Spring Days on the Homestead | Gardening, Homemaking and Slow Living

Hey Friend, Spring is here on our 1/4 acre homestead and I figured it was time to catch up. Come see all that is happening here, projects, new additions, and lots garden preparations.
Thanks for hanging out with me,
Kelsey
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Casserole Recipe
5 large potatoes sliced thin
Douse in melted butter and a sprinkle of salt, layer in a 9x13 and bake at 400 for 20-25 minutes
Brown one pound of ground beef and layer on top of cooked potatoes. Pour a can of corn over the top. Combine 1 can cream of celery, 1/2 cup of milk, 1/2 tsp onion powder, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste and 1 cup cheese of choice over medium heat. Pour over top of beef mixture. Cover with cheese and bake at 375 for about 20 minutes.
Muffin Base
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup coconut sugar
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups add in(choc chips, fruit etc.)
2 eggs
1/3 cup sour cream
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp maple syrup
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 cup real butter
1 cup milk
Bake at 400 for the first 8 minutes and then drop temp to 350 and continue to bake another 8-10 minutes.
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[@asteriadm8894]

My husband and I are beginning our homesteading journey and your videos have helped me so much on learning things and where to begin. I look forward to your videos each week.

[@barbarajameson8829]

You my dear young lady are amazing, I can’t get over all you do an all you know. I love your channel. I am an old farm lady an everything you work on brings me so much joy. Thanks for sharing ❤Barb

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you for blessing me with these sweet words! Much appreciated. I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed. Blessings ❤️

[@iartistdotme]

The piano at the beginning was most pleasant sounding to me like a gentle soft rainfall. SO SWEET! The muffin in a jar ring are genius and will certainly be used here! Your idea of a play bed for littles and trucks is also brilliant. He will be in the garden 'working' alongside you with joy. I enjoyed all your starts and share in your hope for a good garden year. I smell SPRING!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Aw thank you friend! I’m so glad it was all enjoyed! Yay for Spring! ❤️❤️❤️

[@lisagrafton2529]

When I was young, my parents took all 9 kids on a camping trip every September, to Northern Canada, and my mom cooked our meals over a camp fire or buried big dutch ovens in the coals, with huge roasts, potatoes and carrots, and we hiked, while they cooked. Another meal she made, that has been a favorite of all of ours, and is great to use the bounty of extra eggs in. We call it German pizza. It's sliced potatoes, layered with spam, and cheese, repeating the layers, in a cast iron frying pan, or a cake pan, if you bake it In the oven. Before serving, blend up a bowl of eggs, some sour cream (makes eggs delicious, fluffy, and creamy, and salt and pepper (remembering that spam has a lot of salt. Leftover ham can be used for those who don't want to use spam, as well.). This is a meal that can be made ahead and frozen, and cooked and add eggs the day you use it. But I've found buying the frozen square cut hash brown potatoes with peppers n onions already in them, makes this recipe so easy to do on your stovetop, when you want to use up eggs, and need a quick and easy meal, you don't need to make it ahead of time. Once you add the eggs, to the square cut hash browns, you can put it in a preheated oven, to bake the eggs into a delicious, nutritious, fast meal, for breakfast, lunch, or dinner!! Add some of your delicious looking bread or muffins, as a side, and it will be a go-to dish, once those ladies start laying eggs every day! It reheats very well too! My family always put my mom's green tomato relish over ours,, to add a sweet, clove and cinnamon addition to a salty meal.

[@kathyweber2571]

Love this video ,beginning is so peaceful.Just made me thank God for all the beautiful things in life .

[@annamccosker7878]

Beautiful roses! Your garden is going to be great! 🙏🙂

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you! I’m so excited! ❤️

[@Hannah_MK]

Last spring I needed 3 root canals in 2-3 months, each accompanied by 3 days of misery from an infection before the root canal itself. I feel your pain! I have four young children and could barely function during that time. I’m glad you’re feeling better. Know that you are not alone! I enjoyed the beauty and real life in this video! It’s calming to play it as I do my housework.

[@bearzhere]

I will be gardening through others this year. We are hoping to move back to PA this summer so the garden here in MN is going to be the garlic I planted this fall and potatoes. I will have a tomato plant or two and a few cuke plants by the house. I will have to get my garden fix watching others this year which is ok with me, this is year 7 for us here and I think the land needs a rest to get ready for the next owners of this place. Thanks for sharing your garden and plants with us once again. Blessings!

[@joananderson7976]

Kelsey, hope you are doing well after the dental issues. Just wanted to let you know, I have so much stress right now and your video was what I needed to remember what is important. Thank you for your calm and informative videos.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Oh friend! Lifting you up in prayer. May you feel His peace. I’m so glad this video offered something to ease the stress. Blessings ❤️

[@joananderson7976]

@@seedandsparrowhomestead Oh my dear, you bring tears to my eyes. Prayer is what I need. Thank you.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

@@joananderson7976Come unto me, all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Jesus promises rest for the soul, heart, mind. Praying for you?

[@aprilhampton6298]

I do the same thing with rose bushes. We added 3 last year.

[@kathyweber2571]

I was watching a video and they planted strawberry mint for teas and stuff ,never heard of it before .

