Fall on the Farm
It has been the most lovely fall. Most of my memories of ripping out the garden include snow flurries. But not this year! Glorious days have been plentiful and we…
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Farming
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What’s for Dinner?
For dinner I roasted a chicken. It was too big for the roasting lid to fit, so I covered it with foil and gave it an extra hour. With the…
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Root Cellar In a Box
Spring starts with a bang around here—planting seeds, preparing beds, mulching and weeding. Throughout the summer we enjoy fresh greens, ripe strawberries, and the incomparable BLT (with our own bacon and…
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Grovestead Gathering ~ Audio Recordings
Recordings from our Grovestead Gathering last weekend are now available! During this 2-day gathering, families came to our farm to learn about building productive households and family-centered economies. The teachings…
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What a Fellowship
It was last Monday night that I sat down with the list of registrations from the Grovestead Gathering and decided to tally up the ages of the kids who were…
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Durable Trades Review
Durable Trades is more than a career guide; it’s a treatise on why certain professions have always been necessary and what makes a career fulfilling. It is also an argument for a return to family-centered economies…
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