Forest House Farm

The root cellar is finally starting to look like we are prepared for winter. In the pic, some heads of cabbage hung for fresh eating all w...

I like the color variation on these Staghorn Sumac leaves.  Homesteading, just like most other things, is repetition. Plant, Till, Harv...

Winter buds of  Populus balsamifera  Most people don't think of spring as harvest time but there are plenty of useful things to gath...

It has been a long winter and there are a couple more months to go here. The internet has provided some amusement and a few ideas to keep ...

One of the high points of 2014 was our trip up to the shores of Lake Superior to pick wild blueberries.Actually there were two trips becau...

  We recently decided we needed more shelter for some of our expanding herd of critters. This little barn built from pallets is working ou...

    This is a good time of the year to replenish or replace some of the items in your natural medicines cabinet. Don't have a natural...