Live Your Homestead Dream Today
“Four succinct points should be kept in mind when selecting handicrafts and life skills. The end-product should be useful. The children should not “be employed in making futilities such as pea and stick work, paper mats, and the like.” Teach the children “slowly and carefully what they are to do.” Emphasize the habit of best effort. “Slipshod work should not…
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My sister shared her recipe for Chicken Quesadillas with me years ago and, while everyone in the family enjoys it immensely, it is Hannah’s all-time favorite meal. Whenever I ask what she wants for dinner, without fail, she shouts “Chicken Quesadillas!!” But my favorite part of this quick and simple recipe is that all of the major food groups (except chocolate…
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Our standard side dish and vegetable for grilled steak in the summer is a garden fresh Wilted Lettuce. Serving a steak without Wilted Lettuce is a crime in our home. This salad is literally dripping with a sweet and tangy, vinegar and bacon grease dressing. Even my children who are often less than enthusiastic about a salad squeal with delight…
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Made with a dozen eggs, Angel Food Cake is a true farmstead cake! And our favorite way to use up a surplus when the hens lay abundantly in the spring. Ever since my husband’s grandmother passed away a few years ago, his family has been missing her Angel Food Cake. Because I usually have 3-4 dozen eggs in the refrigerator at…
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Let’s take a look at just how “green” yellow can be by exploring the myriad of ways that you can replace many household cleaners, beauty supplies, etc… with the all-natural, economical, multipurpose lemon. There are a million different uses for lemons and just as many web sites listing those uses. Here is my compilation of 48 ways to use a…
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Ditch the processed powdered lemonade drink! You can make this quick and easy real homemade lemonade recipe using fresh lemons and a few simple ingredients. It only takes a couple minutes longer but it tastes so much better! It is unseasonably warm around here. It feels more like August than April, and so I am hoping to inspire you to…
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