Lemke Homestead

A Homesteading Momma Trying to Learn a Thing or Two

Gardening

Recently, Daniel and I recently got this urge to totally clean up the backyard. It had been kind of let go because between me being pregnant, and Daniel still recovering from a broken arm and then surgery, it was the…

Cooking/Recipes

Have you ever taken something out of the freezer to cook for dinner and then forget what you were going to make? Yeah, that was me the other day. I took out thinly sliced steak. I had an idea when…

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With Daniels arm being broken, and us being in this limbo state of having food stamps now, but still needing help, I’ve been trying to get even more creative in the kitchen. As I’ve mentioned before, we have dinner with…

Cooking/Recipes

Lately, I’ve been trying to work with what’s in my fridge, and what needs to be used up. Something I should have been doing for a while now, but there is nothing quite like a challenging time in life to…

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Every family has that really cheap meal that they just love to eat. For some families, its rice and beans, or some kind of cheap soup. For our family, its ham hocks and beans. My husband and I have a…

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Most people who have more than one child, are smart enough to keep their baby stuff, so that they don’t have to start all over. But in the case of Daniel and I, things worked out unexpectedly. For those who…

Cooking/Recipes

Pregnancy can come with many odd cravings. Some of mine have been Pickle juice with Doritos, or the onion boil (weird for me considering I’m not big into onions) but one thing I’ve been craving since even before I was…

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On Friday the 13th of June, Daniel and I had a special weekend planned. It got crushed when he fell out of a tree and broke his arm. Since then, he’s been in a cast and sling for 3 weeks,…

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When I was in high school, my English teacher tried to prep us with what we wanted to do in the real world. Well, at the time I had no interest in working with little kids, but wanted to be…

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With my husband not working until his arm is healed, and us not qualifying for food stamps anymore, I decided it was time to get crafty, epically when it came to the kitchen. I absolutely love the people on youtube…