Working toward a more self sufficient life and trying to be prepared for the unknown.
I think January is pretty much my least favorite month of the whole year. Holidays are over, it is too early to plant any seeds, it's rainy and dark. I have the winter blues. Blarg! I have been in a bit of a funk due to all the above plus … [Continue reading]
I live in Ketchikan, Alaska (Ketch-eh-can). It rains here. A lot. As in we get a month (or more) of solid rain in varying 'moods' - rain every single day for 30 days! - at least once a year. Like the Native tribes in the arctic who have dozens of … [Continue reading]
Guest Post by Home and Farm Sense My family has been raising farm animals on our homestead for over 15 years . We started with chickens and goats and have progressed to pigs, sheep and cows as well. One of my passions is treating people and … [Continue reading]
Before the invention of aluminum foil, people used leaves and other things to cook food in the coals or on hot rocks around the fire pit. Some are also used to steam food or wrap before boiling to keep the ingredients together. Learning which natural … [Continue reading]
I am going crazy with daydreams of playing in the garden! Even though we are gaining light it is still dark when I go to work and dark when I come home - and it is cold. The thought of sunshine and green, tasty growing things has been creeping into … [Continue reading]
I’ve been saving this one for awhile. I expect it may get a good amount of attention because, let’s face it, jerky is pretty much one of the best things on the planet, right? (Vegetarians and Vegans excluded, of course). Well, it also happens to be … [Continue reading]
One of the things I look forward to most about buying property to homestead on is being able to plant a ‘permanent garden.’ So many of us plant, harvest and then rip everything up out of the ground only to turn around the next year and do it all over … [Continue reading]