Our City Homestead took an adventure off the city homestead to visit John Walter Museum to make old fashioned raisin bread in the wood cookstove. We went to the John Walter Museum in Edmonton which is located in the heart of the River Valley to make old fashioned raisin bread baked in a wood cookstove….
Category: Adventures off the City Homestead
Harvest the Past at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
I love learning about history, cultures and what life was like in the past and have been fascinated by it since I was around 8 years old. I have always enjoyed learning about what food was eaten and how it grew, what the settlers daily chores were, how they lived, how they grew and preserved…
A Family Valentine’s at Fort Edmonton Park
I love learning about history, especially about food, and attending events at living history museums and parks with costumed interpreters. It is such a great way to learn about our community’s past! I am so pleased that my daughters share that love of history of days gone by. We have spent a great deal of…
Off to the Pumpkin Patch
What welcomes fall more than a trip to the pumpkin patch? We decided to go to the same pumpkin farm as we did last year to pick up a few pumpkins like the Cinderella pumpkin and the Jack-o-Lantern pumpkin. We plan on cooking and turning the pumpkin into purée to bake with as well as…
Our Homemade Disney Staycation
The weather has been horribly cold (-28°C or -18°F) and snowy so before the winter blues set in, we decided to have a Disney Staycation — bring a little bit of Disneyland right to the comfort of our home! It all started one night when we were having fun, laughing and playing our Disneyland video…
At the Pumpkin Patch
Fall is not fall without a trip to the pumpkin patch! I was so pleased to find a pumpkin patch in our area where we could pick our very own pumpkin — a pumpkin to carve for Halloween, a pumpkin or two or three to turn into pumpkin puree to bake into delicious muffins, cakes,…
