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Winter Firewood Cutting
It’s that time of the year again when the family works together to gather the firewood for the winter. Cutting our own firewood can be a lot of work, but we all enjoy being in the woods in the fall … Continue reading
Posted in Wood Heating
Tagged bucking, country, country skills, family, famly work, farm, farmall, farmall M, firewood, hardy, hardy wood furnace, homestead, homesteading, husky, husky wood splitter, land, log skidding, mini-farm, wood cutting
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Fall Family Fun
Our church sponsored an afternoon of fun at the Prairie Edge Garden Center in Bowling Green Missouri this past Sunday. It was a warm, sunny day –just great for a hayride. Family owned and operated, the Garden Center is a great example … Continue reading
Comfrey: Great Source of Homegrown Food for Farm Animals
Within the midst of fall, the vegetation around our mini-farm makes its last burst of growth before winter comes on. Our comfrey is no exception. As I posted before, I love comfrey, and no homestead should be without it especially … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Animals, Gardening
Tagged animal feed, chicken, comfrey, comfrey as feed, comfrey as food, comfrey leaves, country, country living, country skills, farm, farm animal, farm animals, feed ration, food protein, gardening, herb, homegrown animal feed, homestead, mini-farm, nutrient, permaculture, pig, protein, vitamin A, vitamin B-12, vitamin C
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Apple Cider, Friendship and Old Time Country Skills
Our dear friends, the Brown’s, invited our family to their mini-farm this past week to experience homemade cider-making. October is THE time for apple picking and cider making here in Missouri. Laura did what she does best, sampled the cider … Continue reading
Posted in Family, General
Tagged apple, apple cider, apple picking, apple press, country, country living, country skills, family, farm, food, fruit tree, fuji apple, harvest, homemade, homestead, mini-farm, red delicious apple
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The Joy of Food in the Christian Home
In this second presentation we listened to by Chef Francis Fouchachon, he describes how food, viewed rightly, enriches lives, especially in the Christian home. Food is more than just fuel for the body. It is a gracious gift provided by … Continue reading
Tillage Radish Update
It’s been about three and half weeks since I planted the experimental tillage radish beds. The Lord provided and excellent rain this last week–about four, soaking inches–and the radishes have come to life. True to form, they are growing rapidly with some … Continue reading
