In the Pacific NorthWest two things are always real by October every fall. The light is rapidly disappearing by the day, and so are chicken eggs in the coop. By the Winter Solstice in the 3rd week of December most birds have gone on their annual egg vacation/strike and have been on it for weeks,… Continue reading Two Things Return In Winter: The Light and Chicken Eggs
Category: Homesteading
Invest January Into Next Year’s Garden
Christmas Day is for me the start of the next year's gardening season. And I've often thought that for many it is the same. After everyone goes home, or you make your escape back home....there is something about the desire and pull to become more simple in our lives. To stop and just be for… Continue reading Invest January Into Next Year’s Garden
Top Ten Recipes and Homesteading Posts In 2023
What were the Top Ten most read blog posts on Never Free Farm in 2023? A varied mix for sure. From gardening, to recipes, to freeze-drying, to noticing how often our Great Depression Era recipe posts are read. 1: Depression Era Recipes: Hoover Stew 2: Lower Sugar Pear Jam 3: 3 Weeks Of The AeroGarden… Continue reading Top Ten Recipes and Homesteading Posts In 2023
Proud To Be An Ingredient Household
Have you heard the term "Ingredient Household" yet? Because it is all the rage with the kids these days on Tik Tok. Where they show the world how poorly done to they are (or were) because they grew up in an ingredient household. Instead of a "Snack Household". Yeah, I had a good laugh first… Continue reading Proud To Be An Ingredient Household
Great Depression Era Recipes: My Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook
I know as a child I saw the original book of My Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook (and it was an antique by then): My Mom had friends who were off-grid homesteaders who lived up in the foothills. Living their best early 80's hippy lifestyle. She was also friends with elder ladies who had vast… Continue reading Great Depression Era Recipes: My Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook