Adventures on the Sattler Homestead
August brings with it the hot weather, search for rain, and peaches. Wonderful, glorious peaches. I've always maintained strawberries and blueberries to be my favorite fruits, probably because I was told as a child that I had to keep eating strawberries for my hair color to stay red. Also, I just really enjoy popping these …
It's been dry on our homestead for several weeks now. I've been watching the weather apps and the skies relentlessly, looking for some hope of rain. The tedious rolling out of hoses and the agonizing view of seeing storm clouds roll by yet missing us mere miles to the north or south drew me …
The first harvests of the year have been especially delightful for us. They are, after all, the first fruits of our homestead. Thus far we've had a steady trickle of cherry tomatoes, large tomatoes, and ground cherries with the rest of our vegetables and fruits on the cusp of ripeness. That is, except for one …
We bought a homestead. Or at least, we bought a one acre lot with a beautiful cottage house, but I'm calling it a homestead. The last four years of expansive dreams and impatient waiting is now coming to fruition: we have land. And not just any land, land still within the bounds of the city we've come …
In my last post, I covered why Adam and I are doing this 28 day detox. I also talked a bit about our breakfasts and lunches, but left the main meal, dinners, for this post. Before I get there, we feel there's a few things we should update you on as we continue to detox. …
Hello folks. If you haven't figured it out yet, Adam and I are passionate about food. Potentially annoyingly so, but well, it's who we are. Lately, we've been reflecting about our relationship with food (because everyone has a relationship with food-think about that for a bit), and we've been thinking about the health of our …
Adam and I started this year with some relatively lofty goals. As per usual, we finished our chalkboard of goals (which we're doing excellent on, by the way. The student loan number is already shrinking-hurrah!), and then I add something along the lines of "BUT what if we also do *enter such and such crazy …
