As a parent, we know there will be pain and difficulty in our child’s life that we can’t fix, but there are some encouraging verses that give hope when your child is sick or in pain. I spent many hours shedding puffy-eyed tears while Jordyn suffered through intense pain this week that I can’t take […]
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I am a huge fan of impromptu, unplanned, teachable moments… One such moment recently was way better than any field trip this homeschool mom could have planned or lesson I could have prepared. Take it from me, if you ever hear a neighbor mention they’re getting bees delivered tomorrow, most definitely ask if you can watch! ♥ DISCLOSURE:This post
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I was debating if there were any good reasons to have a rooster. I was furious and heartbroken at the same time. I had made a horrible mistake that wound up costing the lives of many precious chickens on my farm. I make mistakes. A lot of them. Sometimes I wear a brown belt with
It’s dirty. It makes you sweat. It takes many months of hard work before you ever reap rewards. So is it really possible to enjoy gardening with kids? I think Robert Brault, an American operatic tenor who must create melodies in a garden as beautifully as he does on stage, answered that question well with a query of his own: “Why try to
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My father has spent seven decades–more than seventy summers–playing in the dirt. He’s taught my daughter and me a thing or two about keeping a garden and how to grow a garden from seeds. This year, the biggest lessons we’ve learned revolve around growing a garden from seeds. In New England, a gardener must know how
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Fresh-picked strawberries are one of the best joys of summer. Three summers ago we planted our first strawberry plants. They were pathetic, but they survived. Then we moved them. Two times. Two autumns in a row.
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I’m learning to enjoy a lot of things these days that are… well… pretty unenjoyable. Cow patties, for example. They smell awful.
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Would you like to increase your home’s value? In your own eyes? In the eyes of your children? Surprisingly, all that’s sometimes needed is a little distance… There’s a story I love to tell about the house with golden windows. (I’m not just a crazy chicken lady and homesteading homeschool mom; I’m also a professional storyteller, so I
Making an Old Farmhouse Home Read More »
“Homesteading” today is almost a flashy “new” thing. Some folks who are longing to be “homesteaders” are dreaming of saving money and purchasing all the right equipment. Planning what they can do to be “prepared” and “ready” to homestead. Doing it all “the right way” so when they purchase a homestead things go smoothly. But
A Modern Homesteader Remembers When Homesteading Wasn’t a Choice Read More »
It’s been a tough week. One of my toughest in 46 years.
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