Buttermilk Pancakes
Buttermilk Pancakes Recipe with Instructions to Properly Freeze Warm buttermilk pancakes, your favorite flavored syrup, and some crispy bacon, what could be better? Nothing, absolutelyRead More →
2019-03-05
Guide to Rock Tumbling
The Best Beginners Guide to Rock Tumbling for Kids and Adults The kids begged us to go gem mining during our spring break camping trip.Read More →
2019-01-21
Reupholster Antique Armchairs
The How to Reupholster Antique Armchairs Reupholstering antique armchairs is not a little job by any means. This project was a big undertaking for meRead More →
2019-01-14
Bullet Journaling
Bullet Journaling; Everything You Need to Know Bullet journaling is something I never thought of before. Something I never even knew existed before, and IRead More →
2018-12-31
Shave Wood for Cordwood Construction
How to Shave Wood for Cordwood Construction One of the large projects on the Pumpkin Patch Mountain Homestead is to build a cordwood chicken coop.Read More →
2018-07-27
Concrete Garden Stepping Stones
Concrete Garden Stepping Stones How to Guide Concrete garden stepping stones are a superb family project. First of all, they make a great family mementoRead More →
2018-07-13
Growing Milkweed
Growing Milkweed for Butterflies, Bees, and Hummingbirds Milkweed is unbelievably important for monarch caterpillars and butterflies. Monarch caterpillars only eat milkweed leaves and can notRead More →
2018-03-13
Difference between Fruit Spreads
Eight different delicious fruit spreads have made their way around people’s tables. In my home preservation recipes, I have come across the typical jams, jellies,Read More →
2018-03-12
Slouchy Beanie Hat
Slouchy Beanie Hat Crochet Pattern The slouchy beanie hat has become my new favorite fall and winter hat. First, I noticed these hats on someRead More →
2018-02-12
Hiking with Kids! Activities for Kids on the Trail
Hiking with Kids! Great Activities for Kids to Keep Them Entertained on the Trail Sometimes hiking trips, and hiking with kids, can be an hourRead More →
2018-02-09
Camping with Kids! Activities for Kids
Camping with Kids: A List of Some of the Best Activities Camping makes sense for a family vacation and means camping with kids. It’s anRead More →
2018-02-05
Spring Conserve Jam
Spring Conserve for Water Bath Canning Conserves are unique and something, frankly, I can’t seem to find to buy in the grocery store. If youRead More →
2018-02-02
Pineapple Upside Down Cake Jam
Pineapple Upside Down Cake Jam Recipe I turned a favorite classic dessert into a perfectly spreadable jam. This pineapple upside-down cake jam has a WOWRead More →
2018-02-01
Homemade Sleeping Bag Liner
How to Make Your Own Sleeping Bag Liner for Cheap The first weekend in November 2017 was the first bitterly cold weekend. An arctic frontRead More →
2017-11-18
Mango Strawberry Fruit Leather
Mango Strawberry Fruit Leather Tangy, sharp, and sweet are three descriptive words I can use to describe my Mango Strawberry fruit leather. The sharp, tangyRead More →
2017-11-01
Homestead From Scratch: My Land Plan
My Land Plan Online Website Do you have a land plan? Owning several acres of land can be an immense undertaking. There are a lotRead More →
2017-10-26
Cleaning up the Land
Cleaning up the Land (Homestead from Scratch) The survey went off without a hitch, and two weeks later, we closed. The closing was smooth andRead More →
2017-10-25
The Horrors of Surveying the Land
The Horrors of Surveying the Land (Homestead from Scratch) We found our piece of paradise! Our family fell in love with 7-1/2 acres deep inRead More →
2017-10-24
Purchasing Raw Land
Purchasing Raw Land (Homestead from Scratch) We recently took the plunge and decided on purchasing raw land on the side of a mountain in westernRead More →
2017-10-23
Tomatoes for Water Bath Canning
Tomatoes Water Bath Canning (Whole, Halved, or Diced) The year 2017 was the year of the great tomato boom for us! The year before, weRead More →
2017-09-01