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Get Your Mind Back: Creating Boundaries With Your Phone
Physically we feel like we’re running a marathon everyday. We have the attention span of a mosquito because we feel like we have a 1000 tabs open in our brain. We have a hard time being creative. There's no time and too many to-dos. Can you relate to any of that?...
DIY Greenhouse with Reclaimed Windows
This DIY greenhouse is my favorite thing about our property for so many reasons! My husband came up with the design, harvested the trees for the beams, milled the logs, and fit the windows together like puzzle pieces. Both of our dads helped significantly on the...
Adventure to Seldovia
Seldovia is a coastal village situated across the bay from Homer (a popular Alaskan town) and is completely off the road system in Alaska. It is only accessible by boat or plane so it's always been a place of intrigue that we wanted to visit at some point! Only about...
Recipes
The Perfect Salted Caramel Sauce
Whether you are hosting an ice cream sundae bar or want to give someone a homemade gift, this salted caramel is the perfect thing! It’s the perfect dessert topping but it’s so good you will probably want to eat it by the spoonful. This recipe came from a distant...
How to Make Homemade Vanilla Extract
The best time to make homemade vanilla extract was 6 months ago but the second best time to make it is right now! It’s an easy swap if you’re into making things homemade and it also makes for a great gift! One thing I NEVER skimp on in the kitchen is vanilla...
How to Make Homemade Applesauce
How to Make Homemade Applesauce When I first started making applesauce I scoured the internet for a recipe for the exact amount of apples I had. Guess what I found… nothing! Everyone measures large quantities of things like apples differently - bushels, pounds, etc....
Adventures
Salmon Fishing in Alaska
The salmon run is somewhat of a cultural experience every summer. Salmon fishing is a huge industry in Alaska and the red salmon that spawns here is coveted all over the world. Jimmy and I go out to the Copper River every year to get our share of fish. Ways to harvest...
Food Preservation
Everything You Need to Know to Grow Garlic
Garlic is one of my favorite things to harvest. Probably because it takes 10 months to grow so the harvest is much anticipated. Garlic is also the first ingredient in most of the things I cook so why not grow it myself?! Don’t let the growth time of 10 months...
Classic Basil Pesto Recipe
Pesto is one of my favorite things to make every summer. There is just nothing quite like a fresh, classic basil pesto. Whether you have your own garden and have a huge basil harvest or you buy basil at a local farmers market, this recipe is sure to...
Homemade Sour Rhubarb Candy
Maybe you want to put a neglected massive rhubarb plant to good use. Or you bought rhubarb at the farmers market and you have no idea what to do with it. Whatever the case, you need to try this sour rhubarb candy! It's sour, it's chewy, it’s only a couple...