Canning and preserving, to fill shelves with colorful jars, is great, but what now? How do we incorporate home canning in meals? For me, it was a bit of a learning curve. Recipes usually do not ask for home-canned produce. Some popular brands of condiments or salsa on a grocery store shelf might ...
Starting Seeds Without Grow Lights
One of the most significant benefits of starting your seeds is the cost. However, that can quickly be overshadowed if you buy expensive grow lights and run them for months. With energy costs rising, the question arises: What about starting seeds without growing lights? It's possible, and in this ...
Complete Guide on How To Grow Tomatoes Indoors
Tomatoes are one of the plants that represent summer. The aroma, the bright colors, and the yummy taste all remind us of a sunny summer day. Gardeners often can't wait to start growing tomato seedlings. Today, we want to talk about how to grow tomatoes indoors. Can you, should you, and how do you do ...
How to Successfully Grow Indoor Decorative Plants
Here at Northern Homestead, we talk about indoor plants a lot, and we usually mean edible plants. Today, we want to discuss how to successfully grow indoor decorative plants, rather than our usual focus on indoor edible gardens. Decorative houseplants have their place, too. And ...
Exploring Alternatives to Starting Seedlings Early
Once the winter holidays end, gardeners get excited to start preparing for the next growing season. While there is nothing inherently wrong with starting seeds early, more effective alternatives are worth exploring. In this blog post, we will explore these alternatives, and perhaps you will discover ...
Organizing and Storing Seeds
Properly organizing and storing seeds simplifies the busy sowing season and saves money by preventing duplicate purchases and extending the shelf life of the seeds we already have. There is no need to buy new seeds every year. When organizing seeds, you can go from very simple to super fancy. As ...
Making Progress on One Important Thing a Day
Do you ever feel like there are never enough hours in a day to keep up with the garden, harvest, homestead, and household responsibilities? If you're looking for a management tip to help you accomplish more and feel better about it, here's one: focus on making progress on one important thing each ...
Implement the FlyLady System to Support Homesteading
"My house may be a mess, but you should see my garden" - can you relate? As a homesteader, we could add, "but you should see my pantry, or my barn, or my cellar. It seems there are always more important things to do than cleaning and organizing the house. Implement the FlyLady system to support ...
Vinegret Salad Recipe
There is hardly a salad recipe with more wholesome, garden-to-table ingredients than the vinegret salad. At the same time, it can serve as a complete meal in one bowl and is incredibly delicious. In many families around the world, a New Year's Eve meal is not complete without a vinegret salad. If ...
Make ahead, overnight coleslaw recipe
Coleslaw has become a favorite side dish in North America. The name originated from the Dutch settlements. In fact, it's a cabbage salad enjoyed around the world. This make-ahead overnight coleslaw recipe comes from Russia. The Russians love cabbage in all forms and tastes, and if a Russian food ...
