Haphazard Homestead

I just wanted to show off my latest batch of homemade soap that I made yesterday.  These are actually shampoo bars, but the difference is...

My friend Melinda and her husband gave us a boatload of potatoes recently, and I've been slowly working them up.  Some will be chitted ...

Get ready for this.  A flavorful soup with just two ingredients (okay, three if you count the water), that's good for you (mmm...that bo...

I threw this together from leftovers one morning last week.  I liked it so well, I'll be making it on purpose next time. Super Sim...

I've mentioned before that I bought a neat-o perpetual garden planner download from Northwest Edible Life , and have all intentions ...

I set some goals at the beginning of the year, so I thought I'd give a quick monthly update on my progress. Reading:  Goal - 18 Boo...

Do you ever wonder if anything you say or try to teach your child(ren) sinks in? At supper last night, Kat said that the subject of allowanc...

This recipe originally came from the book "301 Venison Recipes - The Ultimate Deer Hunter's Cookbook".  It's a sweeter twi...

Here's a tableau I saw once in a flea market and recreated here at home. It's an old step-ladder adorned with ...

I hope all of you had a very nice Thanksgiving.  Ours was wonderful, if very un-traditional.  I made most of the dishes ahead of time, so ye...

I know I haven't been around much.  Here's why: - Between Thursday of last week and yesterday, we processed and froze 84 pounds o...

The cable guy (neither Larry nor Jim Carrey) is supposed to disconnect our cable service today, leaving us with just Internet service, which...

TGIFG! Thank Goodness It's Free Glasses!  If you (or anyone in your family) wear glasses, my friend Jill at Blessings of a Stay At Ho...

This isn't the only recipe for a flavorful coffee creamer with the fall flavor of pumpkin, but the only one I know of that starts with s...

Until a few weeks ago, I didn't know who Harley Quinn was.  If you don't know, either, she is a super-villian character in the Batma...

Today ends Week 4 of Northwest Edible Life's No-Spend Month of October .  To participate, I didn't join full-on, but decided to chal...

Today ends Week 3 of Northwest Edible Life's No-Spend Month of October .  To participate, I didn't join full-on, but decided to chal...

Let's see if I can "Frankenstein" $10 worth of thrift store clothes into a big freakin' mess Halloween costume for Kat.  ...

Some of last year's tomatoes; taken October 2011. A couple dozen of these look ready to move to the kitchen. Our first frost was...

Today ends Week 2 of Northwest Edible Life's No-Spend Month of October .  To participate, I decided to challenge myself to spend zero mo...