Postcards: 4 Weeks
mixing feed rations :: trapping coons :: sweet Hannah
mixing feed rations :: trapping coons :: sweet Hannah
Contentment is a funny thing. One day life is simple and clear and contentment shines through the clouds like sunshine the morning after a rain. Then one day there is too much stuff or jobs or activities or possibilities and life simply gets in the way of that contentment. Over the past couple of years…
Perhaps a disclaimer is in order: not liable for anything said when hormonally possessed and at 40+ weeks gestation. I doubt I am the first woman nearly two weeks over her "due date" who is pretty much fed up with the hoopla. Nine months ago you excitedly get a positive pregnancy test, have a date…
This post was originally published in January, 2010. It is not lost on me that the majority of my acquaintances – family & friends included – do not approve of my chosen ‘vocation’. We live in a world where getting paid to nourish or care for other people’s families is a respectable position. But if…
I had this huge long post I’ve been writing up all week but it’s still not ready and we’re still recovering from a house-wide head cold so I guess a few photos is all I’ve got this for this space this week. It’s time to plant potatoes and so the field of pea greens is…
I distinctly remember a battle over a spoonful of cauliflower that went down nearly ten years ago. Elijah had just started solid foods and I had no clue what I should feed him except that I should be making it myself and there should be vegetables. It was not pretty, y’all. Fast forward to our…
Though I often wake early, it is rarely to the idyllic barn chores one might associate with the homestead life. When I wake is determined entirely by babes, as is much of my life these days. Mothering newborns is a surrendering of any and all preconceived notions of how my time ought to be spent….
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Is that feed for your dairy cow?
What recipe do you use?