So, this morning, I woke up realizing it was potluck Sunday at our church and I was supposed to bring a main dish and dessert! Last night I had assigned the dessert to Linde and she had wonderful chocolate chip cookies ready to go. I, on the other hand, had not even thought about the […]
Surprise Chickens Part 2
To read part 1 go here: Surprise Chickens 1. I wanted to write a quick update on our mother hen and her chicks. She brooded without any assistance. No heat lamps, water, shelter or food nearby. She came out of the woods with 11 chicks. She’s a scrapper and a fierce mama even though she’s a […]
Bosch Mixer – Top Appliances #1
I’ve always enjoyed cooking, it’s something I’ve considered a serious hobby. I delight in making delicious and attractive food. I’ve also prided myself on my ability to learn to use new types of food from whatever area we happen to be living. When we lived in the south I learned to cook okra, hush puppies, […]
Grid-Down Resilience
One of the things we decided to do this year was to improve our “grid down” back up plan especially in the area of cooking. I’ve always relied on our propane stove because I can just light it with a lighter if the electricity is out, but in a true grid-down situation we may not […]
Day 1 – 30 Days Off-Grid Cooking & More
Here we are in the hottest month of the year in N Idaho and we’ve had nothing but clouds, rain, and even T-storms!! So, my first day of off-grid cooking was a little disappointing since I had planned on using my All-American sun oven! No worries, I made a switch and decided to focus in […]
Surprise Chickens
Really cool surprise today. Our production breed layer hatched out 11 chicks which was a total surprise! We didn’t even know it. To be honest we haven’t been doing head counts because we have a lot of birds and we don’t lock up our coop at night. At least for now our predator problem has […]
Bringing in the Harvest
The hoop house is producing like crazy except for the long keepers and Italian paste. Those two tomatoes aren’t ripe yet but they should have no problem doing so over the next month. We definitely have a lot of food preservation in our future. We expect to get 100s of pounds of tomatoes and peppers […]
30 Days Off-Grid Cooking & More
Have you wondered what it would be like to cook off-grid? Are you prepared for loss of electricity? Do you need to know how to purify water, sterilize medical tools, bake bread, and even dehydrate using only the sun? Well, I’ve decided to challenge myself for 30 days accomplishing those things and more using propane, […]
3 Fertilizer Teas for Plants
If you are trying to stay away from chemical fertilizers, stack the functions of the plants and animals on your property and save money then these simple fertilizer teas are just for you. There are many different kinds of fertilizer “teas” and we will be covering three of them in this blog. We will talk […]
Independence Day – Podcast 115
Remember our founding and what we declared Independence from. Rights are not give us by government but by God. Government is to do nothing but secure those rights. God bless and Happy Independence Day!
