Even with the below freezingtemps, this year's seed swap was a great success! Thank you to Blue Ridge Resource Center for hosting! We met a lot of local homesteaders & growers who came to their first seed swap & shared knowledge in areas we were all inexperienced in - classes coming soon!! Some even drove over an hour to attend. Bless you! 🌱💕 We are already planning next year's seed swap as well as a few local events happening in the next couple of months that we cannot wait to share! 2026...

A great homestead creation making using of fat from a processed ruminent or pork. I will shortly follow-up with a more detailed post on animal fat but for now here's a quick recipes to keep your feathered wildlife fed this winter. ❄️🐦 1 cup lard or tallow 1 cup peanut butter 1 cup flour 1 cup cornmeal 2 cups birdseed 2 cup oats/barley Melt one cup of peanut butter and 1 cup of lard over low heat. In a large bowl, mix 2 cups of quick oats, 2 cups of bird seed mix, one cup of cornmeal &...

Have you started your sweet potato slips yet? Now is the best time! 🥔🌱 🌱Start by Valentine's Day 🌱In ground by Mother's Day 🌱Harvest starting Labor Day to 1st Frost Grow your own! Here's how ⤵️ Get your hands on an organic sweet potato. This part is the most important . You can find organic sweet potatoes in a grocery store like Whole Foods. Get 1 or 2. The reason why organic is important is because it's not likely to have been sprayed with a compound that prevents sprouting on the...