Author: Shannon

I am wife to Stewart, mama of six, homeschooler, messy cook, and avid fermenter. This is where I tell our story... of building a sustainable off-grid homestead... of raising this growing family of ours... of the beauty and the hard and the joy in all of it.

right now

  Right now, I am… Enjoying the sites and sounds of seven little chicks nuzzled up with their mama in the coop. The first new life on our land, besides little Annabelle, and we are so thankful to be able to see the process from start to finish. The eyes of wonder that little boys…

From the Kitchen

The cooler weather has me drawing into our little 300 square foot home even more. There are the necessary comfort foods like delicious, crunchy hashbrowns. There is a trick to these. Or this Sausage, Potato, and Cabbage Tray Bake. And, of course, now is as good of a time as any to learn the Easiest…