Preserving the Harvest: Morels

Sun Dried Morels! It’s been a long wet spring this year and there’s still snow in patches her on the Traditional Catholic Homestead, but we…

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Preserving the Harvest: Lacto-Fermented Kale

Kale is one of those polarizing veggies that you hear so much about!  You either love it or hate it, most folks have an opinion…

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How to Create the Self-Sufficient Homestead Pantry (pt. 2)

In part 1 of How to Create the Self-Sufficient Homestead Pantry  I addressed a low cost, easy to implement technique for stocking your homestead pantry…

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How to Create the Self-Sufficient Homestead Pantry pt. 1 of 2

The sad reality of our modern world is that most people would find themselves in a desperate state should they, for any reason, not be…

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Homemade sourdough from the homestead!

Homemade Sourdough: From Starter to Loaf!

  For years I’ve wanted to delve into the world of bread making.  I’m a bread lover at heart.  But the task of making the…

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10 Foods No One Should Eat-Mercola Infographic

Food is medicine, but it can also be poison! We need to mindful of what we put into our body…..a handy bit of knowledge brought…

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Preserving the Harvest: Homestead Chicken Sausage?

It’s a bit overdue, but we butchered a few of our meat chickens yesterday.  We didn’t harvest them all, just the roosters and one gimped…

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Bone Stock with Sea Salt Mineral Brine (Recipe)

Bone Soup!!!! Proper nutrition with highly mineralized foods are the cornerstone to good health, mental well being, and longevity.  Bone broths are one of the…

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Preserving the Harvest: Fermented Garlic

Garlic is one of those homestead staples that goes in just about everything around our place so we grow quite a bit.  With this season’s…

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Homestead Harvest….Using the Whole Chicken!

It’s one of those sad realities of life on the homestead that the day will come when Little Red Hen will out stay her welcome…

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