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…
Tag: new beginning
Bad Breath 101
This tale starts with a word of caution, when your good friend that will likely be skipping through fields of self-cultivated weed well into his late years gives you a plant, expect it to grow. Last winter we were extremely happy to have our friends come to visit us, even though it takes over 5…
The First Animals on our Homestead
Are you prepared for the first of what I’m sure will become your favourite announcements?? We’re going to have animals on our homestead! But how do you pick the right ones? Well, I’m sorry but the first animals for us and for most people are the ones they choose for companionship. Anticlimactic I know, but…
How To Make Wine: The Wrong way
Now that everyone here is of legal drinking age and is simply curious. Don’t let the title of this article fool you, At the end of this process I came out with 1 gallon of wine that was alcoholic, it just didn’t turn out the way I had planned. So I sit here writing this…
Grow your own Avocado!
Now this is a work in progress for us and it will be some time before our little avocado tree starts giving fruit, but this is a fun experiment you can do indoors if you don’t have a ton of space. Step 1, naturally you’re going to need an avocado. Most of us will have…
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…
In The Beginning…
What feels like yesterday I met the man of my dreams in a boy named Kevin. After some time together, thankfully with more good days than bad, Kevin and I found ourselves asking what we wanted in our future. We found ourselves focused on one main idea, New experiences. Kevin, to my entire family, is…
True North Life 