Cottage Kitchen: How to Build a Dream
Let me start this post by saying very clearly, we do not at this time have any plans to renovate our cottage kitchen. We just completed a major remodel of…
Read moreEasy Weekday Blueberry Muffins
We are a homeschool family. You may know that by now, but aside from our educational choices, this simply means we are HOME for all three meals a day. Home,…
Read moreUltimate Einkorn Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
Everybody has a favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. It’s just a thing. Remember that episode of Friends where Monica spends days trying to recreate Phoebe’s favorite childhood chocolate chip cookie?…
Read moreDid we destroy our Potager Garden? Now what?
One of the things that was most appealing about this 10 acre property we call home, was all the potential growing space. Space for a large vegetable garden, space for…
Read moreCottage Kitchen: How to Build a Dream
Let me start this post by saying very clearly, we do not at this time have any plans to renovate our cottage kitchen. We just completed a major remodel of our home last summer, our current kitchen setup is serving us just fine, and frankly, we are not financially ready to tackle another project. Especially…
Easy Weekday Blueberry Muffins
We are a homeschool family. You may know that by now, but aside from our educational choices, this simply means we are HOME for all three meals a day. Home, but very busy with all the second grade and fourth grade things. Weekday breakfasts need…
Ultimate Einkorn Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
Everybody has a favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. It’s just a thing. Remember that episode of Friends where Monica spends days trying to recreate Phoebe’s favorite childhood chocolate chip cookie? And by the end of the episode, learns it was the recipe on the back…
Did we destroy our Potager Garden? Now what?
One of the things that was most appealing about this 10 acre property we call home, was all the potential growing space. Space for a large vegetable garden, space for a Cottage garden around the house, a fruit orchard with room for more trees, fields…
Decorating for a Calm Cottage Christmas
Every year since we’ve been married, over 17 years now, we’ve pulled out the same couple of Christmas totes. Because our wedding just happened to be in the Fall (I originally wanted a Christmas wedding, but got outvoted), we were given a fair bit of…
5 Years in our Swedish Cottage: BEFORE & AFTER
It’s finally time you guys. Time to do a REAL, legit BEFORE & AFTER post for this Swedish Cottage of ours. We have spent five years pouring every spare moment and every dollar (and then some) into this homestead, and I want to really mark…
Hi, I'm Kali.
Mama, farmer’s wife and the creator of the Potager book + blog. Follow along as we cook and garden the seasons, as well as fix up our little Swedish cottage in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.







