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How to Make an Embroidered Heirloom Tablecloth for the Holidays

October 28, 2022 by Kristi Stone Leave a Comment

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Heirloom treasures are one of the most precious things that can be passed down the family line, especially when family members are represented through the years. This embroidered tablecloth can be made and used at the holidays, and will serve as a precious memory of past holiday gatherings. Handmade Holidays has pretty much been my theme for 2020, and I have really been ...

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Filed Under: HANDMADE, MOVE TO CAHH WEBSITE, SEASONAL, uncategorizedTagged With: ALL CRAFTING, BEGINNER, FALL, HANDMADE HOLIDAYS, WINTER

Easy Root Vegetable Storage Ideas That Need No Root Cellar

May 26, 2021 by Kristi Stone 3 Comments

various root vegetables - Easy Root Vegetable Storage Ideas That Need No Root Cellar - Stone Family Farmstead

As a gardeners, one of the goals of growing your own food is to achieve good nutrition to put on the dinner table. Most crops are preserved by some sort of food preservation method like canning. However, if you have a root vegetable storage plan, you can cut out a lot of extra work for yourself! Root Vegetable Storage Made Easy The benefits for storing root vegetables ...

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Filed Under: HOME & HOMESTEAD, SEASONALTagged With: FALL, PRESERVING FOOD, WINTER

How to Make a Knockoff Starbucks Medicine Ball Tea Recipe

January 21, 2021 by Kristi Stone Leave a Comment

How to Make a Knockoff Starbucks Medicine Ball Tea Recipe - Stone Family Farmstead

It's the time of year when cold and flu are prevalent, and we look for a good cup of hot tea that will help us get well and stay well. This knockoff Starbucks medicine ball recipe is one that's been around our household since my daughter first made it. My youngest Ezra has always been a whiz in the kitchen. They have very specific tastes, and often, those tastes are much ...

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Filed Under: FEATURED SEASONAL POSTS, RECIPES, SEASONALTagged With: FALL, HOME REMEDIES, HOMEMADE, WINTER

How to Get Your Home(stead) Life Organized {Index Card System}

January 4, 2021 by Kristi Stone 9 Comments

How to Get Your Home(stead) Life Organized {Index Card System} - Stone Family Farmstead

Overwhelmed by all you have to do in your home and on the homestead? Getting organized can be easy if you just take control, but how? Here's a simple system can put together to get your home and homestead working like a well-oiled machine! Let's face it--keeping home and homestead is busy work! There is planting, harvesting, preserving, feeding, milking, doctoring, raking, ...

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Filed Under: FEATURED SEASONAL POSTS, HOME & HOMESTEAD, SEASONALTagged With: HOME, HOMESTEAD PLANNING, WINTER

How to Roast Your Best Turkey This Holiday Season

September 28, 2020 by Kristi Stone 2 Comments

roast turkey with fruit around it

Roast turkey is one of the most iconic foods for the holiday season in America, and as it should be! It's wonderful, delicious, and heart warming all at the same time as we enjoy the amazing flavor, and the nostalgia of past holidays, with every bite. It makes sense that you would want your turkey to come out perfectly, whether or not you are hosting a large gathering or ...

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Filed Under: RECIPES, SEASONALTagged With: FALL, WINTER

Holiday Gift Guide: How to Buy for the Homesteader in Your Life!

August 10, 2020 by Kristi Stone 2 Comments

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 The holidays are just around the corner, and for some reason, they always surprise us (well, most of us, anyway)! In this holiday gift guide, I've curated some fun gift ideas for the homesteader in your life who is into canning and preserving or gardening that they will LOVE. You'll be a Christmas gift-giving super hero! For those of you notoriously caught ...

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How to Make Easy Thick & Hearty Chili + Other Fall Soups

August 7, 2020 by Kristi Stone 14 Comments

bowl of thick and hearty chili at a place setting

In the fall, soup and hearty stews are especially delicious on those days that keep feet wanting more than one pair of socks, and hands wanting a good pair of fleece gloves. Receiving a warm bowl of some of this thick and hearty chili recipe is like receiving a warm hug from the kitchen after a long day at work, or out in the garden. Two Thick and Hearty Soups The ...

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Filed Under: RECIPES, SEASONALTagged With: FALL, WINTER

How to Make Bone Broth in Your Crock Pot Express

July 26, 2020 by Kristi Stone 5 Comments

There aren't many things more comforting than a good mug of soup on a cold day, and a good soup's game is upped when you use this pressure cooker bone broth in it. Whether you have the Crock Pot Express or some other pressure cooker, you can have your bone broth in under two hours! The Crock Pot Express Multi-Cooker is pretty much my favorite appliance to use for beans, ...

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Filed Under: FEATURED SEASONAL POSTS, RECIPES, SEASONALTagged With: HOME REMEDIES, WINTER

How to: Canning Bone Broth

July 26, 2020 by Kristi Stone 11 Comments

Want to fill your shelves with food while saving money? Sick of buying canned bone broth at the store when you know very well, you can make it for free out of your kitchen scraps? I know you do, and I know you are. The good news is canning your own bone broth at home will make you a BOSS at filling your shelves in no time flat! Follow this recipe, and you will be doing it ...

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Filed Under: FEATURED SEASONAL POSTS, HOME & HOMESTEAD, RECIPES, SEASONALTagged With: FALL, PRESERVING FOOD, WINTER

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Hi, I’m Kristi!

A little about me….For the past 6 years, we have lived on a scant acre in Southern California. I am the wife of the greatest guy ever….also a veteran ex-homeschooling mom of 3, grandma of 1, and fur mom of many!

Besides writing, my hobbies are gardening, herbs, crafting, scratch cooking, food preservation, goat breeding, and teaching all of these things here, to you, on Stone Family Farmstead’s website.


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