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.

Starting With Ferments

As I was going through photos I realized I have a lot of things I meant to share here but just haven’t gotten to. The rains came and left, company came and left, and the only excuse remaining was my broken login. Well, Stewart fixed that too so now I am out of reasons not…

A Man About His Work

Peering through windows is something I seem to be doing a lot of these past couple of months. Generally it involves bouncing Joshua around from room to room as he falls asleep and it is from these eyes into the outside world that I see much of the goings on. Often this is where I…