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.

Digestion and Elimination: Understanding the Importance of Gut Flora

Let me just say this up front, loud and clear: I can not overemphasize the importance of gut flora. We are not educated properly on this subject. We are not eating properly in order to maintain the absolutely crucial bacterial balance necessary for health. If your gut isn’t healthy then you aren’t healthy. You must…

What Real Food Bloggers Really Eat: Meg of Cracking an Egg with One Hand

Welcome to another addition of What Real Food Bloggers Really Eat, where we are drawing inspiration from a series of food journals. Meg from Cracking an Egg with One Hand is our real food lover today. She is a busy wife, mama to three, and stays busy trying to feed her family real foods.  This…