This week, we've been helping out at our neighbor's homestead by milking their Jersey-Guernsey cow, Darling. Each afternoon, Brian brings home over a gallon of fresh, creamy milk. We've been making cheese, enjoying kefir, cooking stovetop pudding, and best of all, making ...
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December Circle Time
Our little homeschool cooperative has expanded to 12 little ones, and still meets weekly on Friday mornings. In addition, we are gathering on Monday evenings to celebrate Advent with a beautiful spiral, singing, a short ritual, and a shared meal. It's very sweet, and I hope to take and share some ...
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Halloween
We celebrated Halloween with our community of neighbors and children and parents from our Waldorf homeschool cooperative. A longstanding Halloween tradition in this community is to gather for a "Gross Foods Potluck". So people come bearing dishes with names like "Brains", "Maggots and Wood Chips", ...
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Financial Hurdles of Homesteading
A few days ago, a reader asked me this:
"How did you overcome the financial hurdles of homesteading, both starting and continuing? ....Obviously you are happily "living on less," but you also have obvious real expenses."
This is a huge question, one that I certainly cannot fully address in one ...
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