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We're blown away by the response to our kickstarte We're blown away by the response to our kickstarter campaign. THANK YOU!! Multiple "stretch goals" have been met including a dramatized Audiobook that backers will receive at no extra cost.

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Today is Rory’s birthday! He is a champion for f Today is Rory’s birthday! He is a champion for family, for holistic living, farming and good food, for his deep faith in the kingdom work of Jesus. And for kwik trip donuts.
My mom comes out every year to help us braid onion My mom comes out every year to help us braid onions. We all have our jobs- hers is to prep very onion, take pictures of each kid with their onion strands and bring motivating snacks. 🥰
I think we can all agree that photographing my pre I think we can all agree that photographing my preserves in rainbow order was a very good use of my time.
We did it!! And yes… you can still pledge. New p We did it!! And yes… you can still pledge. New pledges go towards making a better book, printing in color, producing audio book etc. All backers of the printed book receive every “stretch goal” upgrade. Spread the word!
Wowza! We’re $500 away from hitting our funding Wowza! We’re $500 away from hitting our funding goal!! If you thought about backing this project please head on over to Kickstarter and push us over the finish line! (Link in profile)

Now… will somebody go find this boy a pair of pants?
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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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  • Rory
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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Cure for the common slug?

  • June 4, 2014
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I made quite a few improvements this year to my strawberry-growing strategy. I placed them up high in raised beds, mulched them heavily to keep the weeds at bay, and…
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Garden update: fruit blooms

  • June 1, 2014
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May has been a busy month around here. Starting from scratch just a few weeks ago, we’ve tilled, planted, mulched, watered, weeded, then repeated. Seems like something has gone into the…
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Planting a strawberry patch

  • May 31, 2014
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I finished and filled two more raised beds last week and planted 24 strawberry starts. In one bed there is a June-bearing variety called Sparkle which is our favorite tasting…
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