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About Lil' Suburban Homestead

We love to garden, raise chickens, cook, read and all in all run my lil' suburban homestead. We have a passion for living sustainably with the earth which can be challenging at times. We recycle, hang our clothes out on the line and raise some of our own food!

A Grand Carrot Harvest

We had a fun day working in the garden and cleaning out the chicken coops today but my favorite part of the day was collecting about a 1/3 of a our carrot harvest.

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Visiting The Vanderbilt’s Homestead a.k.a. “The Biltmore Estate”

This past fall my husband and I visited the humble Vanderbilt Homestead called Biltmore for our 23rd Wedding Anniversary trip.  This was my first time ever visiting the Biltmore Estate and I have to tell you I was in awe … Continue reading

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The Home Apothecary – Onion Cough Syrup

You know Grandma did know best….the natural ways are the better ways. There is something quite satisfying about having the ability to ease your loved ones pain and suffering while they are sick.  Because we are a family that is … Continue reading

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Inflation, Recession, The Fiscal Cliff Deal – When Will The Levee Break?

It has been a while I have had one of my money talks conversations here at Lil’ Suburban Homestead and the reason they are few and far between is because while I am good at being frugal, and I’m a … Continue reading

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A Walk Through Our Winter Garden

It has been chilly here in coastal North Carolina lately…..I even went out to my car this morning and it was icy all over my car and my car doors were sticking that is such a rare occurrence in our … Continue reading

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Lazy Macaroni & Cheese

Even though we are all back to the daily grind or at least I am I know some of you never left but I just had to share this new macaroni and cheese recipe I tried over the holidays.  The … Continue reading

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Happy New Years From The Gals At Lil’ Suburban Homestead

The Gals and The Viking and I would like to wish all of our readers a prosperous and healthy New Year for 2013! We have been so thankful to share with all of you our hopes, our dreams, our successes … Continue reading

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New Years Eve Ham Rolls

First of all I have to start this blog post off saying this isn’t my recipe I give my sister-in-law credit for this recipe however in her email to me when she sent me the recipe she doesn’t take credit … Continue reading

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Christmas Morning Scones

I absolutely love scones…..I love how heavy, creamy and how they crumble just so if they are made correctly and they are certainly filling so when I found a recipe for them that looked simple enough I decided to give … Continue reading

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The Best Things Are Made With Love

I love Pinterest and this past year I found a vegetable hod for gardening that I wanted this was the inspiration “Vegetable Hod” and when I showed it to my husband he said “It’s a shame I don’t have time … Continue reading

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