Gardening Bundle of the Week and Simple Food for Spring

Every growing year has started out the same for us here on the homestead – we plant perennials. Much of these have been fruit and nut trees and bushes while others have served other functions, like bamboo around the pond or nitrogen-fixing bushes on the front side of swales. Every year we plant a little…

This post is originally from August, 2009… back when I was actually preserving food. More on that soon, but  now a recipe for those overwhelmed with cucumbers. This past weekend we picked up a few treasures at the farmer’s market, namely 1/2 bushel of pickling cucumbers and a huge bunch of dill taller than my…

This is the time of year everyone is talking about health and wellness. Yesterday I shared my thoughts on what wellness really is over at Keeper of the Home. I was truly touched by all of your most memorable moments of 2010 shared in the comments on the giveaway last week. They were heart warming,…

“Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.” Psalm 40:5 We welcomed sweet Emily Rose into our family over…