Hard Worker’s Cornbread will inspire you to chop firewood, plow a field, or run an extra mile. You’ll need to work hard to make up for a single piece of this wholesome, hearty cornbread. My basic, simple recipe for cornbread has been enhanced by Taylor with bacon, cheddar cheese and…
Basic bread pudding. Isn’t it wonderful? It’s one of my comfort foods. This is my basic recipe for Bread Pudding. Start here. There are ideas for additions and exchanges you might want to use to change it up a little. What do you have handy? Try that. Bread pudding is…
I enjoy watching and feeding the Bald eagles more than ice fishing. Oh I like ice fishing well enough, but watching the eagles is the best. He was nearby when we arrived, circled over head, and then landed in a tree to wait. Apparently quite hungry, he landed on the…
Another of my big dreams and plans for the homestead. When I was market farming, selling at farmers markets and to restaurants, I needed 2,500 square feet of growing space. Today, I use the tall tunnel for food production. The long tunnel is the firewood and vine tunnel. The small…
You’re going to need your imagination for this project. It’s March 4. We’ll have eight inches of fresh snow by night fall. Spring is a month or more away. Imagine a 60 foot long high tunnel that’s somewhere around seven feet tall. This is what we have to work with.…
Sunday afternoon. A warm day, 25°F, sunny when we left the house but cloudy when we got back. We went out for a little exercise, to get an idea of where predators are traveling, and thoroughly enjoy the outdoors. Steve brought a hatchet with him to do a little clearing.…
How to reduce mites in a vermicomposting bin with little effort. …
You can make your own Beef Stew Seasoning instead of buying it in the store. It’s flour, salt and seasonings. …
Beans are easy to grow and produce a lot of food from one seed. Tips on how to grow beans and a short list of the three varieties I grow. …
We’ve got bobcats. No surprise there, right? I mean, we do live in the woods of Maine. 😉 We’ve had one cat roaming the homestead year round, unusual activity based on how previous cats behaved.…