One Step Closer to Self-Sufficiency: Dairy Goats

February 28, 2011 By 41 Comments

I just love this little chocolate female kid, she needs to come home with me for sure. It has been my goal and dream for many years to be self-sufficient. By self-sufficient, I mean that we would grow all/most of our food and provide for most of our needs, including work and energy from the [...]

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Serenity Saturday: Ditch One Thing

February 26, 2011 By 2 Comments

Weekends seem like the only time to catch up on everything anymore…can you relate? My husband and I laugh (then cry) when we talk about and remember what weekends used to be like, quite a few kids ago. We could sleep in a bit, get up and mosey around in our PJ’s, eat something when [...]

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How to Start Seeds Indoors

February 23, 2011 By 5 Comments

Starting seeds indoors can be a bit intimidating. Years ago, I gave it a try and it was a complete flop.  Looking back, I see my errors.  Since that time, I’ve been over-paying for sub-standard plants from the big-name nurseries.  I am now motivated to give it another try. The first thing you will need [...]

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How and Why to Grow a Victory Garden: Lessons from World War II

February 22, 2011 By 19 Comments

Photo credit: Northwestern University The US food supply was compromised during World War II.  Rations cards dictated how much food you were eligible for and food shortages were commonplace. Further, food that wasn’t consumed on the home front could be sent to our soldiers.  The “Victory Garden”  became a very important part of the “War Effort”.  Producing [...]

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Victory Living: Lessons from WWII

February 21, 2011 By 14 Comments

World War II has been the subject of late  in our homeschool.  May not sound all that interesting, but stay with me.  I took away some critical points in how we could/should be living our lives. Have we ever learned how to live? I was struck by a number of attributes and principles that Americans lived [...]

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Miniature Donkey Adventures

February 21, 2011 By 10 Comments

As you have been reading, the Morristribe has been planning to buy a dairy goat or two.  No, this is not a goat. As is with most things in life, there is more to the story or acquisition that is revealed upfront.  Case in point…goats need protection.  From what?  Coyotes.  How to do?  A large [...]

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Friday Wrap-Up: Hobby Farms, 4H and Butterflies

February 18, 2011 By 4 Comments

 What a busy, but fulfulling week it’s been. With the warmer temperatures here in Ohio and the snow largely melted, energy and motivation came over me bigtime!  Yes, I am aware that it’s still February and yes, I’m aware that it’s been known to snow on Easter around here.  Yet, this “weather-tease” was a welcome [...]

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More on the Family Meal Table

February 15, 2011 By 4 Comments

“Human societies, homes, and people have always combined refreshing, restful time of the day with food, conversation, and fellowship.  Although lunch might have been, say, a hunk of bread and cheese out in the field of work, the coming of the welcome daily rest time in every twenty-four-hour cycle was combined with needed nourishment.  Everywhere [...]

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The Family Meal Table: Making It Work

February 14, 2011 By 9 Comments

The Family Meal Table…a priority that looks a little different for the Morristribe than it did when I first heard about it many years ago.   Eating together as a family has long been backed by research as having many benefits for the family unit.  Joining together for a meal, assuming dinner, is good for the family spiritually, [...]

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Give Back Friday: Donate and Teach

February 11, 2011 By 9 Comments

   I had the chance to have lunch with my wonderful man this week, he took this picture just as the coffee started to kick in…..Hazelnut coffee on a freezing cold day, ahhhhhhhh.      As the discussion this week has included a number of ways to save money, I want to conclude with a way [...]

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