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Quick Chicken & Dumplings
Read moreI can not for the life of me remember where I first found this quick and easy chicken & dumplings, but over the years I’ve tweaked it and our family loves it. Our son Jackson asks for it weekly. You just can’t go wrong with chicken & biscuits. Nine times out of ten, I make all the meals here at the house. It’s not by choice lol. We live out…
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Chicks Are Coming
Read moreChicks are coming! It’s only fitting that our next livestock to add our farm is chickens right? I’m pretty sure that will be my constant explanation to my husband when I start bringing animals home we’ve never discussed. 🙂 “But babe, you can’t have a farm without xyz.” WHEN WILL THEY BE HERE? The new girls in town will be here in May and we decided to order from McMurray…
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Easy Homemade Elderberry Syrup
Read moreElderberry syrup. There are so many studies out there about this little miracle dark purple berry, but it can be pretty expensive when you go to purchase it. That and the fact you go through that tiny 4oz bottle fast when you have little sickly children in the house. A few years ago I started researching more about making my own and gave it a go. It’s so dang easy,…
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Ducklings Week 1
Read moreDucklings week 1. Meet the girls. They are here and they are the cutest things ever! Here is what we’ve been up to, what we’ve learned, and how the ducklings are doing. Warning: I’m about to spam you with images lol. Our family knew we wanted ducks for our farm. You can learn all about why here. What we didn’t realize was how much we would love them. THE GIRLS…
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Simple Baked Spaghetti
Read moreSimple baked spaghetti is a staple in the Pendleton household. It is usually made weekly because everyone here eats it, it doesn’t cost a fortune, and it’s fast. If you’re not making it yet, give this one a shot. I promise someone will eat it lol. SO SIMPLE For years I made spaghetti the old fashioned way. I loved it that way, but my husband… not so much. A few…
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Winter Wonderland
Read moreI woke up at 3:30 am this morning to a winter wonderland. Partly because I had to use the bathroom(lol), but the other half was the anticipation of snow coming. I knew how much my kids wanted some this year and as I peeked out my frosty bathroom window, there it was…a winter wonderland. After an hour of laying wide awake in bed, I checked on the new girls in…
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Bringing The Land Back To Life
Read moreBringing the land back to life. What exactly does that mean? Land that is living and breathing, working for us, not against us. REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE What is regenerative agriculture? Regenerative agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems. In a nut shell, it’s putting focus on regenerating the soil. It’s pulling carbon from the atmosphere and sequestering it in the ground. Regeneration practices include no-tilling,…
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The Most Perfect Sourdough Banana Bread
Read moreTHE MOST PERFECT SOURDOUGH BANANA BREAD Gracious alive my entire family loves banana bread. I can make a loaf of this particular bread and it doesn’t last 24 hours. Get ready for the most perfect sourdough banana bread. Want to know how to begin your own sourdough starter? Start here. Besides a big list of beneficial bacteria that is in sourdough, I’m telling you…this particular bread will knock you off…
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Starting a Cut Flower Garden
Read moreWHY A CUT FLOWER GARDEN? Starting our very own Cut Flower Garden. Dreams swirled in my head of going out in the morning light with my farm boots on, taking my shears out of my basket found at the thrift shop, and cutting the most beautiful long stemmed blooms for our kitchen. Sounds heavenly right? Well, this will be my first time creating a cut flower garden, but I have…
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Sourdough Starter
Read moreSOURDOUGH STARTER Oh how I adore my sourdough starter. A year ago I really started to do some research on sourdough. I had some blood work done that I subconsciously, already knew the answer to….gluten sensitivity. What exact would happen? Anytime I eat something with gluten in it, my stomach would freaks out. I’ll save you the details, but I knew I had to change some things. WHY SOURDOUGH THEN?…