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.
This Is Their Life

This Is Their Life

I watch from the window as I feed our baby girl. These two boys, too old to be my babies and too young to be anything else, walk down the road toward their Papa to help build a chicken coop. Each boy wears a straw hat, but that is where the similarities end. The smaller…

Winners of the Get Cultured ecourse and Complete Idiot’s Guide to Fermenting Foods

Winners of the Get Cultured ecourse and Complete Idiot’s Guide to Fermenting Foods

My plan to do another week on lacto-fermentation got away from me when I woke up this morning and realized it was Thursday. I guess gardens needed watering, families needed feeding, dishes and laundry needed washing, writing projects needed… writing, so week number two will have to be a short one. So let’s get to…