Category: Homesteading

Oatmeal Bread
Homesteading · Recipes

Oatmeal Bread

Sarah

This Fall I am back to making bread, but I have also decided I need to use our bread machine less, and work on my handmade bread skills. The bread machine I can always use on the really busy days when we need a loaf of bread, but I am busy. The other days, it's… Continue reading Oatmeal Bread

Garlic Growing Revisited: Tips from a Lazy Homesteader
Gardening · Homesteading · Urban Homesteading

Garlic Growing Revisited: Tips from a Lazy Homesteader

Sarah

I have mentioned before how bad this year (2023) was for growing garlic. It was a couple things for us I feel. The long, cold spring into early summer didn't help. So lets get to the backstory first. Garlic is always a 2 year project for nearly everyone growing it. You plant the "seed" in… Continue reading Garlic Growing Revisited: Tips from a Lazy Homesteader

The Downtime Prepper: National Preparedness Month
Homesteading

The Downtime Prepper: National Preparedness Month

Sarah

Before the Covid dumpster fire years, prepping for me was about gaining life skills. We had had years of life to do it in, with no real feeling of impending doom. We were truly prepping for natural disasters. I have lived through a couple of those, including living in the flood plains of a volcanic… Continue reading The Downtime Prepper: National Preparedness Month

August On The Homestead
Gardening · Homesteading

August On The Homestead

Sarah

August started off like July. Colder than normal, where if it did heat up, the nights were well under 60*. Chilly for the plants. Some thrived well, some didn't. Eventually we got a week of heat mid month, which helped the harvest later on. I finally after YEARS got white Burbank blackberries. But they just… Continue reading August On The Homestead

Brazen Stranger On The Homestead
Homesteading

Brazen Stranger On The Homestead

Sarah

I was working in the garden beds on Saturday morning on our homestead, before it heated up for the day. The boys were out with me. We were working on chores, such as watering, the chickens and harvesting. When my inner voice popped into my head that something wasn't right. And I see a person… Continue reading Brazen Stranger On The Homestead