Driving through Richland Center this weekend, we passed a small roadside stand in the parking lot of the Napa auto parts store. An Amish...

The recipe I used for my tonic is noted below at the end of this post... I recently made several batches of “Fire Tonic” (1 “gigantic...

My perry (hard pear cider) is complete, and the verdict is a bit mixed. Only some of the bottles carbonated. I read somewhere that pear...

The perry (hard pear cider) is nearly done! I switched recipes for the completion of my perry, as it provided more detail:...

We haven't tasted the end result yet; but, I thought that the following recipe for Lacto-fermented Pear Chutney looked interesting. I...

Someone I recently met shared with me her “Safe & Modern Home Food Preservation” Facebook page. It started as a closed Facebook group but...

This is my kind of homesteading. As I've written previously, I am not a big fan of hoppy beers. Over the past few years I have focused...

I’ve been making my own laundry detergent for about 6-7 years now. I started doing this to be cost effective and to get back to a simpler...

I recently was looking for a healthy yet straight forward summer recipe that would make a delicious Sunday night dinner for us and allow...