Author: Shannon

I am wife to Stewart, mama of six, homeschooler, messy cook, and avid fermenter. This is where I tell our story... of building a sustainable off-grid homestead... of raising this growing family of ours... of the beauty and the hard and the joy in all of it.

Healthy Fats for Children, The Best Omelet Trick, and Start a Backyard Revolution

It’s probably not surprising that the topics of my latest contributions around the web are saturated fat and growing food for freedom. The first of these articles is over at Simple Bites and covers children’s need for saturated fat. Here’s an excerpt from the full article: When all you have heard for 30 years…

Of Homes, Grime, Me & Contradictions

I am a creature of habit, a fan of home, a doer of every day tasks. I like change, flux, and spontaneity.

On The Sustainability of Eating Animal Products

Please note: the following is not directed at all vegans or anyone else attempting to be mindful of their food choices. These words are directed at Miss Freston’s statements alone. There is a line in my son’s book that I often hear him repeat at random times through out the day: "Bust my buffers!" That…

A Year of Food-Growing Possibility (and making toilet paper roll seed starters)

Learn how to Reverse Your Food Allergies for $10.75/class by using the coupon code HEAL. As I write this the calendar is declaring it the first day of spring. This marks the beginning of our growing season, the first in five years that I have not been either pregnant or chasing around a baby or…