Food

Growing Pumpkins on the Homestead

Pumpkin is one of the favorite fall flavors for many people. It’s a must-have on the menu during the autumn…

2 years ago

Dutch-oven Cooking

The casserole bubbles invitingly, the coals underneath glow brightly as the aroma fills the air around the campfire. Your mouth…

2 years ago

A View You Can Eat: Common Edible Flowers

I must say I’m a bit of a cynic when it comes to growing flowers on the homestead. When I…

2 years ago

Crafting Country Wines

Homemade wines are easy and quick to create.  Not only can you fill your own glass, but those of your…

2 years ago

Sylvester Graham and His Wonderful Cracker: History of Graham Crackers

Long before I'd heard of Sylvester Graham, when I was a child, way back when, in the good old days,…

2 years ago

Peter Piper Picked a Peck: DIY Pickles on the Homestead

Homesteaders are accustomed to spending time at home and taking on projects in the kitchen.  Now that everyone has been…

2 years ago

Easy Homestead Moonshine

Welcome to the short-and-sweet easy homestead moonshine guide.  I’m going to skip all the lengthy legal disclaimers.  I’m not telling…

2 years ago

Equip Your Homestead Kitchen (and then Make Some Tasty Yogurt)

I recently set out to learn how to make yogurt.  In my initial information gathering, two things made an impression…

2 years ago

From Cucina Povera to Conscious Cookery: Timeless Garden-to-Kitchen and Back Again Smarts

Eating in season. Eating locally. They’re not just foodie buzzwords, that’s how our ancestors ate. They had to. There was…

2 years ago

Brassica: The Queen of Greens

I recently had breakfast with my three-year old granddaughter, Josephine, in a rather chi-chi diner of her choosing. When her…

2 years ago