Wow. This past weekend we excavated & built our pond. It was one of those surreal experiences where it just came together better than either of us could have...

Styling our log home has been a fun job, and a total change of pace from our last more modern farmhouse renovation project. Going from lots of white and cool...

Spring foraged violet syrup recipe

How to Prepare Spring Fiddleheads

One tree variety already blooming in our yard, are the many Magnolia trees that have been arriving over the course of the last couple weeks.

With regular grocery items flying off the shelves, I'm happy and proud to feel confident about only buying what we absolutely need...

We obtained the building permit for our barn. While this is just one step in a long line of phases to completion, it is a big one.

We have already begun the nitty gritty - the research - meeting with the town and asking what steps were required. We have also begun the pr

Dirigo - as seen on the Maine state flag - is a Latin term, meaning, "I Lead". We felt this was fitting, as we lead along our family and pa

Something simple I like to try to do every week, is make a loaf of bread. I typically don't buy any at the store because it is really easy to do at home and ...

"How do you do it?" It's a question we are frequented, and anyone who lives life similarly can relate, I am certain. How do we raise our children, while work...

2019 is coming to a close - a big year for our growing homestead: We brought home 4 goats and 2 donkeys, started horseback riding lessons, grew new things, a...

we've also decided to unexpectedly move our Homestead operation!

To answer the question: Yes, it is going to be challenging.

All was calm, all was bright.... Until he came back outside to find our pair of brand new miniature donkeys crossing the road!

Harvest season has arrived.

"The west was not won on tofu." Right, wrong, or indifferent, even though we're out here in the Northeast, we couldn't agree more with the above quote (as re...

Garden season is coming to a close (cue the sad violins)… One of the things I love most about summer, is the fewer groceries I buy from the

Squash, pumpkins, & gourds, oh my! This year we decided to try our hand at a pumpkin patch.

One afternoon, watering my many lavender plants, it occurred to me that I was more than fully capable of recreating it at a fraction of the