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May 20
3 min

Farm & Forage Recipe: Violet Syrup

Spring foraged violet syrup recipe

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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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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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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

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Jul 24, 2019
2 min

Garden Series: Summer Update 1

It never ceases to be a thrill when our dinner plate is filled with veggies that came from our yard, meat that we raised and butchered, and

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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

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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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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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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

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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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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

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Jan 22, 2019
2 min

Up Before The Rooster Crows

Coffee is pretty crucial at the Homestead. With a baby and slew of chores it's pretty much our lifeline.

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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.

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Dec 23, 2018
2 min

To Provide for the Family

We harvested our first duck for Christmas dinner.

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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

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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.

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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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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

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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

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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,

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