Have you ever wanted to make your own bread from scratch but were afraid you would mess it up? This quick and easy recipe is a great way to dip your toe in the water. In fact, this recipe is SO easy, you’ll be asking yourself why you didn’t try it sooner. This recipe
I feel like I came into this homesteading thing really late in the game. I am the epitome of the phrase, “If I only knew then what I know now.” (Or, “better late than never” works, too.) Still, here we are and I couldn’t be happier. Homesteading has really required me to step out of
March is maple month and where we live is ground zero for pure maple syrup. We have no less than 6 maple producers all within a three minute drive from our farm. That means we are NEVER without syrup, people! And we certainly never resort to the fake stuff. (Bleh!) Pure maple syrup isn’t cheap,
Is Drinking Raw Milk Safe? started drinking raw milk when I was in my early teens. It was one of the few times I actually liked drinking milk. I didn’t really understand the difference between raw milk and pasteurized milk at the time. As I grew up, moved away and started my own family, I
Sourdough Crackers I started to teach myself to bake when I finally decided that yeast was not going to get the better of me. Many years ago I was given a bread making machine and I used that baby more often than a toaster. But using a bread making machine felt a little like
We had an earlier than expected cold snap. A couple of weeks before Thanksgiving temperatures dropped and we had a hard frost. Okay, so it’s not unexpected that we have a frost in November around here, but we had temperatures below freezing for several days, which is a bit unusual. Our barn store is not
…and does eggshell color really matter? It’s your most burning question. You open a carton of eggs to make breakfast. But do you know if those eggs are good enough for your family? How fresh are they? How healthy were the chickens who laid them? How far did they have to travel to get to
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You probably know that having chicken soup when you are sick makes you feel better. Science has proven that claim. It makes sense. You simmer fresh veggies, herbs and chicken in a pot, strain it and Voila! All the vitamins and minerals from the chicken and vegetables are released into the liquid making a hot,
Previously, I wrote about how to make your own roasted pumpkin puree. Today, I’m going to show you how to use that puree for a great pumpkin pie. I used to buy the can of pumpkin in the grocery store and follow the directions on the back. Then I learned that the pumpkin in the