I have dreamed of living on a working farm for years. I have played at gardening but have not ever really taken it seriously. My family has heard me talk of living off-the-grid and laughed long and hard at me about it. Well! That is all about to change! If I ever want to live on a homestead, I have to begin preparing in earnest! So, taking the advice I read on a homestead blog, I am going to start small.
My immediate project is bread-making. I have made multiple loaves of bread in my bread machine this past week and they didn't last long around here! Bread machine bread in all fine and good but..... I need to learn to make it the good old-fashioned way. This afternoon, while a loaf was baking in the machine, I found a couple of sour-dough starters to try. One uses no yeast and looks a little different from what I'd expected. The other is one I found a couple of years ago in The Complete Tightwad Gazette. I have made several loaves from the latter recipe but none in quite a while. I will be sure to post next week as to how the bread tasted. :)
Needless to say, bread making isn't the only thing I will need to learn but, added to my newly made laundry detergent and dishwasher pellets, I am feeling like there's a real chance this girl may make it to her homestead yet!
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