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Continue reading →: GARDEN UPDATE- early MayThis year I decided to try adding a layer of compost to my entire area of the garden. We garden an approximate 30×32 area. I found some organic beef cattle manure compost, garden ready (which means it has overwintered and broken down). My Sweet Husband asked if there was a…
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Continue reading →: APRIL- Challenge VWe have come to the final challenge of April. How has this felt for you? Enjoyable? Dreaded? If you have found this to be helpful, let me know and maybe I can do something similar another time! CHALLENGE V: read something. Maybe you are already a reader. Or perhaps you…
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Continue reading →: TODAY- April EditionThese beautiful spring days are always some of my favorite! Cool, fragrant breezes. Delicious rains. Or sunshine that’s tantalizing from inside the kitchen window. On this particular April day, I found myself knee deep in sourdough baking, along with other kitchen and homesteading endeavors! 8:27 a.m. I made some sourdough…
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Continue reading →: APRIL- Challenge IVThere are 5 Mondays in April! Who knew? Let’s keep moving ahead… CHALLENGE IV: plant something. Did you know that it was Earth Day?! It is! Some people could not care less for things like that. And I can understand! However, we are stewards of this beautiful Earth that God…
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Continue reading →: HOMEMADE- Raw SauerkrautIf someone were to ask you your favorite vegetable, what would it be? And, yes, you have to pick a favorite. 🙂 Would that choice be raw? Steamed? Roasted? Covered in cheese? If you ask my six year old, she would tell you that her favorite is raw sauerkraut! What?!…
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Continue reading →: APRIL- Challenge IIIIs 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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Continue reading →: FOOD PREP DAYSSome 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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Continue reading →: APRIL- Challenge IIHello 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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Continue reading →: MEAT CHICKENSWhen 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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Continue reading →: APRIL- Challenge II 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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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.
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