The days are longer, the trees are budding, and we have eggs coming out of our ears. Spring has officially sprung! March 2021 on the homestead means it’s nearly time to begin planting the garden outside for this year’s round of food preservation. Inside the house, we have been tending cute little sprouts in the […]
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Back in high school I was assigned to read the short story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker. Two granddaughters wanted mementos of their deceased grandmother and there was conflict over a handmade quilt. The eldest daughter wanted to take it to display on the wall of her city home to show off to friends and
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After our January of skipping the grocery store to clear out the freezer we realized we still have a ways to go to be ready for the summer harvest coming our way in just a few short months. So while we relaxed our grocery shopping limitations for February 2021 on the homestead, we continued trying
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The days are slowly but surely getting longer. The daffodils are blooming. Spring is around the corner! And with it comes the annual spring cleaning marathon! To prepare for the season, we begin making our first batches of DIY citrus vinegar cleaner. Over the winter we eat more citrus, so we toss the peels into
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Like we mentioned at the end of 2020, we want to keep better records of what we grow, raise, and eat so that we can more accurately know what we need to get us through until the next harvest. We more or less accomplished month 1 of 12 of this new habit. Therefore, it’s time
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Frost settles on the garden, the days are chilly, and the days are still short. Winter is here in its full glory. In the past I was not a huge fan of the cold weather months, and couldn’t wait for spring to bring warmer weather and longer days. But the Danish concept of hygge greatly
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