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Being Thankful a Kitchen Revival
November 19th, 2023 Being Thankful a Kitchen Revival (Go On and Eat Like a PIG!) Happy Thanksgiving Friends! Thanksgiving might be a favorite for me, because it gives pause to be thankful for the abundance of Food. Good food to be specific. All the prep time, flour dusting every counter, the smells, the family and…
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Who else has those times where sitting down is not an option?
Can We EVER Just Sit Down!?!? (spotted in November brings me a smile!) The answer is….no. No we cannot. And yes sometimes it gets to be too much. Tonight while finishing up cleaning dinner there’s curds to be pressed into the cheese press, there’s dry beans needing to be shelled, the Berkey needs to be filled up,…
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It’s Fall Ya’ll
It’s Fall Y’all! Hi Friends! I might not be southern but I sure do like the word “Y’all”! Ok I digress – I’m here today to remind you that those delicious flavors for fall are everywhere, including this recipe today. I honestly do not like the Pumpkin Spice flavor- I know, don’t hurt me please!…
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It’s Fall Y’all- Muffin Recipes-Pig Cuddles-Enchiladas
It’s Fall Y’all! Hi Friends! I might not be southern but I sure do like the word “Y’all”! Ok I digress – I’m here today to remind you that those delicious flavors for fall are everywhere, including this recipe today. I honestly do not like the Pumpkin Spice flavor- I know, don’t hurt me please!…
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Fermenting Vegetables and Release of my Seed Saving Course
Fermenting Veggies Hi Friends! Fermenting Veggies is an amazing way to extend your harvest from the garden or farmers markets PLUS listen to this- by fermenting your veggies your creating Probiotics!! It sure does, can you believe it? By submerging veggies in a salt brine the salt helps keep the bad bacteria at bay and allows the good bacteria…
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Frost Date Looming- Garden Abundance -How to Grow Onions -Potatoes-Garlic
We’re In It Now It’s nearing the end of summer here in Northern Michigan- our first frost date is looming in the middle of September. I know, why I even say such things! Well as a Homesteader and especially in Northern Michigan we have got to move quick, think of the next thing and keep…
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I’m not a super hero- How do I get it “all” done
I’m NO Super Hero Eery Fog Rolling in at Night We are almost into August, where does the time go? It goes fast doesn’t it?  People are always asking me how I do it all or stating that they just don’t have the time to do what I do. Well my answer to both is…
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You Can’t Buy Happiness- But You Can Buy Dirt
I feel a change in the air, something’s happening right now. There’s resurgence into the Good Ole Days of long ago. Pioneering is in our blood, our hearts and our sweat. I feel people wanting to get back to that, to what really matters. Sure two homes, a boat, vacations a plenty are fun and…
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Life in Abundance-Baby Piglets & Chicks are Here!
Life in Abundance Ah Life… it is in Abundance for us here on the Homestead and we are lovin’ it! Typically our animals we raise are for meat so every year we buy, raise and process them. They don’t reproduce and such but this year there’s been quite different!! Chicks, Kittens and Piglets!! It’s really…
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- Chasing Fall Colors + New Recipes + New Videos
- Learn how to Seed Save from Cucumbers – Fermentation Style Seed Saving
- There’s only 3, ONLY 3! The bottom dropped out
- A tour of my nitrogen jungle, aka back garden- come check it out with me!
- People are always asking….what do I actually buy from the stores? pt 1
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Welcome to my Blog- I’ll share with you what our Homestead looks like and how we raise 80% of our food, all organically, sustainably, naturally and beautifully.
I’m hoping to inspire you that you can do this as well! God has provided our family with all the things, but the big thing He has given us is the drive to get ‘er done! We didn’t start out with all this, we started very slow, replacing one thing at a time, learning one thing at a time.