The Perpetual Homesteader Series – The Perpetual Homesteader

The Gardening Season is Winding Down

I have a recipe for green tomato enchilada sauce that I will can and use when I make chicken enchiladas during the winter season. Here’s the recipe I will be using.

A Bumper Crop of Peppers

I have plenty of peppers both hot and sweet peppers to do everything I want to do with them this year and then some.

Seven Ways We are Saving Money and Time in the Garden

My husband and I are streamlining our gardening process with garden beds and saving money where we can.

Elderberries-The Last Hurrah of the Berry Harvest

Elderberries are highly nutritious, can be used medically, in personal care, and is also delicious.

My Bread Making Secrets

Baking bread from scratch is one of the most basic skills for anyone who wants to develop self-sufficiency and create a perpetual homestead can learn. Here are my secrets to perfect homemade bread

Extending Your Fall Harvest Beyond the First Frost

Extending your garden beyond the normal autumn season is much like extending beyond the normal spring season except you are protecting bigger plants.

Planning the Fall Garden

I am feeling it’s time to plant my fall vegetable garden

Beating the Heat in the Garden

The electrical grid has been pushed to its limits during the month of July. We have also been doing the best we can to beat the heat by avoiding excessive exposure to the extreme weather. We have been careful to ensure that our chickens and cats have had plenty of water and are able toContinue reading “Beating the Heat in the Garden”

Spring: The Season of Constant Changes

Spring is planting season, but it is also the rainy season here in the Missouri Ozarks and the temperatures are more variable than in any other area of the country. It can be dry and hot early in the day and cold and rainy by the end of that same day. It can be rainingContinue reading “Spring: The Season of Constant Changes”

My Morning Tonic

I have been suffering from osteoarthritis for years. Sometimes this makes it difficult for me to get things done on the farm as I want to do, but I have found a tonic that may actually help heal the problem. When I normally think of tonic, I am reminded of Granny on the Beverly HillbilliesContinue reading “My Morning Tonic”