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.

Food Roots – June 4

“Or what if I had simply grown up in a time when food was seasonal? When there was, in each year, a time of more and a time of less? When food was not just there in packages on the supermarket shelf all year?” ~ Jessica Prentice ~ Welcome to another edition of Food Roots!…

Week One of Our CSA

We received our fist CSA share for the year this week and I am like a kid in a candy greens store. Here is the rundown: 3 heads of lettuce 1 bunch of giant spinach 4-6 bunches of cooking greens (I’ve lost count there are so many) 1 bunch of spring onions 1 bunch of…