We harvested our first duck for Christmas dinner.

I am proud to say that we have accomplished much of what we set out to do on the Homestead this year.  We are raising our feathered and furr

Using whatever variety of dried herbs you like, place in a mortar with pestle and add course salt and peppercorns.

In preparation for the big day, I can be a little intense... The Homestead Husband knows to stay faaar out of this Big Momma's way, when

It's the turkey day staple - cranberry sauce. Although the jelly-like tin can variety has the spotlight usually, I tried my hand at maki

We revel in long-standing traditions from holiday cliches, to secret recipes, and tried and true tricks for doing something just right.

The leaves have begun to change. I always struggle with seaonal transitions.

No country french farm scene would be complete without the scent of lavender floating on the breeze.  While we are definitely not in Paris,

We have more cucumbers than we know what to do with.  Went a little overboard this planting season... oops.  I have been drinking cucumber w

Using the ripened Romas, we decided to preserve some of our pasta sauce that we usually make with canned tomatoes from the grocery store.

Break out the mason jars, folks - we're canning!  This recipe is SUPER simple.... but really delicious. Mint Simple Syrup Ingredients:

It all started with a beer. Actually, a lot of beer.

It has been just about six months of not having to buy eggs from the grocery store.  While that isn't an incredible savings (yet), it is

Freshly picked Maine blueberries. Summer doesn't get much sweeter than that. This past weekend, we stumbled across a whole hedgefull of...