Hey all, Last time I wrote, I told you all about how I use old bread to make bread pudding. There’s another thing you can also do with your bread if it’s sliced bread. I also like to make french …
If you love tomatoes in any form and can garden, you’ll probably want to grow some yourself. Tomatoes are one of the most rewarding things to grow in a vegetable or container garden, and if you find you really enjoy …
Waste Not, Want Not Hi all, One of the important things that we as homesteaders learn to do, is to reduce what we waste in order to save money. Not just in the garden or while raising …
Why would anyone chose to grow tomato plants from seed? These days most gardeners purchase their transplants at the store. Right off the top of my head I can think of four reasons one might want to start their own tomatoes …
Accidents are never planned nor expected. This is a maxim I came up with, back in 2003, after I had a serious accident with a knife. That accident forever changed my life and… my perspective on safety measures taken to …
How We Chose Our Sheep Hey all, As many of you may have noticed on our Facebook page and our Instagram page, it’s lambing season right now. We have four beautiful Katahdin lambs on the ground. As a result, I’ve …
Do you know how to stretch a chicken? I don’t mean literally, as in the featured photo (cartoon) for this post. By “stretch a chicken” I mean make it of maximum benefit, both nutritionally and in regard to culinary pleasure. …
The Choice Of Contentment Hey all, One of the things that I love about living on a homestead is that we have a very simple life. We have learned to chose contentment with what we have. Contentment is not …
If I could chose just one single item to carry with me… anywhere, it would be a pocket knife. With a pocket knife I can make things. With a pocket knife I can open things that might otherwise pull open, …
Ever since I was six years old I’ve kept an eye open for a really good knife. I can remember, at age six, ogling the knives on the rack at Lincroft Hardware and later, getting catalogs from a company called …