The sound of the canner hisses from the kitchen as I type. We have been slowly processing the meat birds and a canner full of meat and at least one of broth will finish off my day. This is the first homegrown meat we’ve had in months so we are all quite thankful. We got…
I was standing at the edge of the squash bed when he entered the garden gate. “Hey, can you help me for a sec?” I called out. He walked over, pretty much as tall as me and nearly a teenager, he looked me straight in the eye without so much as a crack of a…
All photos courtesy Kate Downham of The Nourishing Hearthfire. Many aspiring homesteaders dream of a dairy cow grazing contentedly on lush pasture, giving generous amounts of nourishing milk, and all the cream, butter, and cheese that can be made from it. To get to this point is a lot more complicated than dreaming, and one…
Last year I honestly thought we might never grow summer squash again. Funny what a difference just 12 months can make. Fickle I am and boy does gardening show it. After reading all about how squash bugs were hard to get rid of, how they come back year after year no matter what, and how…
