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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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The Family Economy Book Launch Party

  • April 12, 2024
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A week ago we hosted a book release party for The Family Economy up in our barn. The fun of all of these events is that they are congruent with…
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Power Down: Quiet Focus on Your Real Life

  • March 21, 2024
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Power Down Week is April 21-27, 2024 Join along and Power Down with your family! Two years ago we ran our first “power down” experiment at the Grovestead. After years…
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Reflections from Our First Power Down

  • March 21, 2024
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Join us April 21-27 for a Power Down week this year! Read more about it here. Reprinted from The Grovestead Newsletter, Summer 2022 Becca: To understand it, you need to…
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Now Printing! The Family Economy

  • March 8, 2024
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We are very happy to announce that Rory’s newest book is printing and will be available very soon! The Family Economy: Discovering the Family as It Was Designed to Work…
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Kid Quotes (mostly Hattie)

  • March 3, 2024
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First, worth a note: we had our first picnic of the year! We usually do eat a meal outside in March, but more typical is for all of us to…
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Evaporating Day

  • February 27, 2024
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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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