Category: Homestead Kitchen

How to care for a basil plant? Fresh basil is an integral part of the Mediterranean diet. Besides being delicious, basil has potent antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. Basil is also...

If you're anything like most homesteaders that keep chickens, ducks, and other delightful egg layers, you've got eggs everywhere. On the counter, in the fridge, in a basket by the back door... and...

If you've ever made cheese at home and shared it with your friends and family, the likelihood is that - if it was good - they told you you could sell it. Maybe that got you thinking. Could you really...

Fresh herbs in the kitchen are just a wonderful thing. Making fresh pizza? Tear up some basil and throw it on there. Fancy an afternoon mojito? Grab a few leaves of mint to finish it off. Need herbs...

Herbs are a wonderful thing to grow on a homestead. They are relatively easy to look after, they don't have to take up much space, and it's an easy way to save on the more expensive store-bought...

You might be surprised to learn just how much research has been done on the history of butter molds. These delightful kitchen objects have, over the years, served their owners in a number of ways,...