Other Self-Sufficient Practices

Bread Baking

I have been trying to teach myself how to bake bread for a few years now. I’m sorry to say that even after TWO YEARS, I am not very good at it. The only fool-proof bread recipe I have found is this one for Farmhouse White Bread from Farmgirl Fare. See? Beautiful, right? But …Continue reading “Bread Baking”

Tapping Trees

For years now, Gage has wanted to try tapping trees in late winter. This year, just to experiment, he tapped a handful of trees – one walnut and a few sycamores, just to see. Amazingly, the walnut tree produced gallons and gallons of sap! Little known-fact … it takes gallons and gallons of sap to makeContinue reading “Tapping Trees”