Homemade puff pastry is one of the easiest pastries you can make and the homemade version is so delicious and flakey, it will leave you wondering why you ever purchased it. I think the word “pastry” can intimidate a…
Farmhouse sitting room
I’m so thrilled to finally be sharing a little bit of the decorated barn with you! I realize it’s been a long time since the completion of this project and we haven’t really shown you any of it! Life has…
How to make sourdough bread from starter
I’m a sourdough bread newbie. I haven’t been making it for years like some people have, but I actually think that gives me an advantage when explaining it to you. Sometimes I think people who have been making sourdough bread…
Butter Parmesan Sourdough Crackers
Since I started growing my sourdough starter, I’ve had a lot of heart burn about throwing away the sourdough starter discard. While I love having the sourdough starter available for bread and pizza dough and other fun things, throwing away…
How to make sourdough starter
I didn’t make a sourdough starter for sourdough bread for a long time because it was intimidating. There were so many people out there giving so many tips – bloggers, YouTubers, Instagramers – everyone made it look like a complicated…
DIY raised garden beds
Kevin built DIY raised garden beds for the first time about five years ago. He and his dad built them as a birthday present to me one summer and they went all out. The raised garden beds were beautiful. They…
