Our Lifestyle Blog as We Create a Homestead in Northern Ontario
As per Jeff’s suggestion, here’s an amazingly quick and easy way to make your own cheese. It’s most like a Ricotta or Feta, depending on whether you’re happy with the finished product as-is, or if you decide to BAM! – kick it up a notch with some briny goodness. Anyway, this type of cheese is … Read more
Just a short rant today, and yes, you can flag it as such. As well, make sure you quote back to me William Strunk if you think I run on. I was struck the other day when a one-time client was complaining about an ongoing problem they had. Once again, in their effort to deal … Read more
Welcome back fearless readers. I hope you don’t mind so many recipes on here, but food, food preparation, and food preservation are all vitally important things to know about on a homestead, and should probably be more understood and appreciated by everyone in general. It’s really amazing when you get into a grocery store and … Read more
I like pizza, I like it. I also like to do things for myself, so for the past year or so, I’ve been making pizza from as basic ingredients as I can get to lately, and thought I’d share just how rewarding and fun it is. It’s really not that difficult, and the results are … Read more
Well, after an exciting run last Friday, with this blog recording an outstanding spike in views thanks to the cider entry, things have gotten back to normal I think. Thanks to everyone who commented and voted up the story on Reddit – I believe I actually hit number 12 on the “what’s hot” list. Digg, … Read more
Well, I’m sure my family is annoyed enough about me begging them to check it out, but I spent the better part of Saturday trying to create and configure a homesteading wiki… Check it out if you get a chance, www.aikihomestead.ca, and better yet – edit something or add something! For those of you who … Read more
Over the years I’ve dabbled in a few different financial vehicles and scenarios, and have come to a few conclusions that I’d like to share. Please be sure to realize that these are SPECIFIC to me. These rules make me happy, but they are not guaranteed to make anyone else happy (or wealthy, depending on … Read more
Well, that’s annoying… I typed up quite a long blog entry just describing our garden, complete with many pictures, and accidentally published it before I wanted to. I rushed to take it down, and instead deleting the whole thing. Sigh. Computers… I should probably also point out how difficult it is to properly embed pictures … Read more
For those of you hooked on Pruno, you might want to take note, as this is far easier to make (assuming you AREN’T incarcerated), and much nicer for your pallette. In my ongoing efforts to trim costs, as well as learn new (read : old) skills, I decided that it was a good idea to … Read more
I don’t think I need to tell you that Thoreau wasn’t really a guy who had lots of luck with the ladies, but he definitely had some ideas that continue to speak to all of us, removed as we may be from his world and circumstances. As I spend most of my day stuck indoors … Read more