Say NO to GM Vegetables

I posted this on my blog a week or two ago and a few people wanted me to post it here as well. Last year I started paying particular attention the seeds I ordered. I have been trying to buy heirloom seeds from small seed houses that aren’t tied to Monsanto. With the introduction of [...]

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Cold Turkey

This is traditionally the time for introspection, for resolutions, plans, goals, etc.  We usually spend what ever quiet moments we find talking, thinking, and planning.  This year has been no different except for our focus.  That’s been a bit more intense.  We find our goals all falling with in a pretty narrow band, and find [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions and all that Silly Jazz

Well here we are again, teetering at the edge of a brand new year.  The possibilities are endless, the potential profound… The resolutions annoying! I don’t know about you but I make grand and sweeping resolutions each year.  I’ve had elaborate  plans in the past that were to make my home and garden a sanctuary, [...]

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Not so Hasty Indian Pudding

Sweet daughter and I are reading ‘Little House in the Big Woods’  by Laura Ingalls Wilder for homeschool.  We read about  hasty pudding and were both curious as to what that was.  We googled it (gotta love google!) and found many yummy recipes for what was called Hasty or Indian Pudding.  Its a dish that originated in England [...]

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The Holidays, Your Way

“Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer…. Who’d have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously?” ~Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes There are a lot of influences in our lives that try [...]

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Homesteading For The Holidays

Happy Holidays Everyone!  All the folks here at Roberts Roost hope that the Season is filled with Joy and the weather is as you would like it. (for us that’s snow everywhere except on the roads!) Life has been crazy for us as it is for everyone this time of year, but some of our craziness [...]

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Enough Lovely Llamas

Most of you know I have a camel.  But did you know that there are also llamas here on the farm? All of our animals except the camel are either strays from the humane society (dogs,goats,sheep,rabbits) or unwanted animals from neighboring farms. We took in two strays not knowing anything about them.  It turned out [...]

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Sunday Photos Holiday Traditions

It is fun to explore how each of us has our own unique holiday traditions.   Today we have tried to capture some of the magic of our personal traditions with our photos…enjoy! Each year we make homemade ornaments…these are Christmas balls we made for Sweet Girl’s pink tree. There is the annual gingerbread house… We [...]

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Whole Wheat Banana Bread Vegan or Not

We love banana bread around here, seriously dig the stuff.  I have perfected what I think is the yummiest whole wheat banana bread and it happens to be low fat too!  So if you love banana bread but want a healthy version that is moist, sweet, yummy and very bananaeee (new word, like it?) then hold onto your peels [...]

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It’s Traditional

As Christmas approaches, we prepare, as most parents do, to pass along Christmas to our kids.  I suppose it sounds a bit odd to pass on Christmas, but the season is typically so complex for most families that I do not think that any other words describe what we do.  When I was a kid, [...]

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