Living Simply

  • How to be a Lazy Gardener

    by Candace Peters
    I have a perfect garden in my head.   A large fenced area with creeping flowers, like hollyhocks, and wild flowers  crawling up the side, and mari...

  • How Keeping Goats Changed How I See Myself

    by Candace Peters
          No, Goats don't eat tin cans, at least none of the goats I've ever owned or met.  They are really some of the pickiest creatures I've come ...

  • Lasagna (Lasagne??)

    by Candi Hauser
    This yummy lasagna recipe is a staple of the Hauser Homestead and was when I was growing up as well.  Pairs perfectly with a nice spring salad and a glass of red wine.
    Posted in comfortfood, lasagna, lasagne, recipes

  • Small Farming Lessons

    by Candi Hauser
    Sometimes homestead life and life with farm animals is hard.  This week was one of those weeks!
    Posted in Chickens, goats, living simply

  • Spicy Chicken and Spring Greens Salad

    by Candi Hauser
    A salad with a kick.  Fresh ingredients, and a yummy light dressing.
    Posted in chicken, healthy, living simply, recipes, salad, spicy

  • Chickens - Where to begin Part 1

    by Candi Hauser
    Chickens! If you have been thinking of getting chickens, you may be wondering where do you even begin to get the information.  Or, maybe, you are l...
    Posted in Chickens

  • Burgers!

    by Candi Hauser
    Yummy Burger recipe with feta, tomato aioli, caramelized onions, and bacon (of course)
    Posted in hamburgers, recipes