Until about 3 weeks ago I never thought that I would be on the hunt for tasty, dairy-free treats! Since them, we have made some eye-opening discoveries that changed the menu forever for our milk-chugging, cheese-loving family! A few weeks ago we found out that our youngest Little Farmer has severe food sensitivity to corn […]
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Hi there, Busy Mama! Do you feel overwhelmed by all of your responsibilities but you don’t really have a clue exactly what you should be doing? Ever feel like you have post-it-note confetti in your brain? Are you too tired to move but too wired to sleep because you keep thinking of everything you should be doing? Sounds like you have
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Wish your immune system a “Merry Christmas” and a “Wholesome New Year” with friendly cultures from yogurt and antioxidant-rich berries! Naturally Sweet! I prefer to sweeten yogurt with natural sweeteners instead of purchasing artificially flavored and heavily sweetened yogurt. I swirl Organic Grade A Dark Robust Maple Syrup (purchased from Azure Standard) and a little of my handcrafted Madagascar
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Are you discontent in your marriage? Now, a few years after wedding bells rang, the man you once gazed at in admiration doesn’t meet your expectations. You discovered that the one person you thought could do no wrong… is actually human. Disenchantment… it happens to the best of us. We forget what made our groom
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Happy December, Friends! To quote my children’s favorite christmas album by Andrew Peterson, A Slugs and Bugs Christmas: There’ve been Christmas decorations up in Target, like forever… I can’t believe it’s finally here! Having four Little Farmers around our place certainly helps heighten the mood, but it still doesn’t feel like December. We have a
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In the last few years I have discovered the joy of homemade applesauce. All my life I never knew what I was missing! Last year I froze quite a few gallons of homemade applesauce. We just finished the last quart bag a few weeks ago. (To my joy, I found it buried in the freezer!)
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What do you do when it’s 6:00 pm and your kitchen looks like this? Have you been there? Maybe it was a meeting that ran later than you had thought, a sick child who wanted your attention all afternoon (the case for me today), or you just got busy doing something else. Regardless, it’s now
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We commenced our third year of Thomson Academy this August and are enjoying all of our new books! After a laid back approach to learning this summer, we were ready to jump in to a more formal phase of education. It seems, for many people whom I meet, that the beginning of the school year
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Our first harvest! My Farmer has been hard at work in our garden this year. Last year was our first year of fighting with the Tennessee clay to make a garden plot. The effort seemed futile, but we did manage to grow some cucumbers, squash, and purple hull peas. (Ever tried those? They are a
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