I'm in way too many homesteading groups and over and over again I see ladies announcing that they're pregnant and freaking out about what they can and can't do on their homestead or farm. If there were a ton of restrictions we wouldn't be here today, think about all of our grandma's that worked into the barn up until the moment they were in labor. Heck, think about me I was 2 ...
How to buy livestock on Facebook, how to avoid scams
Should I buy livestock from Facebook? Avoiding livestock scams Technically I don't think you're allowed to buy animals from Facebook, but I've lost count how many of our animals have been Facebook impulse purchases. My husband jokes that I can't go on Facebook at night, because that's when I end up deep in Facebook messages making deals for new animals. I might have bought ...
Homesteading and Unschooling
I think we became accidental unschoolers. Homesteading and unschooling goes hand in hand. Unschooling was not for us when Aliceana was little, she was too young to find her own interests. I would toss and turn in bed on many sleepless nights wondering if she was learning enough. Now that she's older and we live on a homestead, and honestly, I haven't had a ton of time to teach ...
First baby season on the farm
It's the beginning of April and that means it's baby season! This is our very first baby season, and it's an overwhelming amount of emotions. We have baby goats and pigs right now, and it's a whole lot of cute. Our first babies arrived a little over 3 weeks ago, when our Nigerian Dwarf decided to go into labor when we were smack dab in the middle of converting our coop to a ...
Garlicky Slow Cooker Spinach Artichoke Dip (Better & Cheaper than Store-Bought!)
Why you should make spinach artichoke dip from scratch f you’ve ever looked at the back of a store-bought dip container, the ingredient list can be a bit scary. By making this easy slow cooker appetizer at home, you know exactly what’s going into your body. With only 8 simple ingredients, this recipe has less than half the additives of even the "healthier" store-bought ...
And so they built a life they loved. Starting our homesteading journey.
These past couple years have been weird, you know all about it, you lived through it too. For us, they've been really weird, we changed almost every aspect our lives. When life gets complicated we get impulsive, that's how we've always been. I mean, I am the girl who met my husband at 18, bought a house and got married at 20, and had our first baby at 21. Our impulsive ...
Brown sugar cinnamon pork roast with glazed apples and carrots
I love fall, while a good pumpkin spice, or pumpkin pie can be amazing, I'm all about the apples. So we've been using apples a ton lately in our cooking, and our 9 year old is extremely happy about that. Apples aren't just for desserts, they pair perfect with pork too! This meal is devoured in our house. Everyone goes back for seconds, it's the perfect fall meal. It's so simple ...
Slowcooker Pork Barbacoa
Sometimes you just need to torture yourself with incredible smell coming from the kitchen for an entire day. Am I right? This weekend we used up our last two pork roasts that have been taking up freezer space to make our own slow cooker pork barbacoa. This tastes better than the barbacoa from Chipotle. This was so easy to make, I just let the pork roasts thaw in the ...
Blueberry Peach cobbler pie recipe
This blueberry peach cobbler pie recipe is a perfect hyrbid, part pie, part fruit cobbler, all parts delicious. A blueberry peach pie, topped with a brown sugar cinnamon oat cobbler crust. Serve it warm with a scoop of ice cream. Pie is one of the best desserts in my book. My birthday is later this month and my only request was a birthday pie. Specifically an apple pie from ...
Roasted Summer Squash Marinara
It's summer squash season, which seems ironic, because it doesn't feel like summer anymore. The weather is cooling, the geese are starting to move south, the orchards are starting to open for the season. Fall is starting to creep in. We're soaking up the rest of summer though, and spending a lot of time tending our garden. We have an abundance of summer squash, which is ...
Sheet pan lemon roasted gnocchi
This was a recipe that was impossible to name. You have roasted gnocchi, onions, garlic, and grape tomatoes roasted until the gnocchi is perfectly golden and the tomatoes are bursting. Then you have the salad of torn basil and spinach, dressed with a great little dressing of a citrusy hazy IPA, olive oil, and lemon pepper. We just call it sheet pan gnocchi and it's one of our ...