Hippie Homestead

Thought I would share my herbaceous potatoes with you today. We don't celebrate Thanksgiving anymore. I don't feel like we should be...

I had a dear friend of mine move out of state, and decided to gift me the instant pot we used all the time when I worked with her at her...

Decided to make the post mainly because I'm tired of seeing people argue over this, and also, as a homesteader, know your agriculture...

This one's fairly simple. This is a slow cooker recipe so ya know toss it all in the pot and walk away for a few hours. 1-2 lbs beef,...

Pyrus calleryana, or the Callery pear or Bradford pears, are a tree native to China & Vietnam. The rootstock was brought to America in...

Haven't posted for a couple days. The transition from blazing summer to fall ( and this year's so far has been a much cooler and wetter...

The weather is changing so it's time to up our immune defenses. I made elderberry gummies today. Gummies because it's much easier to get...

Gonna start with, this is certainly not my favorite dish to make. I'm just not a big fan of cabbage unless its super cooked down in egg...

I am a big fan of the seed starting pellets or pots that can go straight into the ground. However, I rarely see them around here anymore....

Here is my recipe for my plantain herbal salve. It has more than just plantain in it and each one very beneficial to cuts, scraped and...

Anyone who has bought seeds, has at some point most likely come across seed tape. This stuff is amazing, you don't have to worry about...

When you hear the word Plantain, almost everyone immediately thinks of the fruit that closely resembles bananas...That's def not we're...

Description---The plant is bushy, producing numerous annual, quadrangular and branching stems, a foot or more in height, on which the...

So this recipe came about when we had a bad month and hadn't budgeted our food money properly. It happens, you learn and move on. What...

So we have had some crazy weather here in southern California. Normally we are pushing mid to upper 90's by now.... Yesterday was 59°...

Was kinda cold and rainy today. Went from 85 yesterday to 59 today... Bit of a big dip there. So, I decided, well my 5 year old decided I...

This is possibly one of the BEST spice rubs I've ever made. Last year I got some coffee garlic rub from Trader Joe's. When I ran out I...

Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful Mamma's out there and and also to dads, aunts, uncles and grandparents who have to play mom's...

Making a pasta salad since we decided to do mother's day BBQ today instead of tomorrow. 16 oz pasta 1 cup mayo 1/2 head of raw broccoli...