Lemke Homestead

A Homesteading Momma Trying to Learn a Thing or Two

Gardening

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…

Garden Tea

You don’t have space for a compost, or maybe you don’t have the patience. I can relate to both reasonings. I was in a similar predicament until I saw a Facebook video while scrolling my feed. They soaked banana peels…

Kitchen Hacks

Recently, for reasons I’ve already discussed in THIS post, our families food budget has been reduced a bit, and were looking for ways to make things last longer. And my ritual when I get home from work is to sit,…

Garden Update-June

Its June, and my garden is doing Amazing things! I’ve even started harvesting a bit! Its been so exciting how well its been doing so far. But I can already tell the heat is going to be a struggle. Now,…

Fried Zucchini

Good news everyone! I’ve harvested my first Zucchini! I thought about saving it, and putting it in a stir fry, but I decided that I’d make something that I could see my family really enjoying instead. They don’t mind it…

Garden Update: May

My garden has been in for a few weeks now, if not a month already and wow have there been changes! I’m so ecstatic because most of them are good, no…GREAT changes too. Now for a refresher on what I…

Tomatoes and Strawberries

Almost 13 years ago I became a mom when I gave birth to my daughter. I got pregnant with her just over a year of dating her father (my now husband) . We were engaged at the time. Fast forward…

Garden 2024

I have a wanna be green thumb. By which I mean I can sort of keep plants alive, but my skills could use some improvement. Usually every year I improve upon my previous years garden, but am faced with new…