Food around these parts can get… interesting. Don’t get me wrong, we love real food, but right now I have three major issues: 1. Very little time. A newborn baby + planting season will do that to you. 2. Very little refrigerator space. Our solar refrigerator isn’t huge, and we shouldn’t need much space eventually,…
Besides having babies, nothing shows forth the sovereignty of God to me like watching the process of seed to plant to food. Perhaps it is the sentimental new mama hormones, but it truly is a miraculous thing to see. Months ago we planted a winter garden with kale, parsley, cilantro, onions, peas, and lettuce. The…
photo credit This post was originally published in October, 2009 – a full two years before we arrived here on our land. It seems fitting to republish while we are hurrying to get as many seeds into the ground as we can. Previously in Homesteading: Part 1: Why Homesteading? Part 2: If You Eat it…
These days I haven’t been eating or preparing any elaborate meals. Many of my breakfasts look like the above picture and sometimes they are prepared entirely by our five-year-old as I look on from my perch in the nursing chair. These days I spend hours every day sitting, feeding, burping, and snuggling this little lady….
