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.

Growing Vegetables in Central Texas: Ten Things We’ve Learned

For years I would, from time to time, look up Central Texas Gardening on the internet. This usually coincided with a complete gardening fail of some sort and the inevitable”Does anything grow here?” that I would ask myself. It’s been a real lesson in trusting the Lord for our provision and seeking Him in prayer for…