By Heather Harris | Dessert , Recipes
A delicious fried donut recipe made traditionally without yeast, that’s so good you don’t need to cover it up with frosting! This easy donut recipe is about as old-fashioned as you can get and high on flavor. This fried donut recipe hails from the Little House Cookbook. This is our second recipe in our Cooking […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Fruit , Raising Your Own Food
If you have apple trees, knowing how to prune apple trees correctly is critical to the health of your trees and the amount of harvest you’ll receive. Learn how to prune apple trees in winter or if your climate is more suited to summer pruning. Pruning is necessary for many reasons, it helps to reduce […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Gardening , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
Sustainability and food security is a huge factor in why people start homesteading and can be created with a home garden. My guest today, Luke from MIGardener, saw early on that the cost of a packet of seeds as somewhat prohibitive and proceeded to do something about it. He started MIGardener in 2011, with the […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Fruit , Gardening , Raising Your Own Food
Late winter and early spring are the time to plant fruit trees and bushes. While I love my veggie garden, there is a beauty in only having to plant something once and being able to harvest if for years to come. Can I get a holler? No, sheesh, this is exciting stuff, okay, at least […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Canning Recipes , Food Preservation , Food Preservation - Canning , Pickles , Recipes , Water Bath
This is the best crisp pickled asparagus recipe out there and the first thing to meet my canning jars come springtime. Garlic and dill are paired with a salty brine and flavor-packed seasonings that create perfectly crisp asparagus spears every time! There’s good reason this is one of my most requested recipes. Asparagus might be […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Fruit , Gardening , Podcast
How to care for fruit trees in fall and winter is very important for the longevity of your orchard and harvests. Fall and winter care of fruit trees look different but each season is important. Today we’re talking with an expert, Joe from Raintree Nursery. Raintree Nursery was started in 1972 by Sam Benowitz with […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Bread , Breakfast , Dessert , Recipes
This sourdough chocolate bread tastes like a fudgy brownie and cake combined, deliciously moist with depths of chocolate in every bite. The fermentation process gives the bread a great flavor depth heightening the chocolate with the perfect balance of sweet that had my kids devouring it one day, you might want to double the recipe! […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Homestead-Life , Lifestyle , Podcast
As homesteaders, we’re constantly busy and often times we focus on the “How To” of homesteading: how to grow your garden, make a certain recipe, or how to make a sourdough starter. But when we start to bring in all of these things that take hands-on time, even when we’ve gotten really comfortable with it […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Podcast
A homesteader prides themselves on having a well-stocked pantry and when you’re making almost all your items from scratch and grinding your own flour, you need to know where to buy grains in bulk and which ones are the most versatile. I’ve been grinding my own flour and stocking grains in bulk for almost 10 […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Bread , Recipes
With step-by-step instructions and helpful tips, learn how to make honey whole wheat sandwich bread that is melt-in-your-mouth good and uses no refined sugar or flour. It’s foolproof and easy using 100 % whole wheat flour but is light and soft inside with a chewy buttery crust that will hold all of your favorite toppings. […]
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