How to Herb Garden in the Midwest
As a wife and mother here in Minnesota I’m always looking for great ways to make things stretch farther. I do a lot of cooking from scratch so keeping my…
Category: gardening
3 Reasons You Should Switch to Reusable Canning Lids
The spring and summer of 2020 were unlike any other for those of us that are accustomed to growing gardens, harvesting the bounty we have grown and preserving it in…
How to Start an Herb Garden for Beginner’s
Learn how to grow an herb garden for beginner’s. Choose the right plants for your family. The proper location for you home and enjoy the bounty you grow.
A New Beginning on a New Homestead
It has been a very long time since my last post here at Simple Steady Home. It has been with good reason though so let me back track a bit…
Bokashi Composter Review
This last fall I was selected as a winner, by the website Misfitgardening, to receive a free Bokashi Composter to use in my home. In exchange I gave an honest…
Homesteaders Notes on Preserving Foods
This time of year is always a time of great joy and complete stress. I often find myself up to my elbows in a canning project, trying to tell kids…
Craft of the Month-How to Freeze Herbs in 5 Easy Steps
It seems only fitting, being that we are starting harvest time, to have our craft of the month be something edible. I know that not everyone has a planter full…
Gleaning Pea Fields For Winter
We have often heard the saying “one man’s junk is another man’s treasure”. Recently my boys and I experienced the good version of this statement. We asked permission for a…
You Get What You Put Into It
These past few weeks on the homestead have been challenging following my surgery. With two busy boys, daily chores and trying to keep up on the house, I have fallen…
Volunteer Produce!
It’s always amazing to have a garden that produces. Finding a plant that you didn’t even put seeds into the ground for is even better! Volunteer produce is an amazing…