Vegetable Garden: A Beginner’s Guide
Are you finally ready to take the leap and start a vegetable garden this year? You've been hearing your friends talk about their backyard vegetable gardens, but you can barely…
Blanch and Freeze Fresh Vegetables
Blanching and freezing are great ways to preserve the nutrients and flavor of your vegetables. By blanching the vegetables briefly in boiling water, you can stop the enzymatic process that…
Stevia: Grow, Harvest and Use Your Own Sweetener
Growing stevia and using it as a natural sweetener on the homestead is something I've done for years now. It's an incredibly easy plant to grow and use, I grow…
Canning Peaches
Canning peaches is one of my favorite summer pastimes! Having canned peaches all winter long is a great way to whip up a quick cobbler, pie, muffins or quick bread.…
11 Reasons to Start a Fall Vegetable Garden
Too often, good gardeners make the mistake of letting the opportunity for a fall vegetable garden pass by and that's a shame! Fall is one of the best times to…
Homestead Costs: Reducing Expenses and Saving Money
Homestead costs are increasing daily, especially as we face the highest inflation rate in over 40 years! Everything costs more now, challenging every homesteader to be more efficient with their…
Homesteading Lifestyle: 6 Top Reasons to Homestead
What is homesteading? Why would anyone want to do it? Great questions that I'll answer today with "Homesteading Lifestyle: 6 Top Reasons to Homestead"! After 25+ years of homesteading, pretty…
Homesteading with Children
Homesteading with children has always been a given for me. Raising 9 children and choosing the homestead lifestyle has meant that I've needed to find joy in working together toward…
35+ Jam Recipes for Summer Fruit
Homemade jams and jellies are some of my favorite things to make every year, especially in the summertime! Using my best recipes, I make jam for my family, friends, clients…