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jar of natural homemade lavender bath salts Montana Homesteader

Dutch Baby German Pancake Recipe

DIY mason canning jar soap lotion dispenser

How to make a mason jar soap or lotion dispenser

Traditional Classic Bread Stuffing Recipe

Honey sweetened raw cranberry orange relish salad

Raw Cranberry Orange Relish with Honey

Homemade pumpkin pie made with fresh pumpkin

Homemade Fresh Pumpkin Pie Recipe

Storing apples long term for winter without refrigeration

How to store apples for winter without refrigeration

Jars of homemade canned rose hip jelly and fresh wild rose hips

How to make and can Rose Hip Jelly

Plate of delicious homemade sourdough pumpkin muffins

Sourdough Pumpkin Muffins Recipe

making sourdough starter from scratch with wild yeast

How to make and can Oregon Grape jelly

Dutch ovens stacked together with coals baking outside at camp in the snow

How to bake off grid in a dutch oven

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!