Homesteading on the Homefront

This was the first year that I cooked a fresh turkey.  So fresh, that it was warm when I picked it up at the farm.  As I was picking over th...

My box arrived yesterday from Stark Bros.  You know, because I have nothing else going on this week to prepare for Thanksgiving... In it w...

Last weekend, I went to a sewing class sponsored by the Virginia Urban Homesteaders League .  I was hoping I could find out what was wrong w...

A few days ago I happened to see this post from hipgirls, and I pinned it so that once I found a good price on organic apples, I could use ...

Last year at this time I got a really great price on sugar pumpkins...  50 cents each (the cheapest I've seen so far this year is $1.50 ...

So a few weeks ago I bought a 40lb box of organic sweet potatoes from Quail Cove Farms.  After finally acquiring more quart jars (thank you,...

We had a frost warning last night... and although the parsley and oregano and other herbs seem unaffected, the Bell Peppers definitely succu...