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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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Our Favorite Family Farm Books

  • November 28, 2019
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  • Becca
I have wanted to write this post for so long! And I want you to know I have no affiliate links and make no money off of sharing these books.…
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Life with Five

  • November 26, 2019
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  • Becca
I know I’ve shared this before, but I still love this question. I once read a blog post where the writer had been to a wedding with her husband and they had been seated with three other couples they had never met. It soon was discovered that each couple had four kids and so one mom asked, “what’s your number?”
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Farm Camp Registration Now Open!

  • November 21, 2019
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We are so excited about all that we are planning for the summer ahead! Rory and I are in a season of big imagination and creativity and if you keep…
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Tractor Kids

  • November 18, 2019
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On Thursday Ivar ran into the house from the barn, “Mom, the combine is in the field! Please let me wake up Alden!” Ivar had the toy combine in his…
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To market to market to kill a fat pig

  • November 15, 2019
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Last night I went to bed utterly exhausted but at 1 am I woke up wide awake. I began to worry about loading the pigs up this morning to take to the butcher…
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Learning from Grandma

  • November 11, 2019
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Recently Elsie woke up and declared she wanted to learn how to sew. So after lunch I set her up with an embroidery hoop and a needle with embroidery floss…
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