I live in a farmhouse on five acres in the country. It’s time for this suburban girl to learn a few things! Welcome to my self-taught Homesteading 101. Round four of bread making! (For more bread recipes, see Post #1, Post #2 and Post #3) Guys. I started working with sourdough starter last week and I’m not sure […]
As a family, we’re planning to eat a lot of soup during Lent this year. We have a few exceptions (a rare date night, two of the boys’ feasts days and an occasional Sunday dinner), but the rest of the week will have soup on the menu for dinner. I’m hoping this simpler menu will […]
This post contains affiliate links. I went into January assuming that I would have a month “off” from most homestead tasks. Turns out that if you’re not actively working on the farm, you’re still thinking about the farm, ha! Here’s what we accomplished around the homestead during the first few weeks of 2022: + Lots […]
This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you. FIVE THINGS I LOVED the completion of all 365 days of the Bible in a Year podcast watching the pigs’ absolute glee as they went back on pasture a solid night’s sleep after […]
This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you. FIVE THINGS I LOVED the completion of all 365 days of the Bible in a Year podcast watching the pigs’ absolute glee as they went back on pasture a solid night’s sleep after […]
Month #2 for my 1,000 Item Declutter Challenge! In case you missed it last month, here were my ground rules: Only spend 10 minutes at one time and only in one specific area. Monday through Wednesday, seek out items that we no longer need and make a pile. Then Thursday through Saturday, make a plan […]
✔ 100 LITTLE THINGS #75. Make another Extraordinary Ordinary video. Saturday was such an incredibly beautiful day, so I pulled out the camera to capture a little of the extraordinary ordinary. The kids made Pizza Pockets for dinner (a crowd favorite and perfect for the weekend) and we headed out afterward in jammies and sweatshirts […]
Have you ever read Dinner: A Love Story? I bought it years ago, read it, loved it and then promptly put it on the shelf where my good intentions seem to die. Fast forward to last month. As I unpacked kitchen boxes, I flipped through it again and re-read about the dinner diary she kept […]
This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission of any sale made at no extra cost to you. #14. AN OCEAN OF MINUTES by Thea Lim // ★★★☆☆ (amazon // bookshop // better world books) First line: “People wishing to time travel go to Houston Intercontinental Airport.” This novel has a lot of […]
Do you read The Prudent Homemaker? She has a weekly series called “Last Week’s Frugal Accomplishments” and it is awesome and inspiring. The comments are great too! I’ve wanted to make an effort to notice and record my own frugal accomplishments and July seemed like the right month to start. My Goal: Use it up, […]
Another full, productive month around the farm! I love this time of year because signs of new life pop up everywhere you look. Here’s what we accomplished in March: + Our biggest project of the month was the construction of the Critterfence! We used six foot T-posts as the stakes and since we wanted to […]
Another full, productive month around the farm! I love this time of year because signs of new life pop up everywhere you look. Here’s what we accomplished in March: + Our biggest project of the month was the construction of the Critterfence! We used six foot T-posts as the stakes and since we wanted to […]