Can I afford to buy a family milk cow? We considered this question long and hard before we welcomed Creme Brulee, our Jersey milk cow, to our homestead three years ago.
I like getting real about money on the homestead, so I think it's important to publicly talk about the financial side of ...
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Can I Afford to Buy a Family Milk Cow?
Welcoming our Homestead Cow
It's hard to express the excitement we feel at finally welcoming our new Homestead Cow, Creme Brulée. Having a dairy animal once again feels so right, so perfect for our little homestead, and yet it's been a long path to find the right cow, to create infrastructure for a cow, and to invest in a ...
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Overcoming Homestead Setbacks
Blogging about real life on a homestead can be an interesting challenge. On the one hand, I don't want to use this blog as a platform for whining when things go wrong, as it's my vision to inspire and uplift others on their homesteading path. But to not share the challenges of homesteading seems ...
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An Advent Spiral Celebration
One of the sweetest yearly rituals that our family enjoys is an Advent spiral in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Although we do not practice a particular religion at home, I find that the Advent spiral encompasses all of the many festivals of light in a beautiful, introspective, and peace-filled ...
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