A good stock can make any meal taste gourmet. Sometimes I prefer the stock over the actual meat. I know that it is one of the most nourishin...

My homemade Red Clover and Daisy Blossom wine is ready just in time for the new year, and the heart of winter. A touch of wine on a snowy af...

Using a hand cranked steel-roller grain mill to grind our whole wheat and rye kernels, the flour we use for baking is full of bran, and is c...

These are our shortest days, we get down to about 8 1/2 hours of daylight. I love being on the other side, knowing that the light is return...

Beans are generally an easy crop to grow. They need a moderate amount of compost, not near as much as tomatoes and other heavy-feeders, beca...

One of the goals we set for ourselves in 2008 was to grow grains. Growing our feed grains was a priority, to cut our expenses in producing e...

My kitchen window gave us a spectacular display Wednesday morning. The temperature dropped to -18C (-5F I think) overnight. We hang wool bla...

Boy, you can't beat homemade kraut! I have this revelation every time I try something homemade for the first time, that I had never real...

The next four months, December through March, bring our harshest temperatures and stinging wind. The average overnight temperature for Janua...

For a bit more motivation on the Ditch the Fridge Challenge , I will tell you all of the wonderful uses we have found for our defunct fridge...