This Strawberry bread is so moist and so delicious and once you add on the glaze, it literally melts in your mouth! This bread makes the perfect dessert, breakfast or as a snack with a cup of coffee! My bread almost falls apart as you can see but we do not care. If you prefer […]
Planting Tomato Seed: Grow Your Own for More Variety!
Are you planting tomato seed this year? Have you decided which tomato varieties you will be growing? There are so many varieties, I think that choosing which ones to grow is the hardest part of planting tomato seed! When you are deciding which tomatoes to grow, think about how you will use them. I like […]
Filling The Pantry In 6 Easy Steps
If you don’t grow your own food or you are just getting started, you might be wondering how to make it through the next eight or nine months as frugally as possible. Due to not growing our own fruits and veggies the last two summers and only raising our hens for eggs, our pantry is […]
9 Essential Herbs for the Homestead Garden
Every homestead needs a great herb garden! The good news is many herbs are easy to grow and can even happily grow in containers for the space challenged homesteader. The hardest part is deciding which herbs to grow! The first thing you need to determine is your growing zone to make sure your new herbs […]
Guide to Raising Pigs for Meat
Are you considering raising pigs for meat? Not sure where to begin? Raising pigs can be difficult, but it can also be profitable and rewarding in many ways. I’ve raised pigs for a large portion of my life. There are many reasons to raise pigs, but whatever your reasons are, you need to have a […]
Homesteading Chores and Kids
I’m a recovering perfectionist, so when little hands get involved and the project doesn’t come out the way I had hoped, sometimes that makes me shriek a little inside. However, I know that if I want my kids to ever learn how to do anything for themselves, I must be willing to let them help, […]
