This homesteading adventure is quite the learning experience for us. There are a million different things that we still have left to learn but one of the skills that seems to be essential is canning. Homesteading seems to have different sets of rules that people make up based on what they know, then a bunch…Continue reading Homemade Banana Nut Jam
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Our Year in Tennessee
I can’t believe it’s been ONE YEAR since we packed up our lives and moved from New Jersey to Tennessee. We threw ourselves a big farewell party and then took over a half day’s drive away from all of our loved ones, from the place that I spent most of my life. It sounds scary…Continue reading Our Year in Tennessee
The Beginning of the Homestead
When we packed up our lives in New Jersey, the only thing we knew for certain is that our home in Tennessee was going to be better for us. We had no particular plans, except maybe for our Great Dane, which my husband so delightfully refers to as our pony. One-by-one, things started to change…Continue reading The Beginning of the Homestead