On the Homestead: Family

Two parents. Four hooligans. We farm together. We eat together. We grow together. It ain’t always pretty but I wouldn’t want it any other way.

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My life is ordinary and that’s perfect

My life is ordinary and that’s perfect. No really! It is. My days are spent homeschooling four little ones, building and sustaining a farm, running a business, washing the dishes,…

My Cottage Garden: A Tour

Sometimes there aren’t words. Or rather, I’m not the writer skilled enough to string them together. So instead of words, travel along with me today for a tour through my…

Freshening up the spring kitchen

I’m ready for the spring kitchen! Sometimes it’s a great idea to strip it all away, dust and polish it, and piece it back together again. You’re left with a…

Confession: I feel weak.

I did something recently I swore I’d never do. Of all the identify flags I fly, this one was not one of them. And yet I found myself signing on…

A Week of Farm Meals

We homeschool, we farm, and we EAT! Here’s exactly what a week of farm meals looks like from the winter kitchen – breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Some are simple (for…

Eating in Winter from the Root Cellar.

This video, we’re showing you how we’re eating in winter, a very seasonal way of eating, from the root cellar storage that we keep under our kitchen. It’s also the…

Great Books for Farm Kids

First up, let me just say this: this is not an exclusive list of great books for farm kids. I’m sure there are a thousand others. This is the list…

How We Homeschool: Starting the conversation.

We’re asked about ‘how we homeschool’ often. I’ve enlisted the help of my wonderful husband, Stuart, to help create a new series of blog posts based around the philosophy and…

Becoming A Morning Person.

I like quiet time. That’s the reason I’m a morning person. Unlike children who writhe and weep over forced rest time away from others, I relish in it. In fact,…

Homeschool “Lessons” (or not)

Over the years we’ve been homeschooling, I’ve changed my philosophy to a more character and life oriented focus. My hope is that it will result in children that are sturdy….

Farm Kid Chores by Age.

Just because my kids are cute (and they really, really are) doesn’t mean they get out of doing farm kid chores. In fact, their cuteness may even make things worse…

Going back to Alabama.

It’s been six long years since I set foot on Alabama sand. Six years since we said goodbye to the life that we built in Alabama.

On the Homestead: Family

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