I think we can all agree that one of the most challenging jobs for mothers is staying on top of the laundry. My laundry area is in our unfinished basement and I prefer to manage my duties down there as little as possible. The cellar spiders are not my buddies and I’m less than interested…
Despite my struggles with finding joy and simplicity on the homestead this year, I know deep down that the simple life can be exactly that… simple. I’ve tasted of the beauty, reward, and joy that comes out of working willingly with your hands and know that it can be recaptured and enjoyed again if I use the…
$350.00 Our workshop is officially FULL! But you can still get in on a workshop Hand Hewn and Liberty Farm are hosting next winter in January 2018. Join us December 8, 9, 10 2017 in Brinkhaven, Ohio for a 3-day, hands-on Homestead Hog Butchery Workshop! Description We are excited to welcome you into our home this winter…
I’ve had several of you ladies write recently asking the question we all think every now and again when we get a peek into someone else’s life… “How do you get it all done?” My experience is that if so many are asking it, there are even more thinking it. And boy the last thing…
Just some quotes today… Geography is, to my mind, a subject of high educational value; the peculiar value of geography lies in its fitness to nourish the mind with ideas, and to furnish the imagination with pictures. Geography should be interesting-The child’s geography lesson should furnish just the sort of information which grown-up people care…
And it’s not the first time either! With my first trimester and any lingering sensitivity of my gag reflex well behind me, I decided to render the remaining lard from the hog we raised this summer. (For those of who have never rendered lard, which I imagine is most of you, it doesn’t smell like…