When the trees are sporting their new green leaves and the ground is warm and damp, it is spring in Minnesota and it is…
In the first article of this series, Cheesemaking Science for Beginners, Part One: Ingredient Basics, I discussed how cheesemaking ingredients and processes contribute to the…
Guiding your homestead milk to its destiny as a farmstead cheese can seem onerous enough without contemplating the role of our dairy-related fungal friends. …
After waging war on all the germs and bacteria we know are lurking around us, people are finally beginning to understand that some bacteria…
As homesteaders we have canned, frozen, dried, and smoked a lot of food. However, many of us have not yet tried the ancient art of…
How to Create a 12-Month Garden A homestead is not complete without a kitchen garden and a homestead business is not complete without a…
We're going to delve into the world of cheesemaking science for beginners. Learning about cheesemaking at home can be a fun, easy project. Cutting into…
"Chamomile is put to divers and sundry uses, both for pleasure and profit, both for the sick and the sound, in bathing to comfort…
"I believe the Great Creator has put oil and ores on this earth to give us a breathing spell. As we exhaust them, we…
As I ponder my kitchen, which is a total wreck, I see an opportunity to prepare something delicious. Even though I have no sink,…
Soup. Ahhh, warming, comforting, nourishing, left-over using ... Soup. Not a week goes by that I don't factor in soup as a meal. No, I'm…
Who can resist the spicy, sweet smell of freshly baked gingerbread, especially during the holidays? There is something about that smell and the memories it…
Persimmons are a delicious and unusual fruit to grow on your homestead. Introduced to the United States by Japan, persimmons offer a colorful splash…
It was a cool and gloomy morning in the mid-October woods. But despite the lack of sunshine, the timber had a glorious glow. This…
Sometimes we Americans can have some pretty lame attitudes toward food. We insist that tomatoes are a fruit, but nobody ever puts…
An Alternative Crop for Your Homestead Growing horseradish on your homestead offers several benefits. First, it is a perennial, which means it only needs…
My husband Donnie was raised near the Brushy Mountains of North Carolina, a little set of scenic, high hills in the central part of…
Just like the squirrels I watch as I jog near my rural Missouri home each morning, every fall I get the urge to store…
Although my husband and I are not off the grid, we don't want to rely on public utilities if we don't have to. So,…
Summer gardens are being harvested and it is only natural that we are gearing up to preserve the fruits of our labor. Preserving…
