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Gardening, Homesteading, Projects

Seed Starting

It’s been sort of a depressing winter up until recently.  It rained more than I ever remember before for a Wisconsin winter, and it seemed to be perpetually cloudy and…

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March 1, 2017
Projects

Our Kitchen Makeover And Tour

We can put as much love into a house, make as many memories there as we want, and turn a house into a home, but that doesn’t mean that the space…

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September 22, 2016
Recipes

Breakfast Casserole

"Breakfast Casserole" is a family favorite around here and was inspired by a recipe from a friend. With a family of 7 (mostly young children, and a lifestyle that includes…

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June 19, 2016
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    May Days

    May 9, 2022 /

    Well, it’s May! The time has suddenly gone from a slow crawl to the speed of the start of a race. I can only imagine that it will get much more intense in the coming weeks and months. Once again, I’ve tried writing many times, only to end up with nothing published. I start a post, but then need to update it, only to be interrupted partway through. So, I’ll do my best to keep this brief. First, we’re getting rid of the internet. We unplugged over the weekend, and I’m only going to be using it maybe once a week when I head into town and have access to…

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    Community Planning

    April 10, 2022 /

    Lately the topic of community has come up a lot… I’ve heard about it a lot from other homesteaders, from family and friends, and a whole bunch of other sources. It seems to be on everyone’s mind. I’ve discussed a bit about community when it comes to having emergency plans, but I’d like to dig into the value of community planning a little more today. By this point in time, it comes as no surprise that more and more people are taking the issue of preparedness seriously. It became glaringly obvious to people that certain habits and thought processes needed to be adjusted. Societally, we took the systems that are…

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  • Recipes

    First Grind

    March 23, 2022 /

    My first try at making bread with wheat I ground using our new wheat mill...

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    Mid-March

    March 15, 2022 /

    Poof! And just like that, we’re half-way through the third month of the year. The sun is starting to come out, the temperature is on the rise, the snow is melting, and the sap is finally starting to flow. It’s going to be a very short Maple Syrup Season this year. I’m feeling a little out of it today, and yet this is the clearest my mind has been in months! The last couple of weeks, and especially the last few days, I have been a bundle of nerves, wanting to know if there is one baby or two growing inside of me. I finally had my first check up…

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    Plans for 2022

    January 31, 2022 /

    I’ve been thinking a lot about our plans for 2022. It’s been a little bit difficult to come up with something I feel is fairly solid, because we have a couple of variables that are, to some extent, unknown. But I’m doing my best to try to map out a plan for the year so we know what steps to take and when. Every year, there are several factors we take into consideration when coming up with a list of goals for the year. Finances and time commitments, as well as our desire to reach a goal are all things we need to think about when making our plans. If…

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    Grain Mills and Other Things

    January 20, 2022 /

    A belated “Happy New Year!” I’ve been trying to write something the past few weeks, but I realized I just needed a bit of time off. What better time for a break than when I don’t have much of anything exciting going on to write about anyway, right? Well, I received a grain mill for my birthday, and another year is under way, so it’s time to take some more notes about what’s been going on. We caught a cold right around Christmas time, and it took its sweet time traveling through the house from one child to the next, and then on to Scott. Aaron and I were the…

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Hi there! I'm Danielle, "author" on Spring Lake Homestead. We are a family of 8, living in rural Wisconsin, and learning how to do this whole homesteading thing...together. Thanks for joining us!

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