The days before I left for the Self-Reliance festival were very busy and stressful. Anytime I make plans to leave town, it’s stressful as I do everything in my power to make life simple for those who stay behind. I make sure they have food that is easily prepared and that the animal chores are […]
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There aren’t enough whole chicken recipes anymore as American society (those who cook anyway) began to cook with chicken breasts only. This whole chicken recipe is a nice, easy introduction that’ll take some of the unknowns out of cooking great meals from scratch. As I took this page out of a cookbook long ago, I
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I love Spring, although, in many ways Fall is probably more my favorite season. There seem to be more days in the Fall where the weather is steady and nice. The temperatures are more stable along with the weather events. In Spring, the welcomed warmer weather is volatile; torrential rains, hail, tornadoes, twenty degrees one
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I could be really wrong, but it looks like my Idaho pasture pig, Daisy is very pregnant. The problem is, I never saw Oscar Mayer “do the deed” to know when to expect piglets. This is my first time with pigs in the first place and certainly my first time with a true prospect of
I try to like vegetables. Therefore, I try different recipes to see if it’ll make them tastier. I got a version of this off Foodily.com by The No Meat Athlete years ago and it isn’t too bad. As always, modify all recipes to fit your likes. I do. 2 Tablespoons Butter 2/3 cup Quinoa 1
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I understand that I am sixty years old and will not be able to maintain the level of activity that I’d like to forever. But I plan to do it for as long as I can. God has a way of reminding me on occasion that He is the one in charge; not me.I have
Christmas is over; the New Year is no longer new; my granddaughter’s basketball season is over; this website has been wonderfully updated by someone who knows a lot more than I do about that sort of thing.So, what has kept me from posting here?This could be considered just a list of excuses, but, here goes.I’ve
Getting Back Into the Groove Read More »
It has been an exciting past few months and changes keep coming. I say “bring them on!”After changing the name of my main YouTube channel from Ellis Family Farms to Grandma’s Homestead, I realized that my website (I’ll bet most of you didn’t even know I had a website!) also needed some dramatic changes.Unfortunately, my
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Like so many others in world, it appears that I have taken on more than I can handle properly. That doesn’t mean that I’m going to cut back anywhere, though. It just means that I have to buckle down and prioritize and, yes, work harder. It has been a couple of weeks since I actually
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The week before I drove to Camden, Tennessee to attend the Self-Reliance Festival was exceptionally busy. There was the usual doing all the things I could get done to make life easier for Tom and the girls while I was gone. I bought groceries for them, stocked up on feed and what ever else I
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