Passing on the Faith: Grovestead Gathering 2024
This weekend we had our fourth Grovestead Gathering here at our farm. And thanks to a team of families helping to run the whole event, I got to sit in…
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Self Sufficiency always leads to Community
We just completed our Self Sufficiency Summit, a two day blitz of homesteading skills. And it was fantastic. I have said for a while now that you don’t get down…
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Alden’s Chicken Birthday
Well, thank God he’s a country boy. Because at some point this spring we realized that the same Saturday when the chickens turned 8-weeks old (butcher time) was the same…
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The Farm & Family Fair 2024
Two years ago we held our first ‘Farm Baby Open House’ where we invited friends and family to come and enjoy the goodness of spring on the farm: baby chicks,…
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Glorious Spring
We played family kickball on Sunday and it brought out my silent laugh—the hardest laugh on my laughter scale, accompanied by tears and shoulder shakes. Our puppy Mayflower was trying…
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Project Season
It’s an annual phenomenon that shocks me every time. Spring weather begins to show herself and bam, I’m ready for project season. It borders on miraculous to me, because I…
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