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In the circle

 I hate to cry. I especially hate to cry in front of people. We all have circles of people in our life. Those circles of people we see often in th...

The MUD of March

Yesterday was the first day of spring and it was BEAUTIFUL outside.  After church we finished chores, rode bikes, laid in the grass soaking up the ...

A Thousand Words

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  It's been a cold January and it's taking me a long time to share all my photos.  This one is my favo...

BBQ Meatballs

BBQ Meatballs Ingredients: 2 pounds ground beef 2 cups oatmeal 1 small onion chopped 2 eggs 8 ounces tomato sauce 3/4 cup ketchup ½ cup brown sugar...

THIS is delicious

At supper last week Anna said the unspoken phrase that made my boys shutter.  Scan your brain; can you guess what it was?  They all clamored in at ...

Beef Stroganoff

Ingredients:   2 pounds Round Steak 1 1/2 cups water 1/4 cup soy sauce 1 Tablespoon worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon salt (optional) 1 teaspoon ros...

Piglet snuggles

I stood at the kitchen stove madly cooking something for supper at 9pm on a school night.   Feeling like a bad mom.   The cows' meals often take pr...

Minnows vs C-section

Last summer the farm got a little dry.  One of our pastures only water source is a spring that simply gets too slow when the water gets scarce.  So...

Do Lions Eat Groundhogs?

Do Lions Eat Groundhogs? While the end of 2020 was widely celebrated the 2021 hello here on the farm wasn’t so welcoming.  Hello two BEAUTIFUL inch...

Creamy Ham & Potato Soup

Ingredients: 3T Butter 1 onion chopped 1/3c Flour 6 Large potatoes peeled & diced 4c Chicken broth 2c Milk 2/3c Heavy cream 1t salt 1/4t pepp...

Mom’s Beef Stew

Ingredients 1# beef stew meat 1-2T vegetable oil 1t salt 2T vinegar 3½ c beef broth 1 medium onion peeled & chopped 4 medium car...

Lip smacking vitamins!

If you’ve ever had small kids close together you understand that when given the opportunity to leave them at grandma’s and have an adult dinner wit...