This thing happened today.
This thing happened today. Dare I say, a magical thing. Let us, first, remember that I am a mother of four children. Not a ton. But plenty to keep up…
Read MoreIt’s not always glamorous or clean, but at least life on the farm is entertaining, beautiful, and oh-so-delicious. Follow along with recipes, dreams and confessions, and garden growing here.
This thing happened today. Dare I say, a magical thing. Let us, first, remember that I am a mother of four children. Not a ton. But plenty to keep up…
Read MoreFirst 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…
Read MoreOver 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….
Read MoreJust 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…
Read MoreA flock of little ducklings has taken up residence in my greenhouse. You think I’d be angry? You’d think I’d mind the noise and the mess? Turns out, life with…
Read MoreIn the process of remodeling the blog (isn’t it beautiful?!), I realized something quite profound – I’m growing up. I was twenty-four when I started this blog. That was almost…
Read MoreBy Stuart Elliott “For all our talk of virtue we are powerless to create it. We cannot MAKE our children good.”- Cyndi Rollins Let’s be honest with ourselves, much of…
Read MoreBy Stuart Elliott Anthony Esolen said, while speaking about his book “10 Ways to Destroy the Imagination of your Child”, that if you want to ensure your child doesn’t develop…
Read MoreBy Stuart “Concealed in the world we have is a world greater than we can imagine”- Mark Helprin from In Sunlight and in Shadow (here). I thought I had been…
Read MoreScreen time and kids, man. I know that battle. I’ve been to the point of breaking. A few years ago now, I’d had it up to HERE. (You can’t see,…
Read MoreAnd as experience is the best teacher, I’m here to share with you how to bake better bread at home. Save yourself years of bad loaves. My many baking flops are your gain. Here’s how to bake better bread at home.
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