Lemke Homestead

A homesteading momma wanna be trying to learn a thing or two.

Tag: canning

  • Preserve Nature’s Beauty: A Guide to Drying Flowers and Understanding Its Benefits

    Preserve Nature’s Beauty: A Guide to Drying Flowers and Understanding Its Benefits

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    Flowers can be dried and used in many different things. Salves, Soaps, or even making teas and adding to bath salts or bath bombs. Many people will think about drying flowers as something hard and time consuming, but in reality, while it is time consuming, hard it is not. There are different types of ways…

  • Homemade Applesauce

    Homemade Applesauce

    The thought of making applesauce from scratch I still remember was overwhelming. Until a friend of mine told me “Just think of it like making Mashed potatoes!” and then suddenly the thought wasn’t so scary. I never even thought about making applesauce from scratch until I had a constant supply of apples thanks to the…