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.

A Quick Question For You All

Our days of raising little ones, homesteading, and juggling various jobs are always full and seemingly ever-changing. We are contemplating our options for the coming year and wanted to get your input. Would you mind clicking through this link and answering one simple question for us? As always, we are very grateful for your readership,…

Sweet Potato Hashbrowns

When you plan to eat a lot of something, it is best to have many ways to eat it, I find. I learned this the hard way a few years back when my family decided that okra and summer squash were getting tiresome in that exact same stir-fry every single day. So you pickle and…

End of Year Postcards

Stewart planted loads of garlic this year. It went in late, to be sure, but because we could find no onions to plant, we planted plenty. This little ma’am is nearing the five month mark.  Are my children the only ones who put everything into a bowl with milk and call it cereal? We now…

Lessons From the Woodshop

In response to my confession that I nearly cried the first time he started to crawl, this young man inquired as to my reasoning with a slight chuckle. He was eating, as he often is, and in between bites I noticed how he now more resembles a teenager than the boy of twelve years that…