Backpacking · Homesteading · Prepping · Recipes

Pantry Staples: Dry Cream of Mushroom Soup Mix

Dry Cream of Mushroom Soup Mix Ingredients: 1 cup dry milk 6 Tbsp cornstarch ¼ cup dried shiitake mushrooms, crumbled 2 Tbsp veggie broth mix 1 Tbsp dried parsley 1 tsp dried onion powder ½ tsp dried thyme ½ tsp dried basil ½ tsp fine sea salt ¼ tsp ground black pepper Directions: Mix dry… Continue reading Pantry Staples: Dry Cream of Mushroom Soup Mix

Gardening · Homesteading · Urban Homesteading

Setting Up A Portable Greenhouse

Spring is coming, even if most think of January as the depth of winter. Here in the PNW, even with a “modified Artic blast” freezing us periodically over the past month (it has flipped between chilly and blue skies/to rain and fog to blue skies and warm), the trees and shrubs are showing signs of… Continue reading Setting Up A Portable Greenhouse

Crafting · crafts · DIY · Sewing

Mountain Goat on an Alpine Mountain Needle Felting

After I learned how to do needle felting with the Waldorf-style crowns, I was hooked. Looking around online, I came across how to make felted items using cookie cutters. And of course I have a mountain Goat Cookie Cutter and a Squirrel Cookie Cutter in my cookie cutters. I had fun learning how to make them,… Continue reading Mountain Goat on an Alpine Mountain Needle Felting