Category: Homesteading
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Finding Your Why
There was a time that all I wanted in the world was a little farm where I could raise my family and grow our food. Now, that is exactly what exists outside my door. – Jessica Sowards If you had asked either of us what we wanted ten years ago, our own homestead and small…
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Grow Something Lovely
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike. – John Muir We’re a small subsistence farm. Just starting out, actually. But each year we grow a bit bigger. A few more raised beds for veggies…
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Quick Pickled Radishes
Craving something crunchy, tangy, and just a bit sweet? Try these pickled radishes to add a kick to your favorite foods or as a tasty treat. Radishes – thin sliced 3/4 cup water 3/4 cup apple cider vinegar 1 1/2 tsp sea salt 3 tablespoons honey 2 large garlic cloves Heat the water, ACV, hone…
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We’ve got… soil!
“There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other is that heat comes from the furnace.” – Aldo Leopold A bit of a mishap led to a great discovery in our compost pile this week. For the last year we’ve…
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Finding Your Tribe
We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness… – Robert Fulghum You’re weird. There, I said it. You’re weird. Don’t be offended though. It’s going to be okay. I’m weird…
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Feeling the Pinch
“Five miles. Uphill. Both ways. In the snow with bread wrappers in our boots…“ You know the story. Chances are you heard it from your grandparents, if not your parents themselves. It was the tale of hard times, sacrifice, and, “… in my day candy only cost a nickel.” We were all told a variation…
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A Place with a History (I)
The land where Headwaters Homestead sits became ours just over a year-and-a-half ago. A small cluster of acres nestled at the headwaters of the Tuscarawas River, it provided us both with a sense of space and place of our own. Space in the freedom to move and shape the land as we saw fit. Place…
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Simple Things
Simple things. That’s where you find your happy. We’re constantly programmed to think we need to pay for enrichment and entertainment. Movie theaters, theme parks, and curated experiences are what we’re sold. But what if that bill of sale is a lie? More and more I’m finding we don’t need to pay for value. That’s…
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