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.

The Importance of Vitamin D

photo credit This will be the first in a series of “The Importance of…” where we will examine the latest “buzz nutrients” and find out how we can obtain them through real foods, superfoods and excellent supplements. Frankly, I am really tired of reading about specific nutrients. Everywhere we look people are talking about this…

Menu Plan – August 31

Last week really could have used a menu plan. My husband spent most of the week at home continuing to recover and it was actually a nice time of having papa home. Thankfully he is continuing to get better and will be heading back to work this week as he can. That means that I…