by Sierra Smith | Nov 29, 2017 | A Calm Sanctuary, Homesteading
With Thanksgiving done and turkeys gobbled up, we at the Smith house are looking forward to Christmas with glee! If you’re anticipating guests for the holidays, don’t forget to put a little time aside to make their lodging comfortable and homey. A little...
by Millie Copper | Aug 11, 2013 | Cooking, Homesteading
One thing that has changed in our journey to real food is how we shop. In many ways we completely relearned this shopping skill. This was not something that happened overnight and in some ways it wasn’t completely an easy task. Before we could relearn our...
by Millie Copper | Jan 22, 2010 | Homesteading
One thing that is important to me in our Real Food is endeavor being aware of where our food is coming from. We hope some day in the future to be able to consume most of our food from local sources. But like everything, it takes time to make that happen. It has been...
by Millie Copper | Dec 18, 2013 | Cooking, Health
I’ve been sharing for the last year plus about my menopause journey. I’ll tell you, this is a journey that has not been too terribly fun. It’s a lot like being stuck on a roller coaster. You can’t get off and it just keeps going through the...
by Millie Copper | Jun 6, 2014 | Around the Homestead
Something that we’ve been learning about in the Permaculture Design Course that Joe and I have been taking is designing with zones and zonal placement. Zoning is about placement. The zones are numbered from 1 to 5 with 1 being the zone surrounding the house and...
by Millie Copper | Oct 23, 2014 | Around the Homestead
Hello! The last few months have been terribly busy with our personal lives and my work schedule. It’s become even busier the past few weeks when my daughter and her fiance changed their wedding date from June of 2015 to Thanksgiving weekend of this year. 🙂...