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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...
Everything You Need to Know to Raise Chicks
‘Tis the season for acquiring baby chicks! They are hard to resist when you see them at the feed or hardware store. Here is everything you need to consider if you are raising chicks for the first time. Set Up the Brooder Ahead of Time Chicks can be very fragile...
A Quick Introduction to the Amazing Chaga Mushroom
Functional (or medicinal) mushrooms are all over the health industry these days. Chaga being one mushroom that gets a lot of hype. While it has grown in popularity recently, it has been used for thousands of years in Russia and parts of Asia. I’ve personally heard...
Recipes
The Easiest Rhubarb Sauce
Rhubarb sauce is one of the easiest recipes I know. You can either make it fresh throughout the summer or make a huge batch (to can) and have throughout the winter. We all know that if you have a rhubarb plant, you likely have more rhubarb than you could ever...
Rhubarb Simple Syrup
It's that time of year where rhubarb abounds! Rhubarb is the most underrated harvest! Make the most of it by making a rhubarb simple syrup! It probably depends on where you live but growing up in Michigan it seemed like rhubarb was one of those things where most...
The Yummiest Smoked Salmon Recipe
Smoked salmon is hands down the best way to enjoy salmon, in my opinion! Read on to see our favorite way to smoke salmon. Salmon Controversy I’m going to say something that is probably an unpopular opinion, but I don’t like salmon that much! As Alaskans, we have...
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Food Preservation
Raising Meat Chickens: Most Commonly Asked Questions
If you have ever wondered if you would want to raise chickens for meat, here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions I receive! If you have additional questions you want me to cover, leave them in the comments! What breed do you raise? The Cornish Cross...
The Best Tools for Raising & Butchering Meat Chickens
You asked, I’m answering! Here is a list of all my favorite tools for raising and butchering meat chickens. Brooder box Chick Brooder Plate - This is a safer option for a heater for chicks. It’s far safer fire wise compared to the traditional clip on heat...
The Best Instant Pot Chicken Bone Broth
Bone broth! It's everywhere. The superfood you should be drinking everyday, according to ‘them’. Whoever ‘they’ are. When I originally tried bone broth, I wasn’t really keen on drinking it, but I would use it in recipes, when making rice, etc just for the health...