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It’s Elderberry season! These juicy berries can

It’s Elderberry season! These juicy berries can be messy to harvest and process but this super easy method is purple-finger-free!

#homesteadhoney #hhgarden2023 #elderberry #harvest #homesteadlife #homestead

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted a hous

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted a house update. Anyone who’s built a house will know that even though the house looked like a house 9 months ago, the framing is only the tip of the iceberg!!

Current fun includes:
1) 2) and 4) siding with locally milled cedar and porches (we will have three - one front, one back, and one side screened porch - essential for buggy summers)

3) insulation (and not as obvious, electrical). These are both DIY, meaning cheaper but slow-going. We did hire a local electrician for consultation and questions. She has been incredibly helpful.

Brian’s also finished the plumbing and we’ve put sheetrock and some shelves up in the basement.

It’s an all-consuming, exhausting, expensive, exciting, invigorating, fun, boring, process. I feel so grateful to have such a skilled craftsman husband @acornhillhandcrafts
I make a lot of design decisions but this house is a result of his hard work, sweat, blood (no tears yet though!)

#hhhousebuild #handbuilthome #vermonthomes

The first snowstorm of the season and winter break

The first snowstorm of the season and winter break from work/school are good reasons to quiet life down and enjoy the dark. Happy solstice and holidays to all and see you in the new year!

#vermontlife #vermontwinter #yurtlife #yurtliving

A few more windows to go, a bit more house wrap, a

A few more windows to go, a bit more house wrap, and a lot of insulation and then we shift attention to the interior of the house.

Heading into year 3 of yurt living (and looking longingly at the house each day), it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the work ahead of us. The excitement is still palpable, but the fatigue is setting in. And I’m not even the one up on a tall ladder in the freezing cold putting up insulation!!

It will be fun to get inside where we can all be much more helpful and our skill sets more appropriate to the tasks at hand!

Building a house is truly a labor of love and a leap of enormous faith ❤️

#hhhousebuild #handbuilthome #vermonthomestead #ownerbuilderlife

While I do love quick-growing spring radishes, som

While I do love quick-growing spring radishes, some of my favorite winter storage crops are what are known as “winter radishes.”

Winter radishes are harvested in the fall or winter and typically have a thicker skin and a watery crunch. They do well in cool storage and provide some lovely crunch when you’re in soup & stew season.

Pictured here is a purple daikon, a watermelon radish, and a black winter radish. I love to slice them thin and sprinkle them with salt. Or you can grate them into a salad. Or quick pickle them with some vinegar, salt, and sugar.

Do you grow winter radishes? What is your favorite variety?

#Vermontgarden #zone4garden garden #gardening #gardenchat #growyourown #growfood #vegetables #vegetablegardening #farmfresh #gardentotable #rootcellaring #storagecrops #hhgarden2022

A suitably rugged yet elegant entry point for our

A suitably rugged yet elegant entry point for our home ❤️ (we hired this part out and it’s worth every penny!).

Excavation work is done for the season and all of the piles of rocks and dirt are gone. Which means that we get to start playing with the backyard patio-garden space!

#hhhousebuild #vermonthome #handbuilthome

Fall gardening has helped me double my harvests, e

Fall gardening has helped me double my harvests, extend the season well into November, and save tons of money in the grocery store.

But a successful fall garden took me a few seasons to master. It takes a bit more effort, but the results are so worth it! These photos are all from my Vermont garden on October 29!

Want to learn more about fall gardening? Check out my ebook and plan ahead for next year!!
https://homestead-honey.com/fall-gardening-guide/

#Vermontgarden #zone4garden garden #gardening #gardenchat #growyourown #growfood #vegetables #vegetablegardening #farmfresh #gardentotable #fallgarden #fallgardening #coldseasongardening

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