After bathing, laundry is one of the more challenging aspects of living on our off-grid homestead. Between having two kids, doing hard physical work (and sweating buckets in the summer time), and using cloth washrags for our milking routine, we generate a lot of laundry, typically ...
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A Day on Acorn Hill Homestead
A few weeks ago, a group of blogger friends were discussing how hard it is to accurately convey the life of homesteader.
How do you describe the crazy blend of muddy boots, messy houses, amazing meals, gorgeous sunsets, homestead births and deaths, poop on everything you own, the struggle to ...
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Three Lactofermented Pickle Recipes
Thanks to an abundance of rain, my pickling cucumbers are growing and producing like crazy, providing us with bowls of cucumbers each day. Thankfully, I LOVE making lactofermented pickles, creating new recipes with each batch. This type of pickle is enjoyed fresh - no canning required - so ...
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In the Garden :: Late June
The Midwest has been hit with a number of severe thunderstorms over the past few weeks, making this year's late June garden particularly challenging. On the one hand, there is a LOT of lush growth, like this volunteer Butternut squash, for instance. It conveniently grew out of a compost pile, so ...
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The Ultimate Guide to Growing, Harvesting, and Storing Garlic
Learn how to grow garlic and find out everything about harvesting garlic and storing it correctly!
Garlic is one of my absolute favorite crops. Not only is it an incredible culinary and medicinal plant, but it's also easy to grow, hardy, and stores well for many months. When I have ample ...
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Homemade Black Walnut Liqueur Recipe
This black walnut liqueur recipe will teach you how to make your own walnut liqueur from immature, green walnuts! Perfect for sipping, or gifting.
Our homestead is blessed with a number of mature black walnut trees, from which we make cutting boards for our Etsy shop, dye fibers, make ...
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