I think some people would say that our family likes to grow things…my dad especially! So When I said, “hey we’re going to move to a large property and start growing and making our own food”. You can just imagine the excitement of getting to plan the garden. As these winter months will seem to…
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Our First Sausages – Jalapeno Cheddar Pork Sausage
I mentioned in a previous post about our new community at the homestead property and how delighted we were to find people of similar interests. One of those interests happened to include making your own sausages and we have been so thrilled that even when we go to the local grocery stores to have a…
Year One Plans for the Homestead
One of the main questions we have to sit down and ask ourselves which is not an easy one, for anyone. What are our wants and our needs for this property? Of course, this comes with a few hundred thousand follow up questions but I don’t want to bore you with those. Our goal for…
5 Plants to NEVER Buy
Its the winter time and as most people are thinking about what they are going to be doing on their holidays over new years and what not. The people that homestead or work with the land are already starting to plan out there summers so that they can make this year an even better year…
Sweet Potato Beef Bowl
The more I get into recipes I think I should state that the amazing one and myself love to cook and experiment, or rather the amazing one does. When we first started dating my culinary spice range was garlic, butter and salt, and my signature dishes was lasagna and stir-fry. The amazing one always loved…
Shut the Front Door…We’re Moving
Now for all of you who follow us on Instagram or Facebook or have read our in the beginning post know that we are leaving our conventional urban home and moving into our first house in the country. We couldn’t be more excited about this! We can’t wait to take on all of our new…
Most Useful Things To Buy in Bulk
There are lots of things out there that you can spend your hard earned money on. Things you will only use once, like birthday balloons, things you will use once a year, like holiday decorations, and things you use every day but may not even realize! I am a huge fan of making things on…
Salted Caramel Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl Ice Cream
Doesn’t that title just make your mouth water?? Also, I may be crazy because its winter and I’m writing about ice cream but everyone needs a little something sweet every once and a while. I should probably start by saying that thank you ever so much to my wonderful Kevin, I did not make this…
Practice Makes Perfect
I can’t tell you how many projects that we have tried around our current home. When we decided we wanted a more sustainable life we started trial and error projects. Some of them were wildly successful and others…well…we’ll talk about those too. One of the first projects we tried that have taken the longest would…
True North Life 