A winter treasury of recipes, crafts, and wisdom

Welcome to winter on the homestead!

Winter wonderland!

Recipes for cocoa

Recipe for easy homemade bread

Winter crop: citrus

Recipe for candied orange slices

Grow citrus from a seed

Make a dried orange slice garland

Winter crop: tree sap

How to tap a tree and make syrup

Recipe for maple syrup candies

Regrow kitchen scraps

DIY compost bib

Winter wildlife

Learn to spot animal tracks

Winter birds and nesting habits

Make a pinecone bird feeder

Evergreen trees

Make evergreen paintbrushes

Make salt dough ornaments

Craft a foraged foliage wreath - Learn easy finger knitting

Craft winter solstice lanterns.