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.

Scenes From the Kitchen

Mornings usually start with me boiling water for tea or coffee and then cooking breakfast. A few days a week I throw on a pot of beans that will be our lunch and return again as a side dish to supper. It’s all part of my plan to stretch the (ever-rising) meat budget. School is…