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It's been quiet around here...

Dad is doing good! His chemo is kicking his butt, and he's lost all that hair but he's hanging in there. One more treatment and he's done, then he just has to go back for checkups every few weeks, he's...

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Another year gone by

It's amazing what we've been through in the last year! I was just thinking today that I can't believe all that's happened in our family this year and how far our business has come since almost this...

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Sexing Rabbits

I've been thinking of doing a blog post like this for some time. Sexing rabbits can be incredibly easy when they're older, but extremely difficult when they're babies because everything is so much...

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Laundry Soap

I've done this post before but I wanted to redo it, so here is the laundry soap that we make! I'll do more recipes for cleaners and such as I try them, I love making all of this rather than buying...

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Farmer's Cheese

I haven't blogged in quite a while but I've been so busy that it's hard to find the time any more. Mom and I are still working on our little home business making hen saddles and diapers (yes, I said...

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Biscuit Crackers

I had so much fun on my blog yesterday that I decided to try another recipe to share today. Took me a long time but I'm very happy with the results.Because of my cheese I decided I wanted to find a...

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Soap, Goats & Chicks

 Wow I can't believe how rainy and nasty its been lately! Up here in Minnesota, we've gotten so much rain that the dirt in our garden wants to wash away and walking anywhere in our yard is a danger.....

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Biscuit Mix

I wanted to do this blog post and take a picture of my pretty biscuits after they were finished but unfortunately, the family ate them before I had a chance! I'll take that as a good thing though and...

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Easy Mozzarella

This was our dilemma. What to do with all this goat milk? Farmer's Cheese is amazing and so is chevre, but we were wanting to try something different - something that was a little more...

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Head Tilting In Chicks

I've read a lot of things about chickens and hatching out eggs and when I came across a chick last year that would tilt its head so far back that it was actually resting on its back (then proceeding to...

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Planter

Our planter Last year when my husband made his chicken plucker, he had to cut off the top of the 55 gallon barrel that he had. Instead of tossing it like he should have, he set it in our 'junk pile'....

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Weekend Haul

We haven't had much going on around here besides working and tending to the animals and such. This weekend we did harvest a little from our garden and traded a bit with our neighbors so we ended up...

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Louise's Apple Pie

All us ladies over at Farm Chick Chit Chat are having a little 'Apple Pie Bake-Off' tomorrow so here's our recipe too! We care less about what the pie looks like and more what it tastes like - and boy...

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Canning Apples

One of the best things about the end of summer is knowing that we get to have a few apple pies over the winter! We prefer the apples that are grown around here rather than the kind from the store so we...

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Contest

Want a chance to win a chicken/duck diaper?? To enter is simple, all you need is a Facebook account!Follow these simple steps: 1.) Like our NEW business on Facebook HERE2.) Like our favorite Farm Chick...

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Canned Beans

I love buying dried beans in huge bags because it saves a lot of money. Unfortunately for me, I've never had any luck cooking them. Even leaving them in the fridge overnight and boiling them for a long...

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Down to Business

I haven't talked much lately about home life.. while it may seem super boring to me, it's actually been pretty eventful for people watching. I remember this blog being the source of my first business,...

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Faux Pumpkin Pie

Squash, Eggs and Milk right from our backyard! :)I love pumpkin pie; I never let my family get away having a holiday dinner without it. I actually grew up having it as the pie in a can. Super easy to...

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Homemade Toothpaste

Recently I was faced with one of my biggest pet peeves - we ran out of toothpaste. I really hate buying the stuff from the store because it's way too expensive. We don't have a 'dollar store' around...

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Homemade Fabric Freshener

I am always looking for a way to make things myself and save money so it was no surprise when I ran into a recipe to make my own fabric freshener, I wrote it down and tucked it away to use later. I ran...

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