During a recent heat wave, Brian and I found that water was not replenishing our bodies or quenching our thirst. We did not have any of our homemade sodas on hand, so we searched through cookbooks to find a simple, refreshing drink that we could make with ingredients we had on hand. We found ...
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How to Make Shrubs, or Drinking Vinegar
Building an Outdoor Pizza Oven
One of the most exciting projects we have completed on our homestead this summer was building an outdoor pizza oven.
Years ago in Oregon, my husband Brian built an amazing brick bread oven, following Alan Scott's plans detailed in the book The Bread Builders. The oven was huge - he could bake 20+ ...
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How to Make Sauerkraut
One of the easiest fermented foods to make at home is sauerkraut. With only two ingredients - salt and cabbage - it's hard to get wrong, and the results are so delicious that you'll want to make it again and again. Check out this tutorial on how to make sauerkraut, and once you've mastered the ...
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How to Homestead (and Still Go on Vacation)
A sentiment I read a bit too often in homesteading circles is that once you have a homestead, you can never leave the house again. I'm here to tell you that this is false. In my 17 years of homesteading, I have gone on many, many vacations, including a month-long honeymoon to Costa Rica, a three ...
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