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Cornbread is always a great comfort food around here. Derek’s favorite version is his very own homemade Broccoli Cheese Cornbread recipe. I wish that I could take credit for coming up with this recipe but it is all Derek here. I will tell you that Emma says it tastes better when I make it, though. If you like cornbread and if…
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In this homesteading, natural living, real food life, we are all about growing our own food. We choose to pasture raise livestock for our meats and dairy. Like many others, we believe that this is the healthiest option for our family. This is part of why we started farming in the first place. Besides the health benefits of raising…
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Choosing seeds to plant in the garden seems like an easy task. It has gotten more difficult because nowadays, if we want to be conscious of how our food is grown, the choice is much more involved. We have settled on growing an heirloom garden for our family. Why We Choose to Grow an Heirloom Garden Choices, choices, choices….
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Growing and raising our own food is extremely important to our family. Raising pigs on our homestead plays a huge role in that. Growing our own pork is not just about the end goal of filling the freezer, it has much to do with entire process of raising them from a piglet to a full grown, butcher weight pig. Learning…
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If you’ve been around here long, you know that I love to grow beautiful and unusual things. I also like for those things to serve a purpose like being a delicious food for my family to eat. Dragon Tongue Beans fit the bill exactly! Dragon Tongue Beans – Beautiful and Delicious When I first saw pictures of Dragon Tongue Beans…
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We love to grow green beans! They’re are a staple in our garden and our pantry. They are easy to grow, harvest, and preserve. Can’t beat that! I love having my pantry shelves lined with foods that we’ve grown and canned. It’s just so rewarding to feed my family a meal that we’ve been a part of from the small…
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