Lemke Homestead

A Homesteading Momma Trying to Learn a Thing or Two

Posts by: miranda

Garden Update: August

Would you believe I’ve written this dang post 3 different times? Three! Huge thanks to WordPress for not saving the draft like I told it too. Some my garden updates for this month aren’t so depressing this time, YAY! My…

An Infertility Journey

Growing up, I always knew two things. 1. I wanted to be happily married and 2. I wanted more than one child. Being an only child was great at times, but other times it sucked. I didn’t want my child…

Bacon Cabbage Rice

July 28th marked my husbands 32nd birthday. And its a long standing tradition that you pick dinner on your birthday. Daniel has a favorite I make, and its called Bacon, Cabbage, Rice. I learned the recipe from a friend of…

Garden Update- July

This heatwave has put quite the bump in the road for my garden. At first, i noticed it was just my little flower sprouts that didn’t like it. That I could understand, I started them pretty late. But then I…

Quick and Easy Button Repair

When I got home there was a button on my desk. But not just any button. This was a small button from a man’s shirt. I recognized it from my husbands flannel. One of his thicker flannel shirts. My husband…

$185, Food Stamp, One Income.

Times are tough; you can either spend your time crying about how stressed you are, or you could look for a solution. I decided instead of ‘surviving’, I was going to find ways to use everything I do have to…