They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
Howdy folks! Boy it has been a minute! Welcome back, Three Hearts Farm! How have you been these last 2 1/2 weeks? My goodness has it really been that long? Yes it has. We thought Cascadia had arisen and slid y'all off into the Pacific Ocean. No, it hasn't but thanks for the healthy perspective.… Continue reading Boy, Let Me Tell You!
Allow me to introduce you to one of our kids' favorite books. The children call it "Christmas Family" for reasons that become obvious as soon as you read the book. One of the key moments in the early part of the book is the family preparing candles from the wax of bayberries, to burn on… Continue reading The Day Before the Day Before Christmas
A lot of things get disrupted when Daddy goes on National Guard orders. With all the things that fall behind when Mommy and Daddy are both here, it is inevitable that with one of us gone for an extended period, things will fall apart a little. Honestly, if it weren't for Uncle Adam, we could… Continue reading Monday Catching up
As we mentioned on Sunday, it is Advent! It's the most butter-ful time of the year. Seriously! With our annual Christmas cookie baking frenzy, the amount of butter we go through from Thanksgiving to Christmas would probably grease a steam engine, if we were so inclined to be wasteful. We prefer to use it to… Continue reading Advent Baking
Just a semi-quick update on various things from last weekend, Since it is now this weekend, and will be past this weekend by the time this publishes. Edit: or not, since I hit "publish" instead of "schedule." Feeding the sheep. I don't remember which day this was, but it was a sunny afternoon. This was… Continue reading Weekend Update and some Pasture Musings
https://youtube.com/shorts/j49IEp-aJek?feature=share Yes, it really is this chaotic around here. All day every day.
We have been getting quince from our quince tree. It is that time of year. The Havran is completely empty, but the Van Deman still has a good number of (much smaller) fruit. The quince are sharp and astringent, and quite hard to chew, when raw. Not pleasant at all. However... If you grate or… Continue reading Quince and Walnut Crumble
You might be wondering, what is our favorite day of the week? My favorite day of the week is Sunday. Sunday begins with prayer, and then with getting the kids out of bed and into their "Jesus' house clothes" and then hustled into the car in time to go to Mass. After Mass, maybe we… Continue reading The Rest of Sunday
People have lots of different reasons for homesteading and homeschooling. For us, homeschooling was thrust upon us by COVID whether we would or no, it just turned out to be a serendipitous event. We continue it now because we see the results, compared to other non-homeschooled kids; but even more so, for moments like this.… Continue reading Food: Pork Chops, Baby ‘Tatoes, Green Beans and Blackberry Rhubarb Crumble.
Daddy: "Ellie, do you want a job that involves sitting in the shade?" Ellie: "Sure!" Daddy: "We need to cut the blossoms off these chamomile plants." Ellie: "I'll use my knife." If you are wondering where our seven-year-old got a knife, she made it herself. It's a stick she sharpened on Daddy's grinding wheel. She… Continue reading Saturday fun
Little Farm in the Big City 