by Spiraea Herbs | Jul 27, 2016 | Basics, Garden, Homesteading, Managing Your Homestead
I love documenting the garden’s progress with photos and video. Partly because I love sharing it with others, but it also serves a very practical purpose as well. Documentation allows us to remember what worked and what didn’t. And there were lots of...
by Spiraea Herbs | Jul 22, 2016 | Homesteading, Recipes
I am so grateful for the abundance of our garden. The greens were the first crops we harvested around here (we didn’t plant radishes this year) and before we knew it we were surrounded by kale, collards, swiss chard, pak choy, rapini, kale and even more kale. So...
by Spiraea Herbs | Jul 11, 2016 | Canning & Preserving, Freezer Meals, Homesteading
One of our main goals with our homestead is to grow most of our own food and reduce our reliance on the grocery store for our vegetables, fruits and eventually eggs (maybe even meat one day!). That being said, we also want to try to eat the food we grow year round (we...
by Spiraea Herbs | Jul 7, 2016 | DIY Herbal, Herbalism, Homesteading, Recipes
Garlic scape season has arrived here in Ontario and I am so stoked. I’m too old to say stoked aren’t I? Excited?? That’s better… I’m so excited! I’ve purchased garlic scapes from farmers’ markets in the past but I’ve...
by Spiraea Herbs | Jul 5, 2016 | Fermented Foods, Homesteading, Natural Health, Recipes
I’m a big believer in homemade and doing things yourself. Whether it’s kombucha, sourdough or herbal remedies, if I can make it myself, then I do. I’m also very frugal by nature so if making it myself saves me money then I’m twice as happy!...
by Spiraea Herbs | Jun 30, 2016 | Chickens, Homesteading
So just in case you don’t want to learn by making silly mistakes like we did, I thought I would share our foibles and what we did to correct it. I’m a big believer in learning through experience – whether it is a success or a failure, there is always...
