A little rambling from the weekend, preparing for pigs, date night, and hay talk.

We had a great time celebrating 6 months in business this past Saturday, at the Feed & Seed Fair! The day consisted of horse drawn cart...

From the fireside, to a horseback ride, grab a cup, and cowboy up!

Christmas came early with the addition of cattle on the ranch, but we've been busy working on another festive project, too! With the barn...

If you know us, you know we prioritize good eats. One of the Homestead Husband's passions is smoked meats. It's somewhat of an art,...

Dining al fresco in the Garden of Eatin'...

Fitness in farming and ranching is important, but maybe not always discussed... We get busy with chores and schedules, and especially...

Spring foraged violet syrup recipe

How to Prepare Spring Fiddleheads

Garden season is coming to a close (cue the sad violins)… One of the things I love most about summer, is the fewer groceries I buy from the

Squash, pumpkins, & gourds, oh my! This year we decided to try our hand at a pumpkin patch.

One afternoon, watering my many lavender plants, it occurred to me that I was more than fully capable of recreating it at a fraction of the

It has been about a year with ducks, and we had yet to see any eggs..

It's not all baby goats, sunshine, and flowers. While most of this homestead life is beautiful, it is also work.

Using the rendered lard that we had from butchering our pork hogs this year, I decided to make my own candles.

With the return of pork from our homestead pigs, we were also given quite a few bags of pig fat. Now, what does one do with bag fulls of fat

We are down to one hog left on the homestead. This past Saturday, we rounded up the remaining females (with a BIG help from our local cowboy

Winter feels a lot longer when you become a gardener and keeper of livestock. The sunshine months are when everything glitters...

Why do we bother? All this extra work and time spent making, baking, prepping, tending, feeding and watering. It seems like a lot - and some

Start With A Stick (SWAS) - that's the age-old Harper family motto on the use of butter.