Evaporating Day
Friday was a FULL day of evaporating. We had already evaporated one batch of sap the week before (on February 14! The earliest ever!) and on this day we had…
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Deep in the Heart of Texas
Yesterday we drove 16 hours from Texas back to Minnesota. The annual Homestead Fair in Waco attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year, so we thought it would be…
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Ask for the Ancient Paths
I have begun to realize that with every event, we are basically turning our living room into a nursery, our porch into a lecture hall, our barn into a community…
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The First Annual Self-Sufficiency Summit
I have often said that you won’t get down the Self-Sufficiency road very far before you realize it actually leads right to Community Sufficiency. You must have community because you…
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Homesteading as a School Subject
Rory went out first thing this morning to check on the ewes, to see if any lambs were born overnight. He came back in to get Ivar, letting him know…
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Join us for the Farm & Family Fair!
Much to our delight, registration for our Farm & Family Fair is filling up quickly, so I wanted to take a minute to make sure you know you are invited to this fair right here at the Grovestead
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