Clyde's Dale Homestead

02/01/2026

02/01/2026

Preparing for a day of rest and worship on Sunday sometimes means extra work on Saturday. Chicken coop is clean, feed and water topped off, wood ash for dust baths refreshed, will just have to collect eggs. Do you observe a weekly day of rest, on any day of the week, not exclusively Sunday?

01/31/2026

Grocery haul thanks to Kootenai County Farmers’ Market Open today 10-3:00 at the fairgrounds but the place is packed, so get over there before your favorites are sold out. We missed out on spinach. 😢

Tomahawk Beef Jerky

01/31/2026

01/30/2026

Tortillas!

01/30/2026

Stained glass project is 100% complete. This antique stained glass window had 4 broken pieces of glass. With the guidance of a mentor I was able to take it apart, replace the broken pieces with near matches and put it all back together! It was a fun and challenging project. I can see details where my work isn’t perfect, but the window wasn’t perfect to begin with. It was fascinating to discover choices that the original craftsman had made in its construction.

01/29/2026

Well that was fast. I mentioned to hubby that I would like a tortilla press and voila, here it is! It’s getting a good coat of lard for seasoning in the oven and we will have to try it out soon.

01/29/2026

The chickens have been loving the black sunflower seeds I grew for them last summer. I didn’t grow nearly enough, so we still buy big bags of seeds. Hoping to grow more this year. 🌻 Sunflowers feed our birds and our bees. 🐝 🐓

01/28/2026

If you’ve never seen this before, you’re welcome. 🤣

01/27/2026

Did a little mending today. I’ve had this backpack for over 30 years. I bought it my sophomore year of college! That’s right, in the 1900s. It has transported textbooks and art supplies, gone camping, been stuffed with stinky gym clothes, flown to a couple continents as my carry-on bag. It’s held up really well but the shoulder straps have been pulling out for a while. Since I’m using the backpack a couple times a week right now I decided it deserved to be fixed.

BTW, I’ve always called it my green backpack and people from roommates to spouse tell me it’s not green. What do you think? 🤔

Eastpak

01/27/2026

I put a little extra effort into dinner tonight with homemade tortillas. Mostly because I can’t find store bought tortillas that aren’t made with junk. But I do think I might be looking at a tortilla press for my birthday. 🤔

Kitchen sink beef and bean burritos included the rest of the schmaltz leftover from last week’s chicken broth making, a pound of ground beef, a pint of pink beans, some freeze dried bell peppers, onions, and cabbage. Salt, pepper, taco seasoning, cumin, paprika. Shredded cheese.

01/26/2026

I love that the teenager is now taller and stronger than me so he is the default helper for jobs like this while I stay inside and bake. Greenhouse panels are back on with reinforcements after being blown off in a crazy windstorm several weeks ago.