Top Tips For Spring Foraging
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Top Tips For Spring Foraging

BySamantha

What is Foraging? First off, you may be wondering, what is foraging and what does it mean? Well according to the Cambridge Dictionary, foraging means to go from place to place searching for things that you can eat or use for example:  The children had been living on the streets, foraging for scraps. The pigs foraged in the woods for acorns. The chef offers special dishes of wild and foraged foods, including wood pigeon and snails. Spring is a time for rebirth. A call to leave…

Keep Your Pantry Stocked With Staples for Healthy Eating
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Keep Your Pantry Stocked With Staples for Healthy Eating

BySamantha

2020 has taught us all many things but one thing near the top of the list, I think we have all learned the importance of a pantry (or larder, cellar, cupboard) well-stocked with staples for healthy eating and at least some of the value of healthy cooking at home or even cooking from scratch. A…

Asian Cabbage Salad with Warm Spicy Peanut Dressing
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Asian Cabbage Salad with Warm Spicy Peanut Dressing

BySamantha

This is a wonderful winter salad for many different reasons. There is a bevy of winter food storage and root cellar friendly vegetables. This yummy salad is bursting with flavour from the yummy spicy peanut dressing and the punch of sweetness from the mandarin oranges. This is delicious with roast chicken or many other meat…

In the Homestead Garden ~ May 2020
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In the Homestead Garden ~ May 2020

BySamantha

Another year of gardening has begun! Well, I guess it has been going for a while, this is just the first chance I’ve had to write about it and share a garden photo tour. What a crazy year this has been so far! Let me start by first saying that I feel so very lucky…

Lessons Kids Can Learn from Gardening
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Lessons Kids Can Learn from Gardening

BySamantha

Kids can learn so much when they garden. Not just about the process of gardening either, but about life cycles, water conservation, tending to chores, following directions, and so much more. Gardening is such a well-rounded teaching tool not only for science, but also in life lessons. You will be surprised at just how much…

Creating an Emergency Survival Kit for your Vehicle
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Creating an Emergency Survival Kit for your Vehicle

BySamantha

Have you ever been driving into town to stock up on supplies during the winter and suddenly the vehicle doesn’t feel “quite right”. Then your heart sinks as you realize you have a flat tire and your kids are in the back seat and gosh darn but it is cold outside (because it’s winter and…

Putting Together an Emergency Survival Kit for your Home
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Putting Together an Emergency Survival Kit for your Home

BySamantha

This is a guest post. It is impossible to know when a disaster, either natural or man-made, is going to hit close to home. However it is possible to prepare for the worst before it actually happens by creating an emergency survival kit for your home and family. Luckily it’s fairly easy, although some effort…

Plans for 2020
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Plans for 2020

BySamantha

Well January is here and there are plans to be made. Plans for the garden, plans for the homestead, plans for this website, plans for my family… I love January and its clean slate of new plans, don’t you? But first, a little look back on the past. If you follow me on Instagram, you…

Lodge 6 Qt. Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven ~ A Review
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Lodge 6 Qt. Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven ~ A Review

BySamantha

There are few pieces of cookware as versatile and dependable as a good cast iron Dutch oven. Finding the right one can be the beginning of a many delicious memories shared around the dinner table with family and friends. As a rule, cast iron cookware has a tendency to last forever, so there are a…