Milk. It does a body good

by | Dec 20, 2008 | Family, Food, The First Year

One of the many things included in the new mommy package I got at the hospital was breastmilk tea, full of all sorts of herbs that are meant to help stimulate the production of milk. I honestly wasn’t even considering drinking this stuff because it smells like...

Making wine without all the extras

by | Sep 16, 2008 | Food, Garden, Homesteading Life

We had the privilege and pleasure of being invited to visit friends in Karlsruhe on Saturday during a family wine making day. We weren’t really sure what we were getting ourselves into but when we arrived, we found out it was us along with 3 generations of one...

Our first attempt at homemade ginger ale

by | Jul 30, 2008 | Food

Since we had a bit of ginger root laying around and a few plastic soda bottles, we decided to try out making soda for the first time. It’s a very simple process, some more simple than others, and to our slight surprise, it actually worked! I don’t know...

Keeping up with our wine collection

by | Jun 7, 2007 | Food, Homesteading Life

One of our more major projects down the road will be constructing a wine cellar here on the farm. We are not avid wine collectors since most of our money goes into the house but we do enjoy good wines and are trying to learn all we can. We are lucky enough to live...