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 2018 Garden: Beginnings

Late last week I walked away from the garden with dirt under my fingernails for the first time in months. It was just a couple of new microgreens beds we planted in cilantro, kale, and lettuce but somehow it felt significant. As did finally starting those broccoli seeds this week. And then we started on…

From Under the Milk Jar

You guys, I did not mean to disappear for that long – but then again, does anyone? One of the places I have been is in the nearly daily milk shuffle. Mabel is such a giver and I don’t want to be a waster so its big glasses of milk, cream cheese, soft cheese, feta…