Ol' Jon's Homestead

08/30/2026

A BIG THANK YOU to all that bought some of our products this week and welcome to our new followers!❤️

Also an extended THANK YOU from Cash and Butterscotch!
Your purchases will be going towards the materials needed for an expansion of their winter shed. ❤️

08/30/2026

Just throwing it out there…
Any interest in a fully rooted and growing sweet mint (yerba buena) plant?
We’ve been propagating and growing them for ourselves but before much longer, we’ll be set.

Thinking something in the line of putting them in a red solo cup (🎶 I fill you up 🎶) with 4 healthy center stalks.
You transplant to their forever home of your choice.

*Warning: If you plant directly into the ground, have a means to keep it in control. It will spread.*

Priced at $3.00, mere pocket change compared to commercially source prices and of greater importance, knowing no chemical fertilizers were used.

Just asking, none are available right now. 🌱❤️

08/30/2026

The blending experiments will start soon, name pending.
Elderberry Tea for now…

Dried ground elderberries
Chipped cinnamon
Chipped cloves
Dried roughly ground ginger
Dried roughly ground rose hips
Dried ground round hibiscus petals

Look them up, check out the benefits.

Now here’s the hard part…
Not everyone likes the spiciness that ginger can bring.
Some don’t like the flavor of hibiscus.
Rose hips can be a bit tangy (elderberries are too though).

If we can get the blend right, bringing the healthy components of those elements together, we’ll have tasty cold season powerhouse in a cup.

People want things that can maintain and help restore health but, they want it to taste good.
So do we.

We want it for us and once it’s right for us, then you can see if it’s right for you.
That’s the peace of mind you get with our products.
They’re not things we’re just throwing together for sale. They’re items we make for us.
You get the benefits of the work we put into the items.
From our family to yours. 🌱☕️❤️

08/29/2026

Go get you some pickles and beef up in Cleveland!

Restock at TK Beef Bread & Butter, Spicy Okra, Spicy Garlic dill & Garlic Dill

08/29/2026

Just a little video we put up on YouTube about what we start growing at the city digs to put up at the farm.
You don’t have to subscribe to our YouTube channel but, it would be cool if you did. 😁✌🏻🌱

https://youtu.be/WecUpsLyJog?si=VF4y4CzcQjtdt5n3

08/29/2026

After only a couple of weeks in water, these sugar cane cuttings have exploded! They going in the ground at their forever home soon. 🌱💪🏻❤️

08/29/2026

The evening cup of Homestead Calm tea to reflect on the day and, the things to come. Just organic chamomile, lemon balm, lavender, sweet mint and I add a touch of Manuka honey. A restful sleep and ready to face the next day. Available when you’re ready to reach out to get you some of nature’s blessings in a cup.

08/27/2026

So before I give my review on the chicken and sausage gumbo using the fresh sassafras, let’s give those that don’t know the WHY it’s used…

Goggle says…
Why Filé Powder Is Used
For Thickening: Filé acts like a silky thickener, giving the broth a smooth body similar to cornstarch or okra.

Flavor: It gives the gumbo an earthy, woodsy taste with hints of eucalyptus and root beer.

History: The Choctaw Native Americans originally dried and ground sassafras leaves to thicken soups long before European settlers arrived.

With that, the review…
Really tasty and spot on but, cut your amount in HALF of store bought filé. Definitely much stronger on it’s ability to be a thickening agent.
To the degree that you think a bunch of fresh cut okra was in there. You know what that’s like…”silky”.
Yeah, that’s the word. 🤣
Flavor maybe was slightly earthier but I’m reaching on that. Never gotten “hints of eucalyptus and root beer”…ever.

Fresh is still a winner, just use less. 🌱❤️👍🏻

08/27/2026

Put that fresh filé powder to work.
Pecan smoked chicken and Richard’s (pronounced Reshard’s) andouille gumbo.