• APRIL- Challenge III

    APRIL- Challenge III

    Is it that time again? Wow! These weeks are passing too quickly. CHALLENGE III: choose one place in (or outside) your home to declutter. I do not generally like trendy words and phrases. But, decluttering is a term we can all understand and, hopefully, get behind. How do I go…

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  • FOOD PREP DAYS

    FOOD PREP DAYS

    Some days can fly right by with not as much kitchen time involved. How is this possible in a from-scratch type kitchen? It usually means that you have spent time on another day food prepping! Recently I spent one day getting a lot of different types of foods prepped and…

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  • APRIL- Challenge II

    APRIL- Challenge II

    Hello again! It’s time for another challenge! CHALLENGE II: write to someone! Whether you are a card person or letter person, write! It is sad how in our day the letter has become ‘lost’. Do you ever get snail mail? If so, you know what JOY a piece of mail…

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  • MEAT CHICKENS

    MEAT CHICKENS

    When my second son was a baby, we had meat chickens. It was a spur of the moment decision (which we rarely do) in order to help someone have a minimum for butchering (thankfully our processor no longer requires a minimum number of birds). That first experience was so bad,…

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  • APRIL- Challenge I

    APRIL- Challenge I

    I thought it might be fun to do something different this month in the form of a challenge! Each Monday I will post a small tid bit, challenging you in different ways around your home! Feel free to take it or leave it. IF you choose to challenge yourself, please…

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  • TODAY- March Edition

    TODAY- March Edition

    Simple days at home and an errand here or there can constitute a large majority of our days. Adding in the regulars like housework, play, homeschooling, and family time rounds it all out. Most of my days begin in the kitchen! I like to get something going, even if it…

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  • HOMEMADE- Steamed Eggs

    HOMEMADE- Steamed Eggs

    If you have chickens or purchase fresh farm eggs, you have probably had many failed attempts with peeling boiled eggs. I sure have! Most eggs we buy at the grocery store are older- some even more than a month old. So, because of this, these eggs have more air inside…

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  • MENU PLANNING

    MENU PLANNING

    One of my very favorite things to do each week is to plan our menu for the week ahead. I have a planner on my cookbook stand (handmade for me by my brother and sis-in-law!) that is basically my command center. I have a lovely wall calendar… but let’s be…

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  • BLUE & WHITE

    BLUE & WHITE

    I’ll be honest right up front, this post is mostly eye candy. Two of my favorite collections are dishes of different blue & white transferware as well as white Ironstone. I have already touched on collections in a previous post. And, although most everything I have I can use in…

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  • Decorating-SPRING

    Decorating-SPRING

    Y’all, it has been a beautiful day outside! Sunny, windy of course (it is Illinois after all), but spring has most definitely sprung around here. Cooler temps are coming for a few days, but I am expectant! Today was a ‘home day’ for us, my favorite kind. Cooking and baking,…

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Welcome to
Honey and the Hen!

Currently I don’t have any bees (or honey). We do have meat chickens now – yay!
And we also recently purchased 20 laying pullets. I live with my Sweet Husband and 3 kids in Central Illinois. I love homesteading, homemaking, and homeschooling. We are thankful to be saved by grace in Jesus and seek to follow Him and His Word. I am originally from Tennessee and one of six children, using much of my upbringing in what I do and love now. I enjoy learning, growing, and keeping my home with enthusiasm as unto the Lord. We garden and hope to raise more of our own food as we can. Thanks for stopping by!

Disclaimer I feel I need to add this here. All opinions given are my own. Try, prepare, experiment anything on my blog at your own risk. I am no professional.