Ever since we moved this spring, my sourdough starter has been sluggish, a fact I bemoaned to many of our customers when we opened in September. It was still working at a basic level, but I wasn’t getting much rise at all – definitely not doubling in volume when building up the starter or doing […]
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Medicinal Herb Spotlight: Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a common wildflower that you probably would recognize, even if you don’t think you know it! The variety that grows wild (and that we carry the seeds for in store) flowers white. However, there are several different colors of yarrow such as pink and yellow. I have seen pink yarrow wild […]
Medicinal Herb Spotlight: Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)
Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) is a herbaceous perennial that grows in zones 5-8, or as annual in colder climates. It’s a look-a-like to German Chamomile and is also a self seeding plant, like Chamomile. It will spread if you aren’t careful! The plant forms in a clump about 3 to 4 feet tall, and thrives in […]
Why I Wear an $80 Apron
Nineteen years ago when our first child was born and I became a full-time homemaker, I encountered a problem that, at the time, was plaguing other moms in the same phase of life: I started wearing holes in my shirts right at my belly button! What caused this issue? It was not just plaguing me: […]
New Organic Garden Seeds In Stock at Harvey’s
The other day, a tourist-customer from Colorado bought some packs of kale seeds because their local garden centers were already sold out. It’s not too early to start planning your 2025 garden, especially if there are specific varieties you want to be sure you get. We just got another shipment of our organic seeds from […]
Fall Has Arrived at Harvey’s Homestead Supply!
Jeremy is convinced that we opened a store just so I could have a store window to decorate, and he might be right. It took us a few weeks to get all the pieces of our fall window display together (somehow things like actually getting the store open seemed more important – imagine that), but […]
Starting a New Tradition: Our Family Hospitality Guestbook
Several times I’ve tried to keep a log of families we’ve had in our home and what I’ve served them, but I’ve never kept up with it. Mostly, I think I tried to do too many things in one notebook (a bread journal, recipe log, guest log, gift lists…). When we moved this spring and […]
Fall is the time to plant garlic and shallots – and they’re on sale!
Most people think of fall as time to plant tulips and daffodils, but it’s also when you need to plant one of the kitchen’s most used flavors: garlic! Yes, in the northern US, the time to plant garlic is fall. We in the Black Hills of South Dakota need to get garlic in the ground […]
Our Grand Opening was a Huge Success!
“Surely you had some idea of what you expected at your grand opening?” So Jeremy’s mom asked after our two-day grand opening celebration last weekend, and the truth is, we really had no idea what to expect. It far exceeded our expectations and we are so thankful to our town for coming out in droves […]
Filling the Larder with Hatch Chiles
Our second daughter texted me from Dakota Mart last Thursday to let me know that they were roasting Hatch chiles outside the store. Bless her for reminding me – I’d seen it advertised but forgot to put it on the calendar. In a small South Dakota town like Hot Springs, you must never assume that […]