Pantry

A lot of people don’t think about roses as a food source but around here, they are an important part of our perennial food landscape. We use both the petals…

My favourite of all homesteading things is gathering plants/flowers & herbs for my culinary / witchy apothecary collection. We use a lot of herbs in our food as well as…

You can cut your food bills by 25% or MORE by adopting some simple money saving strategies. Before grocery stores and super markets came along, people needed to be a…

Hay box or retained heat cooking  is a very old fuel saving technology, dating back to medieval times. You’ll find reference to this type of cooking method in many vintage…

A well stocked pantry is comforting. No matter what is going on around us, there is always something to eat and that is the best security a family can have!…

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to eat like a pioneer, back when people were more self reliant and worked hard to produce what they ate? Have…

The homestead kitchen is a busy place. It hums with the sounds of life and activity. You will often find baskets of freshly harvested vegetables spread across the dinner table.…

I still acutely remember being the girl that carefully rounded up and kept tally as she bought groceries, praying that I had enough cash to pay for it all. There…

We keep a well stocked pantry. With careful meal planning our family could eat for a good long while on the pantry contents. It provides us with food security, saves…

We have always kept a well stocked pantry. There is something comforting about having enough food to feed your family for quite a while should the need arise. When we…