Today has been “Git ‘er Done Day!” I’ve made 2 loaves of bread, a batch of crackers, 2 dozen waffles, hard-boiled eggs, homemade pasta, and tapioca pudding. All this while packing boxes. Yep – you heard that right: packing. boxes.{sigh} So here’s the long and short of it: we recently received notice from our landlord … Continue reading »
I don’t feel like a homesteader today. Today I just feel like a normal ‘ol suburban mom. It’s time for spring cleaning at the Homestead! We do it the first week of May every year. This year is no different. We purge, purge, purge. And try to sell, sell, sell. Whichever kind it is…I STILL … Continue reading »
The winner of the OXO Good Grips Salad Dressing Giveaway is: Kristina Best Congratulations! Thanks for reading and enjoy making your homemade salad dressings!
We can’t hardly wait to eat salads full of vegetables from our own garden ! But since that’s going to be awhile still, we have been working on improving our fresh veggie intake by buying a lot of fixings from the store. But we know it can be all too easy to turn that nutritious … Continue reading »
Meet Jett. He’s our family dog. And a perfect Southern gentleman. And a typical cockapoo. His hunting dog instincts go into overdrive in the Spring. He can’t resist the wooded area behind our house. He just can’t. So, not surprisingly, he has a hard time with ticks. When in one week’s time we plucked three … Continue reading »
Well last month I tried to make homemade peanut butter with less-than-stellar results. Remember this? It turned out far too thick. We couldn’t even use it for sandwiches because it tore up the bread. When I posted about it, many of you told me that I just didn’t allow it to blend long enough. I … Continue reading »
It’s a sad day. We’re feeling mournful over here. Maybe you should add in a dash of aggravated too. Half of our seedlings died on us. So did our celery. {sigh} We went into this expecting failures. We didn’t expect to take those failures so personally! We will not be conquered! We’re replanting and trying … Continue reading »
Well, well, well…could you imagine my surprise when I logged on to the blog after a one week hiatus because of Easter to find this little gem?!? Becky over at Clover and Thyme awarded us with this kind gesture!! Garsh. We’re honored. Becky recently blogged about her DIY Garden Light Hut and inspired us to … Continue reading »
The thought finally occurred to me: We’ve arrived. We’re homesteaders. We enjoyed large slices of our homemade bread, spread with locally-sourced honey for breakfast today. I can’t tell you how immensely satisfying that was. Then I set about doing laundry with my homemade detergent. And made more because it was just about gone. And hung … Continue reading »
Hi, folks. Shelby here. No, this is not a “grocery spending update.” That will be for another time. Nope. This is me coming clean about the rookie mistakes we’ve made thus far. The great news? It hasn’t hurt us, yet! Hey! It is an experiment, after all. Would it really be fair if we read … Continue reading »
