We are now living off grid and loving the new adventure that it has become for our family. Each day we learn more and more as we live. There is just so much to be thankful for. Working hand in hand with the children each day has become such a joy. When work fills the […]
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
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
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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
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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
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