Yesterday was a typical situation for us homestead folk. I had about 5 bushel of rotten apples that others would serve the local deer. I look at the dirty brown apples and say, “lets make applesauce!!!!” Everyone else says, including my loving husband, “Are you sure they are safe for us?” I smile and say, […]
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I got a last minute call from the Amish to butcher 140 layers. They called me while they were killing, skinning and gutting. I was not expected to help on that part. I ended up getting 40. Today we cut all the tiny bits of meat off the bone and ground it up for chicken
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If you never heard of the charlotte mason style of educating, it is a very amazing concept involving creativity and eagerness to learn. I love it. I have been doing it for years without ever knowing. Proof is in our homesteading DVDs. Life is a learning turf and we live to learn and grow in
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“It is He that sitteth upon the circle of the Earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers.” Isiah 40:22 This is a verse we used as we studied geography. The earth is like a circle, right? But when I told the children that we are as grasshoppers, Junior started sobbing. He said, ” I
Homesteading for Beginners by Erin Harrison13 wonderful years ago, I married my soul mate, the man I prayed for. Since then, we have been so very blessed with 5 beautiful children. We had a sincere desire to serve the Lord, raise godly children, and be some-what self sufficient. When I first married, I could only
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I just got a phone call right from the kidney specialist yesterday. She wanted to tell me herself. She told me that Molly’s kidneys were completely healed from the last time!!!!!! God be praised!!!!! We are so thankful for all the wisdom from above to do all the measures we did, all the many prayers.
I feel like we have been walking through this trial hand in hand with all of you somehow. The many prayers are felt. Yesterday, we drove a couple hours to the Children’s hospital for Molly’s first kidney appointment. As I sat waiting, I was so nervous about what they would say. Her kidney doctor
Erin’s Super Green Smoothie Mixby Erin Harrison Smoothies are a staple in our home. We have a family cow on a little homestead in Wisconsin, so we are usually swimming in good raw milk. Making homemade dairy products like kefir, yogurt, butter, and cheese with our raw milk is not only a fun family activity,
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Thank you all so so very much for all your prayers, it is keeping me going. Molly is still all over the place with her numbers but we moved her next to our bed so I can easily monitor her through the night. Some nights I have to poke her finger while she is sleeping
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It seems as though the Lord has turned my homestead into a hospital for a season. As we have Molly to care for full time, I have a new role~nurse mom. Just yesterday as I sat in the doctors office with our little Mikey, I was told that he is having some symptoms that can
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