Don’t Toss the Guts: 10 Pumpkin Seed Recipes (Sweet, Savory & Snackable)
You're standing at the kitchen counter, elbow-deep in pumpkin. There's a bowl of stringy orange guts and seeds sitting next to the carving knife. The trash can is two steps away. And every year,...
Homemade Honey Buns: The From-Scratch Recipe Your Grandma Would Actually Approve Of
Close your eyes for a second. You're eight years old, riding in the back seat, and somebody just handed you a honey bun from the gas station counter. You peel back the cellophane. That warm, sticky...
17 Homemade Pantry Mixes You Can Make in October (And Gift in December)
It's October. The tomato vines are pulled, the garlic's in the ground (or it should be soon), and the mornings have that bite that sends you to the stove for coffee. This is the month to make your...
How to Put Your Garden to Bed for Winter (The Checklist That Saves Your Spring)
Picture the first warm Saturday in late March. Over the fence, your neighbor is already on her knees planting peas. Her soil is dark and soft. It crumbles in her hand. Her trowel is right where...
The DIY Chicken Dust Bath, Winter Edition: What to Add When Temperatures Drop
Last January, I walked out to the coop on a 12-degree morning with a bucket of warm water. My hens were standing around the run looking bored. Their favorite dusting spot under the lilac was frozen...
I Stopped Buying Winter Skin Products: My Tallow Body Butter Routine Instead
If you have ever come inside after hauling firewood in twenty-degree wind, peeled off your work gloves, and watched the skin across your knuckles split open, you know a very particular kind of...
