There’s a poem in the beginning of The Encyclopedia of Country Living about the life of a homesteading woman. I want to share it with you: Mama’s Mama by: Anna Rees Henton Mama’s Mama, on a winter’s day, Milked the cows and fed them hay, Slopped the hogs, saddled the mule, And got the children … Read more
It’s been snowing here this week (I know! In March!?), so it hardly seems like time to plan the garden. But the truth is, IT IS time to plan! So far, I have cauliflower, cabbage, celery and celery root plants in pots, and I’ve got more on my list to start this week (like kale … Read more
This recipe was going to be on the Meal Plan that I sent out today, until I realized that it is *expensive* to make! I don’t want the Meal Plans to be so expensive that people can’t afford to eat healthy! A few days after I made it, I was reading about the cuts of … Read more
Tonight I prepared a quick dinner and I thought about how this GAPS thing is so simple for me these days. Once upon a time, spaghetti, rice-a-roni and white flour tortillas were the norm in our home, and it was really difficult for me to think of what to cook for dinner that was GAPS … Read more
We have 3 pigs in our freezer. Truth be told, I’m not crazy about pork chops. They’re usually dry  & hard to chew, in my opinion. But when you’re pig farmers, you end up with a few pork chops (unless you have it all made into sausage–but The Farmer likes pork chops, so we don’t … Read more
The reason for this post: I don’t want to look like this. 🙂 I am going to be really real in this post. Beware! I shared here how I had lost a bunch of weight on GAPS. I also got a flatter, but not totally flat belly (a little pooch just never went away, but … Read more
These pancakes are Ah-mazing! I made them a few weeks ago, and this last week, Farm Boy 3 wanted to make them again. See, I’ve been teaching my boys (10, 9, 8 ) how to make meals & giving them a little more freedom in the kitchen. They L-O-V-E it. And I figure, this kind … Read more
I made this soup for lunch yesterday and my kids loved it. It was quick, easy, healthy, GAPS legal, and it only cost about $6.81 for the whole pot and nourished 6 of us (plus a little for the baby). Let me share the recipe & cost break down! Italian Vegetable Soup 2 TB … Read more
These are our beautiful, farm fresh eggs! We currently have 10 dozen eggs ready to sell. We didn’t sell any through the winter, and I wanted to make sure that we were actually making a profit on eggs, so I did some calculating today. Interestingly, I also read this post today, about how small, local … Read more
You might not think that finding a GAPS legal pot roast is difficult–but it is! Just search the net, and you’ll find plenty of pot roast recipes that use cream of mushroom soup and dry onion soup mix (neither of which are GAPS friendly). If you’ve ben searching for a totally real, easy, yummy slow … Read more