Fashion or Old Fashioned? Homesteaders are like pioneers. While the rest of society is marching to the beat of pop culture, we are marching out to the barn to milk the family cow. My husband and I were public-schooled and had the opportunity to be caught up in the popularity contest of fashions and fads. We …
Mark and the boys have been collecting sap from the trees again this year to make maple syrup. It is always an exciting time for the entire family, watching a clear watery substance that you can tap out of a tree turns to a golden colored syrup. Many hours of collecting and cooking down. We …
Everyone has a story to tell. Life is like an empty book, and as life unfolds, chapters are added. Most families have photographs that they have taken through the years. It is like a trip down memory lane as you pick up each old photo. You remember all wonderful or funny things that happened. We …
Chapter Three Green Beans and Amish Bonnets The garden was in and the little family waited to see signs of growth. Everyday the children would run out to check for green beans to pick. Daddy was out every evening tending and weeding that big garden. Living next to some low land, the mosquitoes would …
Chapter Two First Spring on the Homestead Soon enough, Daddy was back to work on the old house, with Miles at his side. Pounding and sawing and more dust. When the drywall started to go in, the dust covered the entire second floor and Mamma was not in the least bit happy. The children …
I started writing stories for the kids about our memories on the homestead. Hope you enjoy reading it to your kids, too. Pictured above is our very first homestead. Mark is working with Miles when he was only two years old.Chapter OneHome in the CountryNot so long ago, and not really far from here, there …
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 …
“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 …
Hello fellow homestead keepers… I wanted to share my lasted keeper tip with everyone. I have designed a file that allows me to add my kids specific chores each day. For Mikey, I made the letters big enough for him to see and read, simple words he can sound out. Each day the kids seem …
