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canned pickles...and other inspiring projects
This time last year, I had 42 quarts of freshly canned pickles in my root cellar. It wasn't that I had an over-abundance of cucumbers in...
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robyn
- Oct 7, 2015
- 2 min
Applefest
See that tent in the middle? The old, broken down (read: well used) tent? The one in between the two very 'professional' tents? That one...
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robyn
- Sep 21, 2015
- 2 min
a small town fair
We have a family change jar. Anytime we find some change, we put it in our jar. Every once in a while, the kids will dump it out and...
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robyn
- Sep 16, 2015
- 3 min
a birthday party only a farm girl could enjoy
We read a lot of Little House on the Prairie books over here. In fact, it happens to be my 11 year old's favorite book. There is endless...
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robyn
- Sep 7, 2015
- 2 min
water
Monday is water day in our household. All things pertaining to water happen over here on our farm today. What makes this especially...
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robyn
- Aug 31, 2015
- 2 min
heading to unschool
While the majority of our society is getting ready to start another school year, we decided to kick off our 'un'school year with some...
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robyn
- Aug 17, 2015
- 2 min
Nederlo creek
There is a creek that runs through our property. It is where my kids are now, playing in the mud, building forts and splashing in the...
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robyn
- Aug 13, 2015
- 2 min
raspberries
This is raspberry season on the farm. The time of year when even the children get excited for garden 'work.' Most of the time, summer...
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robyn
- Aug 5, 2015
- 2 min
my long appreciative exhale
Last week, I wrote a post on missing chicken eggs. This week, I am writing on the found eggs. Except they are not really eggs anymore,...
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robyn
- Jul 27, 2015
- 3 min
farm fresh eggs
This time of year, we are usually drowning in chicken eggs. The ladies are overly happy with the lush grasses, the marsh that is filled...
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robyn
- Jul 20, 2015
- 2 min
unschooling on a farm
This girl here was born to live on a farm. It is in her heart and in her soul. She is something special and our farm animals know it,...
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robyn
- Jul 14, 2015
- 3 min
peaceful parenting and a cow in heat
I have three cows in heat....all at the same time. Our farm is...well...a bit louder than usual. They all stand at the edge of our...
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robyn
- Jul 6, 2015
- 4 min
lessons from making pie
This time of year, it is slim pickings in the root cellar. Long gone are the winter squashes of acorn, spaghetti and butternut. Any...
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robyn
- Jun 29, 2015
- 3 min
lessons from living in a barn
After a two day trip to Minneapolis, we came home to find some of our chickens had a party while we were gone. Let me rephrase that. Our...
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robyn
- Jun 22, 2015
- 3 min
why I won't clean my house for you
My house used to be spotless, especially if I invited you over. I would spend the two hours before you came over for lunch, cleaning it....
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robyn
- Jun 14, 2015
- 2 min
unraveling the yarn and being happy
I have a friend who knits these beautiful creations. She will spend hours...no days...knitting sweaters and shawls and then slowly...
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robyn
- Jun 9, 2015
- 3 min
why I made noodles
When I was in highschool, I played basketball. I played some in college, too. My grandfather played for the Boston Celtics back in the...
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robyn
- Jun 1, 2015
- 3 min
the day the sheep escaped...
My mom likes to remind me ever so often, that when I was a child, we would drive through these small towns with lots of farms and...
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robyn
- May 25, 2015
- 3 min
This isn't how I was raised.
My upbringing was not extrodinarily different than yours. In fact, if I ventured to guess, there would be so many similarities that would...
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