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    Garden of Eatin'
    • Apr 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Garden of Eatin'

    Part of my homestead dream for the ranch, included a good sized portager ("kitchen") garden.
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    Farm & Forage Recipe: Violet Syrup
    • May 20, 2020
    • 3 min

    Farm & Forage Recipe: Violet Syrup

    Spring foraged violet syrup recipe
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    Garden Series: Preservation - Update 3
    • Aug 28, 2019
    • 3 min

    Garden Series: Preservation - Update 3

    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
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    Garden Series: Oh My Gourd! - Update 2
    • Aug 23, 2019
    • 3 min

    Garden Series: Oh My Gourd! - Update 2

    Squash, pumpkins, & gourds, oh my! This year we decided to try our hand at a pumpkin patch.
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    Tea Time
    • Aug 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    Tea Time

    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
    11 views
    Maine Maple Saturday
    • Mar 27, 2019
    • 3 min

    Maine Maple Saturday

    While our operation is not currently big enough to warrant visitors, this year we did invest in a larger homemade sap evaporator for the who
    11 views
    DIY Spray Cleaner
    • Mar 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    DIY Spray Cleaner

    Two-for-one deals are my favorite, especially when it means one less thing I have to buy from a store.
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    Country Candles
    • Mar 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    Country Candles

    Using the rendered lard that we had from butchering our pork hogs this year, I decided to make my own candles.
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    Lard Have Mercy
    • Mar 9, 2019
    • 2 min

    Lard Have Mercy

    With the return of pork from our homestead pigs, we were also given quite a few bags of pig fat. Now, what does one do with bag fulls of fat
    9 views
    We're a Couple of Saps...
    • Feb 20, 2019
    • 3 min

    We're a Couple of Saps...

    Winter feels a lot longer when you become a gardener and keeper of livestock. The sunshine months are when everything glitters...
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    Eating at the Ground Level
    • Jan 29, 2019
    • 4 min

    Eating at the Ground Level

    Why do we bother? All this extra work and time spent making, baking, prepping, tending, feeding and watering. It seems like a lot - and some
    11 views
    S.W.A.S. - We're Talkin' Butter
    • Jan 15, 2019
    • 3 min

    S.W.A.S. - We're Talkin' Butter

    Start With A Stick (SWAS) - that's the age-old Harper family motto on the use of butter.
    31 views
    To Provide for the Family
    • Dec 23, 2018
    • 2 min

    To Provide for the Family

    We harvested our first duck for Christmas dinner.
    82 views
    From Scratch, With Love
    • Dec 14, 2018
    • 4 min

    From Scratch, With Love

    I am proud to say that we have accomplished much of what we set out to do on the Homestead this year.  We are raising our feathered and furr
    25 views
    Putting Our Eggs in a Basket...
    • Dec 7, 2018
    • 1 min

    Putting Our Eggs in a Basket...

    We are very proud to have our eggs featured in their dishes, and to be considered part of their collection of quality local farms.
    413 views
    Tis The Season(ing)...
    • Dec 6, 2018
    • 2 min

    Tis The Season(ing)...

    Using whatever variety of dried herbs you like, place in a mortar with pestle and add course salt and peppercorns.
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    Bless This Mess
    • Nov 23, 2018
    • 3 min

    Bless This Mess

    In preparation for the big day, I can be a little intense... The Homestead Husband knows to stay faaar out of this Big Momma's way, when
    18 views
    Homemade Cranberry Sauce
    • Nov 19, 2018
    • 2 min

    Homemade Cranberry Sauce

    It's the turkey day staple - cranberry sauce. Although the jelly-like tin can variety has the spotlight usually, I tried my hand at maki
    20 views
    Dehydrated Herbs
    • Sep 11, 2018
    • 3 min

    Dehydrated Herbs

    No country french farm scene would be complete without the scent of lavender floating on the breeze.  While we are definitely not in Paris,
    17 views
    It's a Pretty Big Dill...
    • Sep 10, 2018
    • 2 min

    It's a Pretty Big Dill...

    We have more cucumbers than we know what to do with.  Went a little overboard this planting season... oops.  I have been drinking cucumber w
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