What You’d Find at Lady Lee’s Home…

• Preserving tutorials – step-by-step picture tutorials on how to preserve the harvest. Anything from fermented green beans to dehydrating carrots, or making and canning tomato sauce.
• Recipes – mostly simple, mostly Mediterranean recipes. I am originally from Israel, and I love sharing recipes from home. Since the Mediterranean diet is full of veggies, these recipes work very well with the abundance that comes from the garden. Try this delicious cooked fennel with lemon and garlic, my favorite spinach patties, or these Israeli meatballs with sweet peas.
• Homestead tutorials – under the “more” section, you can find homesteading tutorials. Even though this space evolved over the years to being food-focused and I evolved into being a farmer rather than a homesteader, I decided to keep this content on the blog since many still benefit from it. You can find step-by-step tutorials on how to process a turkey, tan a deer hide, or install a thin brick wall.

Get to Know Me Quickly…

1. I was born and raised in Israel in a small village called Kibbutz, where agriculture was the heart of the community and everything was shared.
2. My butt met the saddle when I was 9 years old. That day, I knew that one day, I would have a farm of my own.
3. After high school, I served as a fitness trainer in the Israeli Navy.
4. I arrived in the US when I was 22 years old because of horses (I was riding professionally and couldn’t progress any further in the sport in Israel). I didn’t mean to stay, but fell in love with the open spaces and endless possibilities.
5. At some point, I realized that I needed a break from the equestrian world. My ex-husband and I, bought an eighteen-wheeler and lived over the road as truck drivers for two years. I got to visit 46 US states and the east coast of Canada.
6. In 2007, we settled in Central NC and started a family.
7. Divorced in 2018. I am now a single mother of four amazing kids who are my absolute best friends.
8. I bought my 20 acres of farm land in 2013. Moved to the country in 2016, and after what seems like foreverrrrrr, started building the farm of my dreams in 2025.
9. I grow vegetables and flowers for our beautiful community. Learn more about Kismet Farm.
10. There is one question I get at the market all the time… “What do you do with (insert veggie name)?” This food blog evolved into being a hub of many answers to that question… One recipe or tutorial at a time.
11. My family still lives in Israel, and I visit a few times a year. I grew up with a mother who made everything from scratch; delicious, veggie-filled, seasonal, and well-seasoned meals. Many of the recipes on this blog are Israeli recipes from my mama’s kitchen.
12. My journey with preserving food started here in the US. As I gained more experience with growing food, I had to figure out how to handle everything that came out of the garden. Learning to preserve the harvest was necessary and a wonder to me!

How to Stay in Touch…

For my mental well being, a couple of years ago, I decided to not post on social media anymore. This might change in the future, but as of right now, here is where you can find me…

• Sign up for the newsletter.
• Find my recipes on Pinterest.
• Follow on YouTube (my goal is that every recipe or tutorial on this blog has a video tutorial).
• Find the farm on TikTok. If you want to learn more about growing food and see where my veggies are coming from, make sure to follow Kismet Farm NC on TikTok.
• Find Lady Lee’s Home on TikTok. I am still figuring out how to handle this space, so there isn’t much there yet. I think that we’ll start posting short snippets of the YouTube videos there, so if short-form videos are your thing, join me there!

Interviews…

>> Read my interview with Hello Homestead here.

>> Listen to my interview with Nettle and Pines.