Wandering around my new workplace, a dairy farm turned apple orchard turned school, I have been wondering how I can make use of the dozens of crabapple trees growing on the land. Crabapples are common throughout the United States, often found in neighborhoods and backyards, but like me, few people ...
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How to Select Fruit Trees for Your Homestead
Do you dream of harvesting bushels of ripe fruit from your homestead? Crunching on apples and nibbling on sun-ripened plums? Because fruit trees are a perennial planting - a gift of food that keeps on giving - they are an extremely valuable asset to your homestead. And as the old proverb goes,“The ...
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Acorn Pancake Recipe and How to Process Acorns for Eating
If you are serious about foraging for wild edibles, you've probably wondered how to add more starch, fats, and proteins to your foraged diet. After all, berries and wild greens are delicious, but they don't fill your belly.
Acorns and other wild nuts and seeds can help round out your foraged diet ...
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Wild Ramp Pesto Recipe
One of the most revered spring wild edibles is the wild ramp, Allium tricoccum, a North American member of the garlic/onion family that is found the eastern United States and eastern Canada. A truly seasonal delight, one of the easiest ways to preserve ramps is to make a wild ramp pesto. I'll share ...
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30+ Homesteading Skills to Build With Your Kids
Sharing the homesteading lifestyle with the kids in your life can be incredibly rewarding. But sometimes it's hard to get past the question of "How do I teach my kids how to homestead?"
Having homesteaded throughout my entire experience of being a parent (my daughter's first experience out of the ...
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Fermented Cranberry Salsa Recipe
This time of year I tend to get what I think of as "heavy food gut." Thanksgiving meals heavy on starch, salt, and fat, holiday cookies and treats, winter stews and soups ... as much as I adore these foods, they are lacking in the bright, sour qualities that I love in summer salads and fruits. Which ...
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