Roasted Garbanzos with Fresh Redbuds & Vetch

This post contains affiliate links Roasted Garbanzos for a Quick, Hearty Breakfast I like to roast a skillet full of garbanzos for a quick, high protein meal. They are ready in no time, and make a breakfast that sticks to your ribs, but not your middle! Pair roasted Garbanzos with with toast or potatoes, fresh…

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Foraging Wild Edibles. What to Eat in the Forest

Foraging Wild Edibles in the Early Spring I took a morning hike up to the ridge top today. I spent some time sitting and listening to and observing Nature. I got hungry! So I started looking around to see what I could find to eat up there! Breakfast on the ridge! I could find wild…

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Homestead Blog Hop 339

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Now on to the Hop Homestead Blog Hop will take place every Wednesday and is for all things homesteading: real food recipes, farm animals, crafts, DIY, how-to’s, gardening, anything from-scratch, natural home/health, self-sufficiency, self-reliance, natural remedies, essential oils, & more! Basically anything related to homesteading. Meet Your Hosts! Follow…

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Homestead Report—Spring Clean-up, Terrace Gardens, and Personal Grow Beds

How We Garden—Preparing Terrace Gardens These last few weeks we’ve really caught Spring Fever! Mini daffodils in our flower bed along the driveway Daffodils, Crocuses, Tiny green shoots poking up, And even the green briars twisting around on the hills, All of these and more signal the arrival of that glorious time of the year…

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Guys Growing Greens

Guys growing greens–who can top that? Once upon a time, I married a guy named Greg. Greg loves growing, and what better way to grow when it’s cold than in a greenhouse? But, alas! Here at Ridge Haven Homestead we have no greenhouse–not yet! I have no fear that we someday will, for we have…

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