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.
Cozied In

Cozied In

We’ve had a stretch of wintry days here and it’s been a lovely time of cozying in. The boys have delighted in the morning frost, freezing rain, and ice treasures. There have been a host of simple meals made on the wood stove. School books have flown freely with little boys filling their minds with…

From the Kitchen

From the Kitchen

This is our small but cozy kitchen, one wing of it anyway, and I have been enjoying spending more and more time here. Just to the right of this photo is the front door and if you walk in you’re bound to almost always see dirty dishes, fresh eggs, and an industrial-sized dish drainer. Because…