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The Family Milk Cow: Preparing For Calving
For years as a Labor and Delivery nurse, I had to have everything under the sun set up and available if needed during a birth. Thankfully, a cow birthing is not as fancy as a hospital birth! Every time...
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My Favorite Part Of Homesteading
…is perhaps naming our animals. And it is what humbles us the most. Yes, naming our animals that we raise for meat for our family and other families to consume. There’s an old saying, “Never name your...
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Its 7:43pm and I just found my morning cup of coffee. Its cold and the cream looks funny on the top. At promptly 5:15pm, a family’s dinner time, the credit card company calls. After he gets frustrated...
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Preserving The Harvest: Dehydrating Cucumbers
Well……..let’s just say its been awhile. Life has been incredibly busy and fulfilling that I’ve been unable to keep up this space! So busy that it’s June 17th, we live in Zone 3/4, and I JUST planted...
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Homemade Ricotta Cheese
Friends. These days I’m a farmer. I’m a mother. I’m a poop scooper. I’m a cook. I’m the cleaning lady, the laundry slave, the toy picker upper, the snotty nose wiper, the garden waterer, and the...
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Three Years In The Making
Friends. This picture below took 3 years to capture. This picture is the result of blood, sweat, and most certainly tears. That Porterhouse steak came from this guy (pictured below). Precious Norm. He...
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Homesteading On The Farm: A Peek Into Our Life
It’s 5:36am. I’m enjoying a cup of coffee before I get dressed and head out the door. I’ve teamed up with some of my blogging friends to document a day in the life of a homesteader. At the end of this...
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Calendula, Not Just a Pretty Girl
Perhaps, just perhaps, Calendula is what I look forward to growing the most each summer. Calendula is incredibly easy to grow and harvest. The best part? It will reseed itself each year. Win win my...
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British Style Scones
Today my good friend, Jeanne, is guest posting on the blog. I’m so happy because I’m finding it really hard to find time to get in this space lately. But the most exciting thing is the recipe she is...
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Absence
….makes the heart grow fonder. I didn’t need the absence of my husband to make my heart grow fonder of him. But its funny how the lack thereof makes us appreciate and long for the constant that was....
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