This post is the first in a series of picking your battles post. I want to help you think about all the things you do and show you how as a homemaker you can make it feel more manageable and not so overwhelming. Let’s just start this off with me sharing my life with you
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With Easter upon us, these buns are perfect for an Easter breakfast, dessert, or just something sweet for everyday brunch. Let me start off by saying these hot cross buns didn’t turn out as aesthetic as I wanted them to but that were delicious. That’s what really matters after all. It’s not all about looks!
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Many folks swear goats bring endless headaches. But what if most of that is just bad info? At Plane View Farm we proved the naysayers wrong. Myth 1: Goats Are Impossible to Keep Contained The Effectiveness of High-Tensile Electric Fencing Goats escape everything. That’s the big claim. I believed it once. My old fences sucked.
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If you are searching for how to render lard, you are definitely committed to cooking from scratch. Cooking from scratch is a domino effect for sure. It’s a mind set change. One minute you are in the coffee drive thru second guessing all your life choices thinking “why am I wasting my time and money
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I am embarrassed to admit this, but I did not realize just how simple it really is to make your own applesauce. You literally just cook down some apples and add a little bit of liquid and bam you have applesauce. Now of course, I want to walk you through this process for two reasons.
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It’s a funny world we live in today. We are all expected to be busy productive adults. It feels like we are expected to know how to do just about everything without really being taught how. Especially as mothers, we feel the pressure to do it all. We worry about the physical, mental, and spiritual
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Farming isn’t new for us. Andrew and I bought our first small farm twenty one years ago and we have farmed on and off since. For more information on that, read our farm story. We raise or have raised cows, pigs, chickens, goats, and we even have a couple donkeys. It’s a real funny farm
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Now that we know how to make real butter, let’s keep the real food trend going with these homemade mashed potatoes. Mashed potatoes are the perfect side dish. Easy and filling. Mashed potatoes are one of those dishes that seem complicating but every time I make them I think “that was easy, I should make
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Butter making. Talk about intimidation. However, this age old skill is not just for the Laura Ingalls Wilder types. Anyone can make butter and it takes less than ten minutes to do. All you need is heavy whipping cream. No doubt fresh raw cream would be even better, but using store bought heaving whipping cream
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I have been searching for a good caramel sauce since the Fall. Do you say carmel or car-a-mel (keh-ruh-muhl)? It’s carmel for me, but we can still be friends if you say it the other way! Anyway, I tried a few caramel sauce recipes and they failed. I was visiting with a good friend of
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