When my husband and I got our first home and before we had really gotten into homesteading and preserving our food, we, like everyone else, went grocery shopping. Now we are be no means completely without going to the store, but what we shop for and how often has drastically changed. In those early years […]
Grocery Shopping Two Months at a Time Read More »
Now this project was not my own but I get to enjoy the results and it was neat to make. My husband loves his hot peppers and hot sauce. He loves growing peppers and we have so many hot peppers seeds we probably wont use them before they go bad. We had gotten hot peppers
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We recently went to the U.P to go to a sheep show and it was also our first time camping the five of us. I didn’t know how it was going to go because none of our kids have gone tent camping before and they rarely ever stay somewhere overnight so I didn’t know if
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When I was expecting our first child something that my husband and I thought about a lot was whether or not we would send our children to a public school or to homeschool. As we thought more about what to do, we ultimately came to the conclusion to homeschool our children. Now why and how
Homeschooling…Where Do I Start? Read More »
We have a produce auction fairly close to where we live, and both my husband and I love to go. Now I do go by myself sometimes because we have three kids and they do not want to go to the auction where they and have to be still and quiet. Now Curt doesn’t really
Apples, Apples and More Apples Read More »
What can I be doing and is there anything I should be doing are questions I ask myself a lot when I’m at home. Trying to find a good balance between working outside the home and still keeping up on housework plus spending time with family can be tricky. Something I try to do is
Gardening is something that I never enjoyed when I was younger, and it wasn’t until I was an adult that I realized how much time and effort truly go into having one. When my husband and I lived in our first home we had gardens and tried several different ways to garden. We first started
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My husband I decided when I was pregnant with our first that we were going to try not to give our children proceed food and all the bad junk food that is out there. Fast forward three years and my goal to find or make better cereal for my family to eat was started. My
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Right now on our homestead we have a few small animals and 14 fruit trees. Our dream future looks like having a small farm with a 70 fruit tree orchard and a fairly large garden. My husband always says we can’t have more than three big projects going at a time. Once one is done
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I live in northern Michigan with my husband and three young boys. We have two dogs, a hand full of chickens, three rabbits and we are looking into getting sheep next year. We are getting ready to start homeschooling our oldest starting in janurary. That is actually when and why I decided to start writing
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