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Becca

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I am a mother of six, married to a never-saw-it-comin' aspiring farmer in Southern Minnesota. As new farmers, I write about our transition from the city to the country with hopes of sharing our joy and gratitude for all that we are learning.
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What’s for Dinner?

  • October 13, 2021
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  • Becca
For dinner I roasted a chicken. It was too big for the roasting lid to fit, so I covered it with foil and gave it an extra hour. With the…
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The Three Sisters Garden

  • October 1, 2021
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I have a story to tell, and I think it sums up our family better than any other story I can think of. One afternoon in June, Rory and I…
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What a Fellowship

  • August 30, 2021
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  • Becca
It was last Monday night that I sat down with the list of registrations from the Grovestead Gathering and decided to tally up the ages of the kids who were…
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One Hundred and Fifty Years

  • August 5, 2021
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On Sunday morning the girls and I took a road trip to Immanuel Lutheran Church in Dunnell, Minnesota. My great, great grandpa Bredberg helped mix and lay the brick foundation…
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The Relatives Came

  • June 17, 2021
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We have a favorite children’s book in this house called The Relatives Came. It’s a darling book about a family visiting their relatives in another state. “It was summer of…
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The Story of the Porch

  • June 9, 2021
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The first thing you need to know, I suppose, is that when we moved into our farmhouse there was no front door. The land had been subdivided in the 90’s…
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