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Food For Life Garden

I’m passionate about homesteading, off-grid living, and growing nourishing, clean, and real food. I blog about preparing wholesome meals, preserving abundant harvests, and working with herbs.

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Last minute holiday, sourdough, seed starting

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration “Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is time for home.” Edith Sitwell Cinnamon Stars are A Must-Try German Christmas Cookie Merry Christmas! Now that the Holidays are upon us and we celebrate...

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! As you might know by now, I'm a big advocate for clean and real food. Making meals from scratch and using foods that are as natural and nutrient dense as possible, without toxic pesticides and additives, is so important for staying healthy. With all the environmental challenges that are not...

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Wow, it's just about Thanksgiving already. Are you prepared? I am never ready for the holidays, lol. They have a way of sneaking up on me while I'm busy with life. That's when I'll have to remind myself to slow down a little and think of what matters most. Let's be grateful for our blessings....

photo of a pie plate full of healthy cranberry orange sauce with parsley decoration.

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.”– Lauren DeStefano Such a cool turtle hanging out in my garden! October is ending and we've had our first light frost here...

a photo of  maple pumpkin cake with apple, pecan and ginger streusel

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration “Autumn glows upon us like a splendid evening; it is the very sunset of the year,” – Mary Russell Mitford, “Our Village” Marigolds I can't believe how fast the time went since my last newsletter. I try to not let this much time pass, but I got a bit behind with so much going on...

watermelon in the garden

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration “It was August and the fields were high with corn. In the orchard the last of the peaches clung to their branches and the apples were showing their first pinkish blush. The vegetable garden overflowed with produce: peppers, green beans, zucchini, tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash.”...

cucumber salad in a bowl.

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration "No single sort of garden suits everyone. Shut your eyes and dream of the garden you’d most love then open your eyes and start planting. Loved gardens flourish, boring ones are hard work." Jackie French Butterfly visiting my zinnias It appears we have come to the end of the rainy...

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Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration "A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all, it teaches entire trust." Gertrude Jekyll Dill going to seed Wow, in Southern Missouri it has been like a rainforest for over two months now. We get our almost...

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration "The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul." Alfred Austin Pepper plant in my garden I hope you are enjoying the school's-out and vacation season. Summer is here and with it the...

strawberry quark layered in serving glasses with strawberry decorations

Some of the links below are affiliate links. As an Amazon affiliate I may receive a commission at no cost to yo if you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Food For Life Garden Update! Inspiration “A garden returns 50x the investment you put into it. Not just food, but joy, peace and a real connection with creation. A spiritual retreat from a noisy world and hurried people. Grow a garden.” Unknown Wow, it's June already. Amazing how fast time goes by these days. Life is...