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.

Menu Plan: Week 2 of NSM

Our meals certainly don’t seem meager despite not going to the grocery store. A few things I wish I had bought more of in preparation for NSM (no spend months): cheese peanut butter fruit onions more cheese more fruit I didn’t realize how much fresh fruit we ate as a family, or cheese for that…

No Spend Months: Q&A

First of all, THANK YOU all for your wonderful comments, questions and for just simply stopping by and saying hello. I am excited to see many of you taking an interest and following along. I have had a couple of questions about the challenge, so thought I would paraphrase the two I have had most…