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.
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
On days when Mommy and Daddy don't have to go to work, we usually don't have much of a plan. We just sort of go with it, doing whatever sounds good as it comes to us. This usually results in us working madly to catch up on odd jobs that have fallen behind. This sometimes… Continue reading Abbey Scones: A very patriotic post
One of Ellie's favorite Christmas presents last year was... "The Redwall Cookbook." https://www.amazon.com/Redwall-Cookbook-Brian-Jacques/dp/0399237917 She and Evie have both been into reading the Redwall Series ever since Daddy read them "Redwall" "Mossflower" and "Mattimeo" last year for bed time reading. She has now read thirteen of the 22 books in the series. (She wants everyone to… Continue reading Cheerful Churchmouse Cherry Crisp
Hopefully it tastes good too.
We hosted Lords Day, not too long back and decided to try making the bread from fresh ground flour. It takes about 15 minutes to grind enough flour for a large loaf of chala bread. Adam had it mostly done before I even got inside, but his comment was, “that’s good cardio! That’s a bunch… Continue reading Bread and Lamb Breast
Monday is the day we bake bread, most weeks. We try to get it done as early as possible in the morning, so that we can have fresh bread for lunch. Since Seppi still doesn't have very much school this year, and Winnie has no school at all (except for coloring "pretty pictures") they usually… Continue reading Monday, Bread Day.
Sorry about the long silence for the last two weeks. We went right from a National Guard weekend into a vacation, and both of those take some recovering from. So even though we were back at the farm on Monday, we didn't actually get any farming done other than the chores, because we had food… Continue reading We’re Back! And Fresh Ground Flour
This is the sound... https://videopress.com/v/oMwUm3Cl?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.files.wordpress.com%2FoMwUm3Cl%2Fimg_1412_mp4_std.original.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Of a perfectly cured Georgia Candy Roaster. It got rave reviews. You'll just have to trust us. It was a most beautiful pie.
We had a little virus bug blow through the house on Friday. It wasn't even that bad, but it was enough to give Miss Ellie a fever, so Daddy had to take a few hours of sick time while Mommy took Evie to homeschool co-op. Ellie Belle was wrapped up in a blanket on the… Continue reading Sick Days
Little Farm in the Big City 
