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Flugge Farmstead Homestead growing farm fresh cut flowers, pumpkins, eggs, honey, and elderberries on 17 acres in North Iowa.

One of my favorite things about putting food up for the year (or a few years in this case) is knowing exactly what the i...
10/18/2026

One of my favorite things about putting food up for the year (or a few years in this case) is knowing exactly what the ingredients are AND saving money along the way! 🧅❤️

I made 19 pints of homemade sweet pickled red onions using red onions, vinegar, sugar, pickling salt, and spices. The total cost for the batch? Just $29!

The same amount would cost about $102 at the grocery store, which means I saved roughly $73 by making them myself! 🙌🏼

I eat these things on tacos, salads, in egg salad, really any opprtunity I can for a little tangy crunch on my meals!

Pickled red onions aren’t just delicious, they have some great health benefits, too! 🧅❤️ They’re rich in antioxidants like quercetin, contain prebiotic fiber that helps support gut health, and may help support healthy blood sugar.

How lucky are we in St Ansgar to have Kittleson Brothers?! High quality onions and potatoes right out our back door!! I ...
10/18/2026

How lucky are we in St Ansgar to have Kittleson Brothers?! High quality onions and potatoes right out our back door!!

I didn’t have enough garden onions for my project this weekend so I made a pit stop at the warehouse store 🧅

Any guesses what I’m making⁉️⁉️👇🏽

🍂🌱 And that’s a WRAP on our 2026 growing season! 🌱🍂What an incredibly good year we’ve had! All of our gardens blessed us...
10/16/2026

🍂🌱 And that’s a WRAP on our 2026 growing season! 🌱🍂

What an incredibly good year we’ve had! All of our gardens blessed us with bountiful harvests, and I’m so thankful for everything we were able to grow this year. ❤️

Tonight, Reese helped me pick one last basket of what was still growing in the gardens — peppers, tomatoes, and sweet potatoes. 🫑🍅🍠 sharing the gardens with the girls this year has been an incredible blessing!

Gardening takes a lot of work, patience, and faith, but years like this remind me just how blessed we are. God is so good, and we don’t take any of it for granted. 🙏🏼

I sure will miss having dirt on my hands and under my fingernails, spending my evenings in the garden, and watching all the hard work turn into something beautiful. 🥹🤎 But for now, it’s time to clean things up, rest a little, and start dreaming about next year’s gardens.

Until next spring, gardens. Thanks for a good one! 🌾🍂

Have you heard of the Victory Garden movement during WWII? 🇺🇸 Millions of Americans grew their own food to support the w...
10/15/2026

Have you heard of the Victory Garden movement during WWII? 🇺🇸 Millions of Americans grew their own food to support the war effort, feed their families, and become more self-sufficient!

✨ What would you think about bringing back a modern-day Victory Garden movement in 2027?

Imagine more families growing food, kids learning where it comes from, neighbors sharing their harvests, and communities becoming more self-sufficient. 🌻🥕🍅

Would you participate? What do you think a 2027 Victory Garden movement could look like? 👇

🧄 The girls helped me get garlic planted!First we cleaned out the beds from summer planting, added some leaves for organ...
10/14/2026

🧄 The girls helped me get garlic planted!

First we cleaned out the beds from summer planting, added some leaves for organic matter, topped them off with new soil, and mixed in some garlic fertilizer. We watered everything really well and let it sit overnight.

The next day, we planted our garlic cloves and covered the beds with about 6 inches of straw. Now we wait until spring to see those little green tips popping through! 🌱

And yes, it was dark thirty by the time we got done because apparently it gets dark at like 6 PM now. 😂 Gotta love trying to get garden work done this time of year!

And peep - a little girl holding the last of the dill harvest with a brand new smile 🦷

🥬✨ I had a couple of new things I wanted to try this year… and homemade sauerkraut was one of them! 😂I’m not going to li...
10/12/2026

🥬✨ I had a couple of new things I wanted to try this year… and homemade sauerkraut was one of them! 😂

I’m not going to lie — I was SUPER intimidated by the whole process. Fermenting cabbage sounded way more complicated than it actually is!

But turns out… it is SO EASY!! 🙌

🌱 Cabbage straight from the garden
🧼 Wash it
🔪 Chop/shred it
🧂 Add 10g of salt per pound of cabbage
🥬 Put it in a crock — or, like me, a food-grade bucket
⚖️ Weigh it down (I used a Ziplock bag filled with salt brine)
⏰ Cover it and let it sit for about 2 weeks

And THAT’S IT! 🤯

The result? Amazing homemade sauerkraut! ❤️

I kept a fresh jar in the fridge so we can grab a spoonful whenever we want that tangy gut healthy goodness, and I canned the rest to enjoy later.

And a BIG thank you to Diane Gasteiger for cheering me along through this process! Sometimes you just need someone to say, “You’ve got this!” ❤️

Apparently, I’m a sauerkraut maker now. 😂🥬

I’ll just go outside and pick some dessert ✔️No grocery store - no problem 🥰
10/11/2026

I’ll just go outside and pick some dessert ✔️

No grocery store - no problem 🥰

🐝☀️ A hot fall day checking on our bees!The work doesn’t stop when the honey comes out of the hives! 🍯 Our bees worked h...
10/11/2026

🐝☀️ A hot fall day checking on our bees!

The work doesn’t stop when the honey comes out of the hives! 🍯 Our bees worked hard all summer to store that honey to survive the long Iowa winter. Since we’ve harvested some of their honey, it’s our job to make sure they have enough food to get through the cold months ahead.

Much like feeding our other livestock, we feed and treat our bees, too! 🐝 We provide sugar water as a supplemental food source and leave frames of honey for them to enjoy as well.

🐝 Beekeeping is more than harvesting honey. It’s about caring for the ladies who make it all possible! ❤️🍯

There’s something about this time of year that reminds me how important it is to slow down and enjoy the little things. ...
10/10/2026

There’s something about this time of year that reminds me how important it is to slow down and enjoy the little things. ❤️🍂

Now that the majority of the garden harvest season is behind us, I’m embracing a little more time to pause, recharge, and soak in the gorgeous view!

Sitting on my deck tonight, enjoying this beautiful, warm Indian summer evening and taking in all the gorgeous fall foliage, is exactly where I want to be. No agenda, no to-do list, just fresh air, a beautiful view, and a little time to simply be.

Here’s to soaking up these last warm evenings 🍂🍁

🤫 Want to know a little secret?Chicken broth, bone broth, AND shredded chicken don’t have to come from the grocery store...
10/09/2026

🤫 Want to know a little secret?

Chicken broth, bone broth, AND shredded chicken don’t have to come from the grocery store. 😉

A whole bird + whatever herbs, spices and veggies you have on hand, tossed into the crockpot for about 7 hours = tender, fall-apart shredded chicken AND a big batch of fresh homemade broth. 🐔🥕🌿

It’s simple, inexpensive, and honestly… one of those old-fashioned kitchen tricks that just makes sense.

One bird. Multiple meals. Homemade broth for soups, gravy, casseroles and more. ❤️

You really don’t have to overcomplicate feeding your family good food. Sometimes the simplest things are the best. 🌱🏡

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Saint Ansgar, IA
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