by Lisa Matthews | Aug 4, 2017 | canning, education, fruit, garden, health, homesteading, juice, lifestyle, preservation
For years, the process of making juice, jams and jellies in my modern pioneer home, consisted of adding water to the fruits or berries of choice, boiling for a time, cooling, straining, and squeezing the fruit in flour sack tea towels. While this process...
by Lisa Matthews | Jul 30, 2017 | advice, education, health, homesteading, lifestyle, safety
If you are like me, you spend much of your time taking care of your animals, working in the garden, and other tasks that care for your family. One thing I tend to be lax on, is taking care of me. In the hot days of summer, it becomes very important that we are...
by Lisa Matthews | May 16, 2017 | 2017 Spring Gathering, education, family, gathering, homesteading, lifestyle, sessions, spring. |
Time to 2017 Spring Gathering Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) The count down to the Gathering has begun! In just a very short time, we will welcome fellow homesteaders to our homestead for a day of fun activities, learning, teaching and socializing....
by Lisa Matthews | May 7, 2017 | 2017 Spring Gathering, advice, canning, DIY, DIY cleaning products, education, family, gathering, homesteading, laundry detergent, lifestyle, sessions, spring.
Last week I introduced you some of the 2017 Spring Gathering Presenters. This week I would like to introduce more of them. We try to have activities and information that will appeal to all ages and people who are at all stages of getting back to basics with a...
by Lisa Matthews | Apr 29, 2017 | 2017 Spring Gathering, advice, DIY, education, family, gathering, homesteading, lifestyle, sessions |
With the 2017 Spring Gathering getting closer and closer, the time has come to introduce the Presenters and Demonstrators. These people are coming to the Gathering, volunteering their time and sharing their knowledge in many areas, to share information with everyone...
by Lisa Matthews | Apr 26, 2017 | 2017 Spring Gathering, canning, DIY, education, family, gardening, gathering, homesteading, lifestyle, preservation, sessions |
dSave the date! May 20, 2017 will be the date of the Spring Gathering hosted by Modern Missouri Pioneers. This is our third event and has the potential of the being the best yet! We have a varied slate of demonstrations and presentations planned which include such...
by Lisa Matthews | Apr 11, 2017 | butchering, DIY, family, homesteading, lifestyle, meat source, pig, preservation, seasoning |
The learning, doing and teaching that has gone on at our homestead over the last two years has begun to affect our extended family as well as us. This past weekend my brothers, their wives, my mother, my son and a friend all got together and butchered a sow and...
by Lisa Matthews | Mar 27, 2017 | advice, family, homesteading, lifestyle |
A new section has been added to Modern Missouri Pioneers. Chicks from the Sticks is a collection of posts, projects and discussions created by myself and two of my best friends, Bree and Melody. While we are all in various stages of life, we all have a strong sense...
by Lisa Matthews | Mar 16, 2017 | family |
Life threw me a curve ball last fall that has had me reeling since. We knew my father was not himself. He described some feelings that his doctor and others thought indicated some significant depression. There were some physical symptoms and emotional symptoms, but...
by Lisa Matthews | Oct 31, 2016 | 2016 Fall Gathering, advice, DIY, education, family, gathering, homesteading, lifestyle, sessions |
Twice a year, beginning this year, my husband and I offer up our farm as a gathering place for people to come to to share ideas and information about modern day homesteading. Although the Gatherings are a new concept in our area, the idea has been well received. The...
