These easy homemade bird feeders to make with kids are such a fun and easy project that will get them outside and seeing birdies! Making easy homemade bird feeders with kids out of home waste is a good way to help the environment and the...
Read moreHave you ever thought about homeschooling your kids? Have you ever thought about teaching them? Can you? It may be a little heavy, to do such a thing but we are willing to help you lighten that load. Afterall, as mothers or parents, we will...
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The beginning of homesteading Years ago, we moved to a city in North Carolina called Asheville. If you’ve never been, it’s a city with a reputation of being populated mostly by hippies. People are definitely more in tune with natural...
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We’ve been working hard on the schoolhouse project since March and a lot of progress was made since the last blog post. It’s really cool to see the space be transformed and get closer to what we want it to become. We are aiming to have all the...
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Or in English “Happy festival!” Do you know the story of passover? We had some new friends over yesterday and they didn’t know what Passover was. They had some ideas but for the most part, didn’t know the whole story. I...
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We introduce to you the schoolhouse We have a vision of a place where people can come and find out more about themselves. They can discover the magic of making something with their own hands. The joy of sitting down at the table and breaking...
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Free-range Crafting is a time without cause Sometimes we do crafts and there’s an expected outcome. That is what happens with free-range crafting. We make masks, paint pots, put googly eyes on paper plates, and smile with our kids as these...
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Homeschool from the non-expert People often tell me, or ask me, or mention to me something about homeschool or homeschooling and I’m pretty nearly clueless. Sure, I’ve heard the terms and can sometimes even understand when the...
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The Sunday before thanksgiving is our last processing day. Its the day that officially ends our poultry growing season. Here is how we do it. We gather all the birds the night before. We go into the coup with a red light and catch everyone and...
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Baskets of Baskets A Haiku Ode to Baskets: You hold my treasures You invent new collections, One by one by one Like an ark for nature for yarn and blocks and produce When ere there’s a need. A creativity nest. Simple, ancient craft. One by...
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We’ve had AMAZING weeks here. Truly amazing. The weeks that really make it all exactly what we expected and all that we want to do! Babies. Babies. Babies. Everywhere. Leviah said it best ‘It’s like it’s baby season around...
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We work them around here. They don’t earn their keep, and they’re not always cheery, but they work. They are paid in food and shelter and really great birthdays. And when other kids visit their faces light up and they squeal at the...
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