Postcards: 4 Weeks

mixing feed rations :: trapping coons :: sweet Hannah

mixing feed rations :: trapping coons :: sweet Hannah
Our family milk cow, Mabel, is finally over her mama bear phase where she hides away in the pasture with her little one. It happened with Stanley, too, and I am thankful that Mabel seems to be a really good mother. Now these two are up at the barn at least a couple of times…
photo credit Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. ~Ephesians 5:22~ (emphasis mine) I must have read that verse fifty times before the Holy Spirit really drove it home. It is revolutionary in these times to think of our husbands this way – to serve and submit to them as if…
Ruthie is now at an age where her brothers can take her outside, assuming they are in close proximity to an adult. I’ve been saying yes to this more and more. Instead of me holding onto this little one while the boys wash some dishes or help with laundry, I’m shooing them into the…
I’ve wanted to homeschool our children since I carried that first precious life in my womb. Those earliest years went fast and smooth, just these two little boys and I. By the time we moved off-grid in 2011, Elijah was five and was writing, doing some basic math, and learning to read. I remember being…
Late last week we got a call that some wild hogs had been trapped and would we want them? Sure, was the response so as the sun began to sink lower in the sky, two of them were brought home and we prepared for butchering. By the time we finished the first one, the sun…
Stewart planted loads of garlic this year. It went in late, to be sure, but because we could find no onions to plant, we planted plenty. This little ma’am is nearing the five month mark. Are my children the only ones who put everything into a bowl with milk and call it cereal? We now…
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Is that feed for your dairy cow?
What recipe do you use?