By Melissa Norris | Cattle , Livestock , Podcast
Keeping a family milk cow or having a home dairy on the homestead is something I’ve long considered. Grass fed organic raw milk at he store is hard to come by… and you’re also paying more for all that wonderfulness. Dreams of cream, farmers cheese, cream cheese, buttermilk, glass jars of creamy white milk lined […]
Read MoreBy Anastasia Sakawsky | DIY Recipes & Tutorials , Natural Medicine Cabinet
Learning how to make dandelion salve is one of the best ways to create a healing salve from one of nature’s most prolific plants. Dandelions are often the first weed of spring to pop up all over lawns across America. To those who strive for golf green-like grass, dandelions are a nuisance, and people often […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Lifestyle , Podcast
Tips for homesteading off-grid, living without running water or a refrigerator, and how to get creative using old-fashioned pioneer skills to preserve your food. Learn how one family is using solar power to live off grid in a one room cabin without running water or a refrigerator, just like the pioneer families of old, and […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | DIY Recipes & Tutorials , Foraging , Natural Medicine Cabinet , Podcast
Homesteaders learn to look at things commonly seen as a problem and figure out a way to use them where we actually enjoy them or they’re beneficial on the homestead. Weeds is one of those things. Today I have Kathie Lapcevic from HomespunSeasonalLiving.com on the podcast and we’re going to be talking about weeds and […]
Read MoreBy Anastasia Sakawsky | Fruit , Gardening , Raising Your Own Food , Vegetables
Container gardening for vegetables, herbs and flowers isn’t what we typically think of when we imagine growing enough of our own food to take us through a year or do a lot of preserving. Self-sufficiency wise, we think of large fields or at the very least, large garden plots. But container gardening should definitely have […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Podcast
No matter where you’re at on your home setting or self-sufficiency journey, the kitchen is the heart of everything. Because we’ve all got a kitchen, and we all need to eat every single day. But it’s an area that can oftentimes cause a lot of stress. You wouldn’t think so, but for me, meal time […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Gardening , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
If there’s one thing I’ve learned growing our own food, it’s that you cannot control the weather and no area is perfect for all foods. However, there are work arounds and things you can do to raise more of your own food, even with severe weather. One thing about homesteaders, we know how to work […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Chickens , Livestock , Podcast
Using chickens in the garden – 13 things you need to know first, to save you and your chickens a lot of heartache and frustration. Our goal is to use our crops and animals as a compliment to one another. But if you’ve ever dealt with free ranging chickens and having your crops or plants […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Instant Pot/ Pressure Cooking , Main Dish , Recipes , Slow Cooker
This easy beef stew recipe is a favorite at our house. Even more so now that I’ve converted it to Instant pot beef stew, but no worries, you can use your slow cooker if you haven’t joined the Instant pot craze. But I warn you, once you go Instant Pot, you’ll never go back. One […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Homestead Life , Podcast
The call for a de-cluttered and organized homestead and kitchen is strong ya’ll. Whenever I see that quiz floating around that says you have to pick one wish to come true from the 4 options, having a house cleaner always is the one that my finger hovers over. If you’re like me, you love the […]
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