Author: Annie Bernauer

Annie Bernauer is a certified Master Gardener and Master Naturalist. She enjoys writing about her family's adventures in modern day homesteading in Montana and helping others to learn these skills.

Montana Winter Ice Fishing

Identifying Your Vegetable Garden Soil

Green Thumb Thursday 1-23-2014

Is Your Home Ready for Photovoltaics (solar panels)?

Montana Winter Sunset and Full Moon

Green Thumb Thursday 1-16-2014

Online Resources for Garden Planning and Growing

A New Critter on the Homestead

seven tips to save money heating your house with wood

7 Tips to Save Money Heating Your House With Wood

Winter Bird Watching on the Homestead

Homestead Goals for the New Year

Natural Remedy for the Common Cold

Hello I'm Annie and welcome to our blog!

I was raised in an old farmhouse in the country and taught by three generations of women in my family to cook from scratch, can and preserve food, nurture plants to grow, craft with my hands, and live a simple, meaningful life. Now I'm teaching my own children these skills on our little homestead in Montana. I am a Master Gardener and a Master Naturalist and love helping others learn. I'm sharing these vintage skills here so you too can live a simple, more connected homemade life- one canning jar at a time!