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When you’re ready to leave behind the basic flavor of cooking oils for something a bit more appealing, you’ve become ready to learn how to use herbs and spices to infuse cooking oil. The options for infusing cooking oil is countless, but there is one oil that our family enjoys time and time again, an Asian infused oil…
Soapmaking. Can one word be any more awesome? The ability to produce a chemical free item from the comfort of your home screams, I’m a homesteader! Or it could simply mean, no toxic item will any longer touch this temple of mine. Either way, you get the enjoyment of knowing that homemade soap can be made to your liking, and there’s no holding back from…
Raspberry jalapeno jam, it’s not your average jam, but one that your grown up taste buds will love you for! Warm up some Brie or bring out the goat cheese, your tummy just got happy. Have you ever wanted to bottle up summer? Take the sunshine, warmth, freckles, tanned skin, summer foods and cram it…
Let me tell you a little about brandied cherries…brandy infused cherries, a dessert topper made fabulous. Everything good. Everything summer. Everything warm. Everything delicious. Please, yes. In every way, yes please. This much excitement over boozie food item? Yep. There is something yummy about boozed flavor fruit. Feel free to eat as much as you’d like, it…
Raspberry jalapeno jam, it’s not your average jam, but one that your grown up taste buds will love you for! Warm up some Brie or bring out the goat cheese, your tummy just got happy. Have you ever wanted to bottle up summer? Take the sunshine, warmth, freckles, tanned skin, summer foods and cram it…
Let me tell you a little about brandied cherries…brandy infused cherries, a dessert topper made fabulous. Everything good. Everything summer. Everything warm. Everything delicious. Please, yes. In every way, yes please. This much excitement over boozie food item? Yep. There is something yummy about boozed flavor fruit. Feel free to eat as much as you’d like, it…
Let me start by saying these two words, cherry salsa. Delicious, savory, sweet, spicy cherry salsa. If you’ve never had it, either to consume fresh on a beautiful summer’s day or preserving it through canning, you’re missing out. As cherry lover you’ll not want to miss out on the opportunity to enjoy this savory salsa during the cold…
Heritage breeds have a strong place in our hearts, and we encourage all homesteaders to visit the Livestock Conservancy's website to learn ...
Ready to learn how to clean chicken and turkey feet? I bet you never thought you'd be doing this, but here you are! Many of you may be ...
Raising turkeys on the homestead may be something you've tossed around for quite awhile, but for some reason you haven't been able to commit ...
Just when you thought you couldn't possibly eat pickled eggs, I go and introduce you picked quail eggs in a jalapeno brine! Quail eggs are the ...
When you belong to a community it's truly an amazing feeling, regardless of what type of community it may be. But let me tell ...
The quail have finally started laying and we are thrilled to be able to begin consuming those bite size eggs! We have learned over ...
Almost 2 years ago we decided to stop feeding our dogs kibble and made the switch to providing them a full raw meat diet. With the ...
The truth about raising turkeys is quite simple, they're not like any other poultry you will ever raise! And honestly, we never ...
Foraging for salmonberries has become a favorite late spring throughout summer treat. The plan is the same every year, harvest enough to make jam and freeze some berries to make pies and cobbler during the cold months of winter. Each and every year we try to beat the bears and birds to them. Each and…
In the past year I have recently begun exploring the benefits of turmeric for ourselves and our animals, and I have seen nothing but goodness come from using it. Recently, I suffered a HORIBBLE cold and a friend reminded me to make myself a cup of turmeric milk and simply enjoy it; that’s exactly what I did. There are…
