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Ivar delivered his first piece of custom furniture Ivar delivered his first piece of custom furniture! A dining room table that seats 8. A major milestone for this future woodworker!
“Mom, can I give a chocolate waffle with ice cream “Mom, can I give a chocolate waffle with ice cream and chocolate sauce and whipped cream to the chickens? You know… because it’s Christmas?” Elias protested, “Hattie, that is a waste of food!” With wide eyes, “Oh no, they’ll eat the whole thing.”
Luminary-lit sledding in honor of the shortest day Luminary-lit sledding in honor of the shortest day of the year. The kids were concerned, “mom, grandpa Paul would not think this is a good idea.” “Kids! If you catch on fire just roll in the snow. You have no skin exposed anyway.” It was epic. And not actually dangerous. Just gorgeous.
I believe my kids were working as wintertime’s PR I believe my kids were working as wintertime’s PR team today.
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The thing about -12 degree weather is that it make The thing about -12 degree weather is that it makes a 34 degree day feel downright balmy.
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Building raised bed gardens, step-by-step

  • June 20, 2014
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  • Rory
I normally wouldn’t detail how to build a raised bed garden—its just a box, after all. But when a friend of mine who is starting his own backyard garden asked…
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What blueberries have taught me

  • June 17, 2014
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  • Rory
I spent an afternoon with my brother Troy working on a renovation project at Art House North and we got to talking about farming and what we’ve been learning at…
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First cutting

  • June 11, 2014
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Hilling the potatoes

  • June 10, 2014
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  • Rory
There’s a step with gardening potatoes that involves mounding dirt up around the stems of the plants once they reach a certain height. For the life of me, I can’t…
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Checking in with the apple trees

  • June 8, 2014
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It’s been two weeks since we planted our apple trees and now the blossoms are in the process of converting into tiny apples. When we bought the trees, I was advised to…
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Beginning beekeeping, step-by-step

  • June 6, 2014
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Last year Becca was sitting at a table for a women’s Bible study and a friend mentioned that her husband was in Texas checking on his bee hives. She commented that…
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