Lemke Homestead

A Homesteading Momma Trying to Learn a Thing or Two

Cooking/Recipes

It’s the end of the month. You got a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Maybe you could do tacos. But maybe you don’t’ have all the toppings you really like on them. In my case,…

LifeUncategorized

Lets preface this by saying, Shithead, was a term of endearment between my father and I. So don’t be coming at me. I never once thought he actually meant it. In life, growing up, I had 2 very important goals….

Cooking/Recipes

This all started because I wanted iced coffee to take to work in the morning. There are times when I am leaving for work at 7 am and its already almost 80 degrees. So, drinking hot coffee is the last…

Cooking/Recipes

When my grandmother passed away, I received a few of her books, and one of them was a Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book. Recently, I started to go through and mark pages of things I have in the house…

DIYGardening

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…

Cooking/RecipesDIYGardening

Well, the heat is here to stay for a while, so prepare yourselves for my Summer Food Series. This recipe is a new one in my book, thanks to my Aunt. It was under sad terms, a death in the…

Cooking/RecipesGardening

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,…

Gardening

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,…

CleaningDIYGardeningStorage and Organizing

When I saw this recipe in my homesteading book, I saw the measurements and at first was like ‘man, I don’t think I have enough at the moment’ . I was fully prepared to go out to my lavender plant,…

Cooking/RecipesDIY

Remember a few posts ago when I made my very own cake mix? Well its time to give it a try! I was excited to make my first cake completely from scratch, and got started right away. The first thing…