Spring truly is a magical time of year, isn't it? It definitely is here in Idaho. From the way the grass and trees and flowers and shrubs finally awaken after months of slumbering beneath the harsh blanket of winter... The apple tree is bursting with blossoms! To the return of the birds from afar who …
I've been seeing an alarming number of comments on articles, videos and blog posts that remind me of the childhood story The Little Red Hen. Do you remember how it goes? A hen living on a farm finds some wheat and decides to make bread with it. She asks the other farmyard animals to help …
It's that time of the year when we start planning our summer camping trips. We are a little more than an hour from the gates of Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks but we've never actually camped inside the borders of the parks themselves and I don't think we ever will. Why? Well, last July …
As I'm still in the recovery phase from my overindulgence of the proverbial forbidden fruit (in this case cheesecake is a fruit) I am left trapped inside watching the world go by yet again, unable to do much more than what I absolutely have to do to maintain our little homestead. At least until my …
While having mast cell disease severely limits what I can eat, drink, inhale and expose myself to in general, I can do a few things on my "unsafe" list as long as I follow a very specific protocol. For instance, I can eat pumpkin swirl cheesecake as long as I only eat a small amount …
Empty Nest Homesteading 