Last frontier living

Welcome to our neck of the woods – I hope you stick around! There is a garden to weed, plants to forage, & wild game to process.

Latest on the blog

The Ultimate Mother’s Day Gift Idea List

Apr 15, 2025 | Lifestyle

If you need some ideas for mom for Mother’s Day - look no further! One day I dumped a bunch of ideas onto a note and I think these ideas should cover nearly every kind of mom! Crunchy mom, garden...

VacMaster Chamber Sealer – Everything You Need to Know

Apr 25, 2025 | Food Preservation, Homestead

One of the things I get the most questions about in my videos on Instagram is our VacMaster chamber sealer. So I figured I would tell you about it and answer the most commonly asked questions I...

Navigating a Season of Divine Delay (Resources for Waiting)

Apr 23, 2025 | Lifestyle

I recently posted on Instagram about Jimmy and I’s desire to have kids and how that has been delayed far longer than we would have liked. You can read that here. But I wanted to provide a list of...

a little bit about me

Hi, I’m Kelsey! Welcome to my corner of the internet. I live in Alaska and love the abundance of the land here and slower pace of living. My favorite things in life are the simple things – digging in the dirt, exploring, reading a good book, and making delicious food from scratch.

My husband and I pursue living a simple life in Alaska. We aren’t off grid. We aren’t living zero waste. We are just a normal couple that seeks to be more self sufficient.

My goal is to share the beauty of Alaska and encourage you to slow down and enjoy the simple things in life.

If you follow along you can expect to see everything from growing food, processing game meat, from-scratch recipes, tips on staying well and more!

Latest recipes

Italian Sausage Chowder (Better Than Zuppa Toscana)

This Italian sausage chowder actually came to be because I made a mistake on a dinner I was making. I was making what was supposed to be a skillet meal and I added too much bone broth so it turned out to be a stew. Quite a happy accident because it was DELICIOUS! This...

Award Winning Classic Chili (Great for Wild Game)

This is literally the *perfect* classic chili recipe. Ground meat, beans, peppers, tomatoes, the perfect medium heat. Once you make this recipe, you won’t ever need another chili recipe! Okay so am I allowed to say award winning when I won one chili cook...

Homemade Garden Salsa With Canning Instructions

One of the first garden recipes I ever wanted to develop was the PERFECT salsa recipe. For me the perfect recipe is medium heat, chunky, and includes cilantro. Of course if that isn’t your idea of the perfect salsa, you can always make some tweaks to it! I make...