Place Welcome February! Well I’ll welcome it and hope it goes quick, like 28 days quick! We just went through a cold snap and some crazy weather landed upon us a bit unexpected.  When I went outside I had to take a photo to remind…

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Seeds- Kitchen Sink Casserole, say what? – Tostadas It’s almost February and I am in super garden planning mode. Well not so much planning, like day dreaming of the sunshine and barefeet. I recently went through the Baker Creek seed catalog , wrote down many many things, went back through and focused on what I…

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