Tag: homesteading blog
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A Little Different Every Day
Spring. It’s just around the corner. At least that is what we keep telling ourselves. Nevermind the fact that we had a 75 degree day followed by a blizzard that disappeared just as fast as it arrived. Now, I must sleep in the bed I have made. In my particular circumstance, this phrase could also […]
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Let’s Get to Work
The time has come, friends. My state has had it’s one and only snow/ice storm of the year. Inevitably occurring in February which means that as the sun shines again and everything begins to melt, it is time to get to work in the garden.
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Eating Seasonally on the Farm
2 years ago I did not know what “eating seasonally” meant. I was having a health crisis, a mental crisis, and trying to juggle so many things at once. As I learned to slow down my day-to-day life with elements such as gardening, starting my mornings outdoors, and seasonal eating; my life started to take […]
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How Will We Do It All?
I find in humorous that my last post stated we underestimated the work load and as I follow up with this post, we’ve done nothing but add to that situation in an unexpected, yet wanted and welcomed way.
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What Grounds You?
I guess you could say there was a span of several years where I felt as if I were floating in space. I had a plan, but anything outside of that plan left me feeling anxious, uneasy, and on the verge of a break down.
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We Took Our First Big Hit on the Farm | Losing Everything
Here in the south, we have relatively mild winters. Occasionally we get a little bit of snow, more times we have freezing rain, but rarely do we get below 0 temperatures with 8″+ of snow. It is because of this that we had no way to truly prepare in the ways we needed to in […]
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Organic, All Natural Raised Beds for the Garden
I am actually quite embarrassed at how our first two garden raised beds were made out of chemical ridden, OIL leaking railroad ties. They were great for the budget at the time but overall absolutely terrible for our health and our environment. Since then, we’ve learned a thing or two.
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Weekend Recap | Early Spring
This weekend was both peaceful and productive. In reality, I went from having 0 jobs to 3 jobs. I worked heavily the beginning weeks of the world health pandemic worried but motivated to do what I had to. Fast forward 3-ish weeks and the dreaded email came.
Life with Elizabeth 