Make Homemade Sweet Tamales
Want to know how to make homemade sweet tamales? We have a couple of recipes.
Storing root vegetables; tips and tricks
One of the issues that faces homesteaders after we have grown our crops, is how to store them. Particularly root vegetables. So, I wanted to talk a little bit about storing root vegetables today. Obviously if you don’t store them correctly, they can spoil. Here’s how to store root vegetables according to George McLaughlin:“Sweet potatoes …
Pannekuchen recipe: A Family Favorite
There’s a feeling of wealth even when you don’t have much money when you can whip something up cheap and eat like a king! I think that’s one of the reasons why this pannekuchen recipe that I want to share with you all is such a family favorite. When I was growing up on the …
Quickly Make Exquisite 3 Ingredient Egg Drop Soup
Cold weather is here. With the arrival of cold weather, most of us like to have a nice bowl of hot soup when the days are frigid. So, I thought I would share my favorite 3 ingredient egg drop soup recipe with you all. So, here’s what you are going to need to make this …
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Making A Homemade Latte Coffee
One of the things about fall is that as the weather turns cooler, most of us no longer want to drink a cold coffee in the morning. Especially once the morning moves from cool to cold. So, I’m going to lay out a very simple recipe for you all that closely mimics a Frappuccino only …
Advantages To Homesteading
When I was in high school, I understood homesteading to be something that was only done back in the 1700 to early 1900s at best. However, as I have been living on my own for some years, I have come to realize something. Homesteading is still modern. It can be. There are some advantages …
Homemade Frappuchino: Beat The Heat
Homemade Frappuchino: Beat The Heat Hey all, During the summer months Oklahoma, I learned how to make a really good homemade frappuchino. I had discovered the caramel frappuchino was just addictive, but expensive if bought in a coffee shop. Where I live, it runs between $6-$7 per 20 oz cup. So, here is the recipe I …
Quarantine: Why We Do It
There’s not much more exciting than when you are going to be bringing home a new animal to your homestead herd or flock, whether it’s a goat, sheep, cow, or even a horse or mule. But, there’s something important that you need to do when you bring home any type of new animal, and that …
A Frankenstein Bug: To Kill Or Not
In 2011, I started working a night shift job. One night, I was cleaning as usual, when I encountered a bug that looked like it had been through a nuclear attack. It looked like a Frankenstein bug. The creature looked like something a mad scientist created. This Frankenstein bug had legs built like a grasshopper, …
Sheep or goats?: Choices on the homestead
My father and I recently took a trip to go get a new ram for our homestead. While we were at the ram’s breeders’ homestead, I heard someone ask the question; “If you are getting sheep or goats for the first time, which one is better for the beginning homestead? My reply was goats. Why? …