Bread was a staple food for pioneers…which means they ate it everyday! To make bread as a pioneer was very time consuming…as was ALL of pioneer cooking. Cooking, the clean up, and preparing for the next meal…this was a full-time job! How exhausting it must have been to not have a dishwasher and to have […]
After pioneers milked the cow and had fresh milk they would let it sit for a day or two in a cool area and then skim the cream that rose to the top of the milk. They would then put the cream into a butter churn. They would mix the cream using the dasher and […]
Straw has always been a little ….hmmmm…. ugly to me. I have not realized its beauty until last year. My mother-in-law has used straw bales around her gardens and she also uses straw to keep weeds out of her flower beds. I thought it was great…for her…. But after all the time I spent last […]
I have had high gardening boxes for about 3 years now and I love them! They are so nice to garden in and they cut down on weeds more than enough to make up for the extra time they take to build. (I HATE WEEDS)!! See that HUGE rhubarb plant?!? This came as a start […]
I’ve never started seeds for my garden before. I know they are picky and can die easily, so it is easier to just buy the plant. But this year I am trying to really immerse myself in gardening from the start to the end (plus they are Way cheaper!). I first started a set WAAAAY […]
My husband and I have always wanted to be self-sustaining. Although we aren’t…yet. We work towards this goal each year to get closer and closer. One way to be self-sustaining are CHICKENS! My mother-in-law has had chickens for a long time which was great because we would always get eggs from her. But two years […]