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Playing with Words
My boys love playing with words! I found a really neat set at a dollar store a few years ago that is color coded for nouns, verbs, etc. They are magnetic and the children love playing with them while I … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschool
Tagged children, family, grammar, homeschool, play, play and learn, reading, sentences, teach through play, teaching, teaching english, write, writing
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The Kindness of Others
Today we had a an interesting school curriculum. We spent the day serving and being served. The day started off with finding out that the speech teacher our youngest sees was ill, so we had to move our lesson to … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschool
Tagged children, family, helping others, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, kindness
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Gluten-free Oatmeal Everything Cookies
Today my son helped me make cookies. They are so easy and so good! JJ is 5 years old, and is so proud of himself for helping today. Actually, let me re-phrase that; I helped my son make cookies! Mostly, … Continue reading
Posted in Cakes & Cookies, Gluten-free
Tagged baking, children, cookie, cookies, eating well, family, gf baking, gluten free cookies, gluten free snacks, gluten-free, gluten-free cooking, gluten-free oatmeal raisin cookies, gluten-free treats, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, kitchen, natural health, oatmeal cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies, snack, snacks, teaching, treat, treats, wheat-free
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Gluten-free Cheesy Polenta Bake
It’s been a while since I posted anything as the whole family has been sick from a flu virus. Here is a comfort food that was really nice as we started getting better. There are versions of similar dishes in … Continue reading
Posted in Casseroles, Gluten-free
Tagged baking, broth, cheese, cornmeal, eating well, eggs, family, food, gluten-free, gluten-free cooking, homestead, homesteading, kitchen, natural health, polenta, wheat-free
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Homemade Tooth Powder
I really hate most commercial toothpastes. I don’t like fluoride, sugar, or any of the other stuff in most toothpastes, even the so-called “natural” ones that cost an arm and a leg. Thus, I decided a while back to create … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Homesteading, Natural Health
Tagged children, eating well, family, gluten-free, homemade toothpast, natural tooth care, tooth powder
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Polled Genes in Goats
When I wrote this post I thought I had finally found a good source of information on goat genetics, but I was wrong. A fellow goat breeder has corrected me below in the comments, and you should read her post. … Continue reading
Posted in Goats, Homesteading
Tagged animal, animal care, animals, baby animals, breeding, breeding genetics, farm, genetics, goat, goat care, goat genetics, goats, homestead, homesteading, hornless, hornless goats, poll, polled, polled genes
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Gardens and Rest
I garden in a pretty small area, and make the soil work very hard. In the Bible it says to plant 6 years and give the land rest in the seventh year. ~ “The land itself must observe a sabbath … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Homesteading
Tagged family, farm, food, garden, garden planning, gardening, herbs, homestead, homesteading, kitchen, natural health, plant rotation, planting, plants, soil, soil enrichment, vegetables, what God says about gardening
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Disbudding
It’s almost time to start disbudding baby goats. I really hate that part of breeding them. I find myself coming up with excuses not to do it each day, but tomorrow it has to be done, at least on Ammi’s … Continue reading
Posted in Goats, Homesteading
Tagged animal, animal care, animals, baby animals, burn horn buds, de-horn, disbud, disbudding, goat, goat care, goats, homestead, homesteading
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