[@neliaschmidt2638]

How wonderful to see all the medicinal herbs ❤❤ cant wait for your planting to begin, Im in south africa so as you hit last frost I will get my first, been sowing for winter like a crazy person as we dont get snow where I am, really going to love watching your garden grow while I plan and wait for spring.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Oh wow! It’s always so interesting to me how one can have such a wildly different climate! Thanks for watching friend! Blessings ❤️

[@cherylpresleigh6403]

Good Morning Kelsey! It’s good to see you doing well. I’m very intrigued with the mushroom compost. I guess I’ve not heard of that before 🤦‍♀️ and since we need to bring in some compost for topping off beds I’ll have to check into that. It’s a wonderful time of year to have life popping up all around us. The joy in the kids voices over the baby chicks 🐥 was heart warming! Thanks for the muffin recipe. I’ve also been getting some muffins and sweet breads into the freezer. It’s so nice to have those things at the ready! I hope you have a wonderful weekend. God Bless You.

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Hi sweet Cheryl! It’s always so nice to hear from you! Mushroom soil is something I’ve always used in my garden. It’s readily available around here in farming country. I love it! Thanks so much for stopping by, blessings on your weekend, enjoy this season❤️

[@Mormaya71]

Funny that the whisk called a Danis whisk never seen it here in Denmark 🇩🇰

[@Janice_1979_]

Hey Kelsey, thanks for the muffin base recipe, love it. Also I grew nasturtiums last year and they went all over the outside of my fence and neighbors loved them. They were so lovely, I will do them again. Happy weekend friend!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

You are so welcome! Enjoy! I’m so looking forward to all those flowers spilling over everywhere! ❤️❤️❤️

[@StonerSmurfin]

I wish I could say that it was a lovely spring day here but I am in California and for some reason it has been snowing here for the last couple of days. In April, snow, in California. SMH!

[@lisajimenez8639]

Thank you for this lovely spring video! It is inspiring me to get outside and do some yard work!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you! Enjoy the season ❤️

[@narrowpathfarm]

I’ll be butchering my CC on Tuesday, amazing to grow my own food!

[@samcolville8538]

I'm a southern hemisphere gal so down at the bottom of the planet we are heading to winter (which is actually quite mild where I live) but anyway I always enjoy watching videos like this where I can get a taste of the season that's opposite to what I am experiencing in my life. Lovely video Kelsey. You can tell the effort and love you put into what you do, it really shows. Thank you.

[@rhondalaflamme462]

Hi Kelsey & family! What a sweet post & chickens ! They heartfelt explanations for birds, thank you, everything has a purpose and best intentions/care for live stock is refreshing as well as the gardens!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Thank you friend! Appreciate it ❤️ Blessings ☺️

[@canadiannavywife434]

I am number 54 to like this video... Hugs from Esquimalt!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

Hugs back friend ❤️

[@AOKUrbanHomestead1]

I have been following you for quite some time but have been a little shy to comment. I appreciate all you do and share. May God's grace continue to shine on you

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

I so appreciate you commenting! Thank you for being here ❤️

[@juliedayton8754]

Love seeing the plant babies....and the real babies too 😘 Do you always start your herbs inside or are there specific ones you direct sow? I've purposed to be more intentional to incorporate herbs this year 😁

[@melaniemorris7757]

Thank you for the lovely video. The opening of the mountains takes me back to my childhood in western PA.😊

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

I do love those mountains! Thanks for watching ❤️

[@user-vd2xe5kn9c]

So amazing to be getting ready for planting season again❤

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

So much excitement! ❤️🌼🌷

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Those David Austins!!! Such great choices! When planting, it helps to make a heap of soil in the middle of the hole to set the rose bush on and you can fan out the roots around it. The abundance of rain makes your area so green and beautiful, but I guess I’m kind of thankful for the arid climate I have here in SW Idaho. The dinner you made looked good, I’ll give it a go for supper tonight, I have celery that overwintered in my garden, surprisingly! I might have told you this before, as I’m trying to get the word out to the content creators I follow, but I recently learned pre-shredded cheese often has an antibiotic added called Natamycin, which has motivated me to shred my own cheese from here on out. I know you are intentional about your family’s food, so thought you would want to know. If I already told you, I’m sorry. I’m impressed with your seed starting! Wow! I decided not to start seeds this year, I felt the Lord telling me to scale down on gardening this year and that’s ok. I ended up having a health concern and biopsy. Immediately after, I got Covid, which I’m just recovering from, so it’s worked out fine that I have less on my plate. Thank the Lord the biopsy was negative!

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

I’m so excited! I was honestly thinking that as I watched the video back 😂 next time… because I’m sure they’ll be a next time 😉

[@pennyhorne8431]

Do you fertilize your seedlings? If so what type and strength of fertilizer do you use? They look awesome!!

[@christinecrowley7132]

Could you feel that earth quake? Wonder if quakes affect gardens.

[@preppingmama]

My David Austin roses never make it. 😢

[@jerilynmoyer6495]

@seedandsparrowhomestead are your onions, shallots, and leeks planted in foil bread baking containers???

[@lindashively2530]

Kelsey, do you let your chicken bedding and waste decompose and then use it on your gardens? Do you have an area for composting?

[@seedandsparrowhomestead]

We do deep bedding in their run and then clean it out in the fall and apply to beds, that way it’s sits over the winter, never had an issue of it being too hot!