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Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. Please see our Privacy Policy and Disclosure Statement. I figured out how to make a skirt out of t-shirt when my daughter was a baby and it’s been so fun upcycling old shirts into unique skirts! These upcycled girls t shirt skirts are so easy to make and they…
It is the middle of winter here in Montana and it is cold, cold, cold! We’ve had some days where it is so cold we don’t see any birds flying about the homestead other than the big raptors like red tail hawks who perch atop the power poles hunting the farm fields around us. We…
I will confess right here that two years ago when we moved to our new homestead, I accidentally killed my sourdough starter. Gasp! I know, the horror! How could I do such a thing? It was caused by me forgetting to feed it often enough so I stuck it in the fridge thinking it would…
Today I’m thrilled to welcome a fellow Montana blogger and guest poster, Kathie at Homespun Seasonal Living. Kathie also teaches a Fiercely D.I.Y. e-course which you can read more about at the bottom of this post. Chamomile, either wild or domesticated, has some amazing healing and skin softening properties making it excellent not only for its…
I don’t know about you, but I can’t start my day without a hearty breakfast. Unlike my husband who doesn’t consume anything until lunchtime except coffee, I wake up hungry and need to eat right away (if I don’t, watch out! I’m not the most pleasant to be around.) I often have a thick slice…
I bet you didn’t know that February is national hot breakfast month! I didn’t know this either until last month when I was asked to join a group of some other amazing bloggers to share hot breakfast recipes on our blogs all through the month of February. We’re starting off the month by sharing our…
This week is not only the end of the year 2014, but also this blog’s one year anniversary! Overall it has been a wonderful year filled with new adventures, accomplishments and a few challenges thrown in to keep us grounded. Our Etsy shop had a record year for sales which we are especially grateful for as…
It is that time of year to get started with making homemade Christmas gifts! Each year we love to come up with new ideas for homemade gifts for our friends and family. Here is a list of over 100 homemade Christmas gifts to give you some ideas and projects to make with plenty of time…
I learned how to preserve peppers when I was a kid, just like the majority of all the other food preservation I’ve learned. Preserving peppers is actually one of the easiest foods to preserve if you ask me! I just love pulling out a bag of peppers all chopped and ready to use in the…
I’m starting to write this post while sitting in my hospital bed in town. Earlier this week I had two trips to the emergency room in one day for severe pain that was diagnosed as a gallstone. The second trip the pain was so severe I was vomiting and almost blacked out from the pain. I…
A few weeks ago I mentioned we harvested a whole bunch of beets from our garden to make pickled beets. I shared how to preserve the beet greens but since then a lot of folks have been asking for my pickled beets recipe. Well today is the day you will learn my secret recipe for…
Huckleberry season has arrived in Montana and we’ve been busy foraging and preserving huckleberries! Every year in late July, we head up to our secret huckleberry picking spot way up in the mountains. We’ve been going to the same spot for over seven years so picking huckleberries has become a family tradition every summer. This…