Overflowing with milk? I sure am! Milk is still one of the most nutritious foods for the money, whether you purchase it at the grocery or have your own fresh source of milk at home! Here are just a few nutritional facts from the National Dairy Council: Calcium: Builds healthy bones and teeth; maintains bone [...]
Friday Wrap-Up: Pool Season, Motown Milk Production and the Playground
May 27, 2011 By 6 Comments
It’s pool season, once again, as our pool opens this weekend! Our family loves the pool. We spend a lot of time there in the summer, however, I’m not sure we’ll be there quite as often this summer. With our project expansion on the farm, more attention and time will be required around here. Yet, [...]
How to Make Kefir
May 26, 2011 By 12 Comments
got Kefir? Kefir is a wonderful, pro-biotic liquid that is so easy to make! When it’s finished, it has a sweet yogurt/buttermilk-type smell and can be used on cereal, for smoothies or enjoyed as a drink. It’s so incredibly versatile and useful, more about that in a minute. I got a batch started with some milk kefir [...]
Cry Out to God
May 22, 2011 By 16 Comments
Friday Wrap-Up: Milking Update, Giveaways and Rhubarb
May 20, 2011 By 9 Comments
The Art of Learning a Homesteading Skill
May 16, 2011 By 14 Comments
Learning new skills…. This isn’t something that you have to convince a homesteader to do. We’re all about it. As a matter of fact, we can seriously over-do it and over-commit. There’s a pace to learning new skills, rather, an “art of learning“, if you will. True learning takes thought and time, it is [...]
Choosing Joy Amidst Disappointment
May 1, 2011 By 24 Comments
It seems like forever that I’ve been waiting for this Spring to come…my heart and mind bursting with anticipation of goals that are becoming realities this year. Once the harvest of 2010 was behind me, I began to think about what my homesteading goals might be for 2011. My list of dreams was very long, but [...]
An "Udderly" Fabulous Week
April 22, 2011 By 4 Comments
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