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Welcome To Cobble Hill Farm!

Our small homestead is located in upstate NY at the foothills of the beautiful Adirondack Mountains. We are blessed with a little old farmhouse on less than an acre where we grow and raise much of our food including a flock of lively egg-producing chickens affectionately known as the Coop Girls.

I'm Staci and together with my husband, I'm living and embracing a lifestyle that is best described as simple and homemade. Around here most of what we eat is homegrown and made from scratch, we handmake a majority of products for cleaning, bath & beauty, & other natural products, we live frugally on a small budget and hang our laundry on the outdoor line 3 seasons of the year. Although we don't strive to attempt to produce all of our food, we do grow and raise as much as we can. We are proof that you don't need a lot of acreage to successfully homestead.

Neither of us grew up in this lifestyle. In fact, if you had asked either of us when we were in our 20's if we'd be interested in living this way we would've said "absolutely not". This dream began when I was in my 30's (my husband was in his 40's) and here we are today, in our 50's/60's living it. What started as small-scale gardening and chicken-keeping when we bought our homestead in 2008 has evolved into a full-time homesteading lifestyle as of 2018 including the running of our own soap & skincare business. This truly is a lifestyle that we enjoy and are grateful for every day.

Our small kitchen is the heart of our home, and where you'll find me most days, making everything from scratch, and preserving our freshly harvested produce. Walk in and you'll find a well-loved sourdough starter and a few fermented veggies on the counter as well as our preserved harvests and various other homemade goodies (yogurt, cheese, ice cream, jams, etc.) filling the cupboards, refrigerator and freezers.

I'm happy that you're here and hope you find some inspiration and encouragement for your own journey!

What You'll Find Here

This is a place to find encouragement, inspiration, and practical recipes and ideas on creating and living your own simple homemade lifestyle. I've been sharing our journey here since 2009. Our simple homemade life includes adopting a frugal mentality, homesteading where we are, gardening, cooking from scratch, preserving our harvest for year-round eating, caring for our home and property, and embracing a slower and more intentional way of living, so these are the topics that I write about.

You'll find recipes, simple living and homemaking tips, stories about our day-to-day life, homesteading how-to's, and more. Whether you're a veteran of simple homemade living or you are brand new to the thought process, my hope is that you'll find some valuable resources here to help you in your own journey.