You guys, I no longer have a laundry pile; it is now a laundry wall. It is probably six feet tall which means I can barely reach the top myself. But I’m okay with that. We are now at the point in the rain cycle where doing laundry in town seems imminent. Pond water, however,…
It’s always funny to me to watch these projects. Whether it’s been a fence or the gravity-fed water system, or even the house we currently reside in, somehow it always sneaks up on me. Stewart often bounces ideas off of me but apparently unless I am directly involved in the project, I guess I just assume it…
I realize that this may be a widely debated topic, both on the internet and in various fermentation books. So I want to preface my take on it by sharing where I am coming from. I see vegetable fermentation as an absolute gift to the homesteader. It creates a food rich in enzymes and probiotics, is…
In feeding this family of mine, I can’t tell you how many times the sourdough starter has come to my rescue. We used to use fruit and nuts primarily as snacks but that can get really pricey with growing boys and whatnot. I’ve tried to stretch them out to stop snacking all together, putting loads…
