It is Christmas time again in just a few short months. Each year we try so hard to be extremely intentional with our gift giving which can be hard if you know your friends interests or not. Lots of the…
5 Quality Christian Books to Read this Fall
Autumn is this week, by the time you read this it will be Fall. As a Christian Fall reminds us to slow down, to rest, to be comforted. It’s a time to slow down. It’s also a time of extreme…
5 Ways to Homestead on a Budget
We all see the beautiful homesteads on Instagram and often feel our grasp on that lifestyle slipping away. Beautiful cream metal raised beds, a rock pathway to a large gated garden. Greenhouses filled with the newest pots and tools for…
How to Make Kombucha for Beginners
Do you want to learn how to make kombucha? Lots of people are trying to learn how to make their favorite drinks and snacks at home and kombucha is one of them. It is far easier to make than you…
5 Useful Homesteading Skills to Learn During Fall & Winter
Summer is closing down for most of us. We are in the end stages of harvest and beginning stages of preserve, prepare and cozy up for the Fall and Winter. Sometimes when all of our dedication has gone to Summer…
Seven Slow Living Activities for Fall
It’s August, which is the month that begins the transition to Fall. Summer can be so busy as adults. Gardening, market, preserving, lake days, jobs, the whole season is a lot of work as an adult! Especially as a homesteader….
5 Helpful Canning Tips for Beginners
Canning and other preservation skills are not taught to most people these days. You don’t learn the difference between a water bath and pressure canner in school. Most people that didn’t grow up with a family member who canned are…
Simple and Incredible Raspberry Rhubarb Jam Recipe
Raspberry rhubarb jam. There is nothing besides that sentence that I could say to give this jam the justice it deserves. The most unique and delicious jam you will ever have. I am so excited to have made it this…
Super Easy Homemade Chai Tea Recipe
Fall is so far away right now but it’s all I can dream about, along with Fall drinks. I am always looking for a way to make my favorite drink orders at home and my newest favorite this last Fall…
6 Things You Need to Grow Your Family’s Self Sufficiency
I am not the first to say that our world is in serious disarray lately- and there isn’t projections of it getting better. This has caused so many of us to begin learning how to care for ourselves as we…
11 Must Have’s for your at Home Apothecary
This year I began growing our at home herbal medicine cabinet. It has been so much fun to have our own little apothecary. It has been such a trend this year to begin growing your own medicines and natural remedies….
7 of the Best Must Have Homestead Kitchen Gadgets
Making a productive homestead is an important way to make things run smooth. Especially during different seasons. Canning in the Fall and dehydrating throughout the Summer. We have the luxury in the 21 century to take the best from our…