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Why You Should Pack Your Apples in Sawdust

This is a problem that’s pretty common on most homesteads in the fall. It goes like this: you pick...

Posted by Olivia Brooks | Oct 26, 2026 | Recipes

The Pie I Make Every Halloween and Thanksgiving! There are two days a year when my kitchen smells...

Posted by Olivia Brooks | Oct 23, 2026 | Gardening

You already know what baking soda does in the kitchen. It lifts your biscuits and it takes the...

Every winter, I used to carry a bucket of ash out of the woodstove and dump it on the garden. My...

Posted by Olivia Brooks | Oct 23, 2026 | Poultry

Taking care of a homestead is not an easy job for sure. But something no one prepared me for is...