We got some pretty major stuff accomplished since the last blog post, all of it done during Started an orchard. 16 fruit trees in all- including apples, plums, cherries, pears, and a peach. I think one or two didn’t survive, but at $15 per tree at our neighboring Amish greenhouse, it’s not a significant loss […]
Read MoreHere’s the newest DTWD!!! We’d love to see the drawings!
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A new Drawing Time with David! We’d love it if you commented here or posted your children’s drawings on social media using #drawingtimewithdavid! Seeing the creativity of each child is a beautiful thing.
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When we first started dreaming of homesteading, I researched different animals and breeds that I would want. We dreamed of cows, so naturally I landed on the Scottish Highland. Their beauty and unique characters set them apart in my mind. (I’m an Enneagram 4w5 – I’m all about being unique, I run from trends and […]
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After church today, the kids and I went outside to get to our car. Dave had already left to go cut wood for our ceiling project that has been on hold for almost 2 years (YAY!!!!!), so it was just the kids and me. Walking out into the sunshine made me smile. As we all […]
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Getting the animals their food is a process, especially when it’s just you and a toddler. While this particular (and adorable I might add) toddler LOVES being outside – obsessed is an adequate word to describe it – he doesn’t make it easy. Carrying him with the bottles for the goats, hay, buckets for the […]
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Maybe I’m not alone in this. Sometimes I choose to walk around a store for tens of minutes looking for something before I ask someone who would know exactly where it is right away. By a show of hands, who does this on a regular basis? Sometimes I walk up and down the aisles of […]
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If you follow us on Instagram, you’ll have seen a bit of our 12th anniversary story. But I wanted to give the whole story to you all. It all started with us getting up at 5:30 am to make sure the triplet kids that were born the Thursday before were fed. Their mama did not […]
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Over the last many months, randomly Dave or I would look at each other and say something like, “This is something we should be blogging about,” and yet neither of us would pull the trigger. Why that is, I’m not really sure. I felt this pressure that we needed to be actually accomplishing something in […]
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(I wrote this fully meaning to publish right away…and then LIFE. There’s been a whole lot of doing the last 4 days. A. Lot. Phew! But here it is…still rings true whether published on time or not. 😉 ) I (Jessica) am home alone tonight….well, with the 3 middles…and my mind is….well, I wish I […]
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