Welcome to Green Tree Homestead
Make something good.
Who we are
A faith-driven family learning to work and keep.
We’re practicing what it means to work, build, and create while caring for what God has entrusted to us. Through food, faith, family, and friends, we’re doing things a bit old-fashioned around here. Pull up a chair and learn alongside us.
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FROM the BLOG
What We do
Old skills for ordinary life
We teach hands-on skills like sourdough, scratch cooking, gardening, foraging, and using up what you have. Everything follows the seasons, and none of it requires land or a perfect kitchen. We don’t have either yet, and we’re starting anyway. Learn through free recipes and tutorials on the blog, and, as we grow, through one-on-one guidance and community gatherings.
About Us
From the beginning, humanity was put in a garden and given the responsibility to work it and to keep it. We believe that work is an act of service and worship to God and all that He has made. Keeping means to take care of, nurture, protect, and preserve.
We believe this extends into every part of life. It’s found in the food we grow and prepare, the homes we build, the skills we develop, the relationships we nurture, and the communities we participate in. It’s in creating something useful, caring for what already exists, and leaving things better than we found them.
We believe these things aren’t reserved for farmers, homesteaders, or people with a particular kind of lifestyle. This is for all of us, wherever we live and whatever resources we have.
Green Tree Homestead is a place to find inspiration and practical ways to put these ideas into practice. We want to reclaim the home as a place of production and encourage participation in the life we live.
Here, you’ll find encouragement to work with your hands, develop useful skills, live resourcefully, care for creation, and build a life that contributes to the flourishing of others.
We’re so glad you stopped by.