Because of my living in such a tiny home, I do most of my stove top type cooking outside on a camp stove. This makes canning, especially pressure canning low acid foods more tricky for me and not very cost effective as far as fuel goes. I DO have a stove top pressure canner, anContinueContinue reading “I Splurged”
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I’ve been busy preserving food.
I don’t think the others on the homestead really take food preservation very seriously. As I’m working diligently to fill my own place up with dehydrated cabbage, fermented concoctions, dehydrated fruits, canned and frozen foods they don’t seem to do the same or care too. But they call my other garden projects useless (like theContinueContinue reading “I’ve been busy preserving food.”
Moist.
(Only because that is my favorite word to say to make people uncomfortable 🤣) But it really is wet out there. So far this atmospheric river has dumped 2.59” of rain as of this moment at 5 pm Friday evening. At least it wasn’t raining so much on the other side of the mountain whileContinueContinue reading “Moist.”
Rain! Lovely Rain.
Last night it began. A nice gentle wash that has continued today. It’s exactly what the land needs. Just over half an inch has fallen today at a rate that soaks into the parched earth and not just run off. Of course this means I don’t have to feel guilty about not working a lotContinueContinue reading “Rain! Lovely Rain.”
Cheap Shopping
@ 7:25 pm 72°f, sunny, NW 8 mph wind, 0” rain Made my way the other day to the dollar store. After the last time I went, being so disappointed in the products I’d wasted my money on at the time, as I was very broke so the cleaning supplies that instantly were junk madeContinueContinue reading “Cheap Shopping”
A perfect Saturday here.
@ 8 p.m. 63*, mostly sunny, NW 8 mph Wind, O rain. Fire up the highway a bit. Warm but not hot. Perfect temperature. A good dry day to get things done. I made a cattle panel arch and planted a hardy kiwi plant at the base. Mulched it with cardboard and grass clippings. IContinueContinue reading “A perfect Saturday here.”
A rain free day— yesterday
46°, Partly Cloudy, Light Wind Day off and I was feeling pretty good. I know I should stay home on days like this and work the homestead but I took my dog out for some spoiling fun walking instead at one of the local coastal parks. He deserved a day of spoiling. Meanwhile, a videoContinueContinue reading “A rain free day— yesterday”
Grief and Seeds
It’s no secret to anyone in my circle that I’ve been grieving a lot this year. The loss of family, the loss of a homestead and everything I put my hopes for the future in. I’ve been betrayed and abused and if it weren’t for very close friends I would have been homeless. That wouldContinueContinue reading “Grief and Seeds”
Foraging Basket Making: Learning from Local Wisdom and Youtube
I was taking my morning walk with the pup, and realized I needed a better way to gather berries and other goodies while in the woods. I used to have baskets and bags just for this, but having lost 99% of everything, baskets didn’t make the cut. This saddens me a little bit because lastContinueContinue reading “Foraging Basket Making: Learning from Local Wisdom and Youtube”
Climate Wary Homesteader 