Haphazard Homestead

An odd but decidedly cool thing happened in our family recently.  A couple of weeks ago, I entered a book giveaway for a book about foragi...

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...

Here's another "real food" soup that only has two ingredients (not counting water), but packs LOTS of flavor. I used some ha...

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...

In anticipation of the snow storm, I missed Wednesday's post; today's won't be much of one either, unfortunately. In the cit...

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

I think a lot of us who aspire to the frugal lifestyle sometimes get caught up in the idea that our efforts have to be all or nothing. This...

Maybe I'm just strange, but as soon as Christmas is over and the holiday decorations are put away, I'm itchin' to start spring c...

Happy New Year!  I hope all of you had a fun and safe New Year's Eve, and a relaxing (or perhaps, recuperative) day yesterday.  I'...

I'm not one of those bloggers who likes to publish a "Best of..." post at the end of the year. I figure if you want to spend...

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

Look at me!  I actually did a craft!  This project is SEW simple to make with a machine, and would even work up quickly by hand if that...

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...

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...

Shane ended up having to work on Saturday, but Kat and I decided to go to Warsaw Heritage Days without him.  This is the first time in many ...