Accidental Homesteader

sustainability

  • Making Healthy Eating Easier

    Making Healthy Eating Easier

    So last week the grocery store had chicken breasts on sale. We can’t eat them all quickly enough to make… Read More

  • Derailed, a bit.

    So I got sick, which slowed us down on our no waste plan. But I’m on the mend, a bit,… Read More

  • Dinner 2

    Dinner two went without a hitch – beef stew. Used beef from the local meat market, Yoder Meats. We buy… Read More

  • Dinner 1/Brunch 1

    Trying to use my produce up so here we go. Dinner was a minor bust. They didn’t have mahi-mahi at… Read More

  • First Grocery Store After Recommitting

    All right, I already said that I’m recommitting to good habits. Two are cooking more and wasting less. To that… Read More

  • Slightly better…

    Yesterday was beautiful. I ended up walking around my property for a while, and made lovely lamb chops from Clark… Read More

  • Good News from the Egg Front

    So yesterday we found the secret cache of eggs that our chickens have been laying. Since we didn’t know how… Read More

  • Making a Chili Ristra in 10 Easy Steps 

    Making a Chili Ristra in 10 Easy Steps 

    On our epic trip back from Colorado, we came across a roadside farm stand with chilis, so *of course* we… Read More

  • Pimp My Coop

    So we have a lovely coop that is right for our little family. But as winter is on the way,… Read More

  • Our first BLUE egg!

    So when we bought chickens, I was adamant that we get some aracaunas because… well… Danger Bob really, but also… Read More