15 Perennials to Plant for Pollinators
From the food we eat to the clothing we wear, pollinators play a vital role in our day to day lives. As you’re probably aware, they’re struggling. Pollinators today face
Managing Stress with Herbal Tea
I don’t know when I fell in love with tea but it definitely happened. When things get chilly, rainy, or stressful I reach for a hot cup of tea. I
Foraging for Yarrow & Harvest Book Review
Books in this house, like so much in our life, are things of pure practicality. Farming manuals, field guides, herbal medicine references they’re all useful and wonderful in their own
Foraging for Vegans: 15 Wild Proteins
You want to live off the land? You gotta hunt! For wild edibles, of course! No, but in all seriousness I hear this all the freaking time. So many homesteading
Key Elements of an Off Grid Homestead
For a few short weeks there I was really feeling like we had a handle on everything. Then of course the reality of this life we’ve chosen came crashing back
DIY Candied Ginger and Ginger Syrup
Heart burn. Nausea. Indigestion. Ginger to the rescue! There’s absolutely no need to run to the pharmacy for some chemical filled, over priced, garbage. I eat candied ginger for nausea all the
16 Vegan Protein Sources that You Can Grow in Your Backyard
One of the criticisms I’ve heard about vegan homesteading is that you just can’t live off vegetables. To be honest I totally get where they’re coming from. I read about
Designing a CSA Flyer & Sign Up Sheet
A few weeks ago I let all of you in on one of our latest projects, the Rabbit Ridge Farm CSA. While I’e seen a lot of posts about planning
Huge List of Ways to Reduce Your Plastic Consumption and Waste
Have you seen that meme that’s like, “try organic food, or as your grandparents called it, “food.”” Well the same concept applies to plastic. Back in the good ole’ days life
Decorating with Native Evergreens in the South
Our first Christmas here I noticed it wasn’t just snow missing from our landscape. It hit me how much I had taken for granted being surrounded by spruce and fir
