Modern Missouri Pioneers

I just realized that I never finished this post about our March 2015 Gathering.  Sorry about that!  On March 8th several joined us for a...

At our house we go through A LOT of peanut butter.  We eat peanut butter sandwiches, peanut butter and crackers, on toast, on pancakes....

I've been putting together several homemade mixes. I love the convenience of pre-packaged foods when the days are busy, I'm not so i...

Last year we bought two young piglets for the sole purpose of having them fill our freezer. In the past, butchering was done in the fall, an...

When the winter weather is blasting, there is nothing more satisfying, than a home-cooked meal. In the mood for chili during a recent cold s...

One of the myths of Modern Pioneering and Homesteading is that there is little work to do in the winter. For the original Homesteaders, the ...