Honey Fermented Garlic is a natural remedy Powerhouse Honey Fermented Garlic is a natural remedy powerhouse. And this stuff only gets better with age. Let me tell you why you should make it today. What makes it a powerhouse? Garlic is used for colds, flu, sore throats, and poor digestion. It also boosts your…
This is Part 3 of our Maple Syrup Series: How to Tap Maple Trees & Collect the Sap. In this post, we will show you how to tap your maple trees with an instructional video, discuss why it is important to have a tapping and collecting game plan, and show you how we collect…
The weather is cooling down and I am out picking the last fruits of our labor in the garden. I can’t help but look around and take note of the mistakes we made and the successes we had this year. The failures can really drag you down, but truthfully they are not failures. They…
“You’ll Never Know if you Don’t Try.” “You’ll never know if you don’t try.” This saying has been circling my head as we work tirelessly breaking new land for our pumpkin patch. It’s hot and sweaty, mosquito’s are eating us alive, and we do not have the right equipment to do the job properly….
In less than 4 1/2 minutes you can watch how we built our maple syrup cooker, tapped trees, collected sap, and cooked it down to get fresh maple syrup.
It’s been a little quiet here on the blog. Read about what we have been up to on Misty Acres Farm. Maple syrup, rams, seeding starting, and world travel. Oh my!
Homesteader Christmas Gift Guide For Her With Christmas fast approaching, you may be on the hunt for something for the homesteader women in your life. Or maybe you need some ideas for yourself. Here are a few items that are on my list of things I love. Hope you enjoy this Homesteader Christmas Gift…
Homesteader Christmas Ideas For The Kitchen It is my favorite time of year! Christmas time! I love almost everything about it; I love celebrating the birth of Christ, decorating the tree, Christmas lights everywhere, festive shopping, and cookies! I also love to read Christmas Gift Guides. I know that it may make me…
Well, it may have all started with tomatoes, but you have to do something with all those tomatoes. There are only so many salads and BLT’s you can eat. When we started our first garden I don’t think we really had any idea what we were going to do with what we grew. You…
It all started with tomatoes. In my regular job I am in customer service. I get the opportunity to interact with a lot of different people and my job affords me the luxury of conversation with the customers. Over the years I have made small talk, shared stories, and built friendships with many of…
