When you are butchering your animals, don't throw away the fat. Using lard/tallow is great in cooking. But also in making soaps, candles, salves, etc.2yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
If we’re gonna stare at it for months, might as well add some artwork to it2yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
Cooking with homegrown veggies, well into winter. Cooked on wood harvested in our woods. An awesome feeling!2yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
Friendly reminder to go in your gardens and plant garlic! (Your spring-self will thank you)3yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
I made shampoo bars: total cost for a year supply was about $20, and no more plastic bottles!5yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/ZeroWaste
A few weeks ago, I posted about some deer fat I rendered. This is the soap I made using it.3yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
A shed/sugarhouse/soap making space, in the making! Hoping to be done soon, winter is coming!4yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
Our new sugarhouse we just finished building, after yesterday’s snowstorm4yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
[Image] We, too, quit our jobs 6 years ago, and moved to Vermont to start a homestead and write about it. We still have a job but still feels like we made it.7yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/GetMotivated
Little tip for tomato growers: tomato hornworms really glow bright when you check your plants with a black light!1yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
I have been canning for years now, might as well make a beautiful rainbow display out of my hard work (x-post from homesteading)8yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/Frugal
If you have animals going to the butcher, ask for the fat. This is fat from a deer that would have been tossed. Will make about 60 bars of soap instead3yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
My 7 yo son asked his friends for drawings for his birthday this year, instead of gifts.6yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/Frugal
My new washing machine saves me about $1000 a year. It also boosts my vitamin D levels, and exercises my back!8yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/Frugal
When a recipe calls for one garlic clove, but you harvested 600 heads of garlic (first-world homesteader ‘problem’)6yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
Before having kids, people warned us that our house will be filled with toys. We didn't fill it with toys, and this picture reminds me that I am making the right choices8yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/simpleliving
3 gallons of Maple Syrup so far. On the left, Snow Moon, and the right, the Town Meeting Batch.6yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
[Homemade] Just finished processing our yearly supply of maple syrup! (About 3.5 gallons)7yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/food
We moved to our small house about year ago. Today, we finally have fresh, drinkable water from our well. This is our first cup.8yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
Our first apple cider (that will hopefully be hard cider in a few months)!7yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
This year’s blank canvas. 1 more week before planting starts! (Zone 4b/5a, Vermont)2yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
Trying cattle panels for tomatoes instead of cages this year. Any tricks I should know?2yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
Week 5. Flood me with your canning, freezing, eating fresh recipes (that are not zucchini bread)1yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
We uncovered our 600 garlic today. Finally spring, after a looooooong Vermont winter!7yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
Our small harvest of honey for the year. It didn't go as great as expected but should be enough for our needs.8yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
Main reason I switched to wearing skirts and dresses around the homestead5yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
[homemade] local breakfast: bread made from rye grown 10 miles from our house, apple butter made from our apples, sweetened with our maple syrup, and eggs harvested from our chickens this morning. Yum!8yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/food
15 years ago, my dad took his life. If you feel like you might hurt yourself, please seek help. Someone out there cares for you.7yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/pics
I made soap from honey harvested this week, and lard rendered from a friend's pig. It smells great!8yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
Used local lard + raw goat milk for this soap! (AMA if you have questions about soapmaking!)4yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
Made a pair of socks for my 6 yo last year. Finished a matching pair for his soon to be baby sister!7yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/knitting
This picture summarizes our summer this year: building our house (ourselves), drying garlic from garden, enjoying beautiful views.7yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/Homesteading
I started making soap 6 years ago. This one is a calendula infused soap. Feeling a but like a mad scientist today4yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
Firing the stove for the first time today. Dreaming about cookies, cakes, soups, bread, pizza!8yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
It's the first time someone else uses the title to describe what I do. It feels official now!7yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/writing
My grandparents a few days before their wedding day, in traditional Szekely clothing ~19486yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
I'll be staring at my food all year long, might as well make it a beautiful display. I'll call it Rainbow Canning8yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/Homesteading
My husband just built the tallest freestanding Duplo tower in the world, at 20.5 feet high.8yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/pics
Gardening is great for the soul, but mainly great for my pantry. Today's harvest, 20 lbs of tomatoes that will end up canned.8yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/Frugal
You know healthcare costs are too high when companies offer you interest free payment plans to afford basic medication.6yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/LateStageCapitalism
You know you did something right when you are harvesting tomatoes by the bucket8yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/homestead
Representative Squirrell (of Underhill) is on the committee of Natural resources, Fish, and Wildlife.7yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/vermont
I needed new shoes, and couldn't find the perfect pair. So I asked my friends if they had any extras I could buy from them. I paid $10 total, and I avoided hours of shopping!8yr ⋅ eloquinee ⋅ r/Frugal
