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Endurance and Obedience Through Trials
I have to get something off of my chest. The past several months have been a challenge, heck the past FIVE YEARS have been a challenge...
Rachel Hoppe
Sep 22, 20243 min read
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Foraging 101
In the past several years foraging and herbalism have become quite popular! During the pandemic it seemed that a large number of people...
Rachel Hoppe
Sep 4, 20243 min read
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My Picks For Winter Apothecary Preparation
A home apothecary is definitely something I will always suggest to those around me. With all the different options available it can grow...
Rachel Hoppe
Aug 28, 20243 min read
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Pantry challenge
It seems that stocking food has become very important to some, as it should. For awhile, many homesteaders have been encouraging those...
Rachel Hoppe
Jan 31, 20242 min read
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January is for garden dreaming
Winter can be long and dreary with tedious chores having to be accomplished in the cold. I often find myself day dreaming about warmer,...
Rachel Hoppe
Jan 19, 20242 min read
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Don't Let Christmas Pass Too Quickly
Thanksgiving seemed to have sped by this year and we're making our way into December. I think we can get too caught up in business,...
Rachel Hoppe
Dec 1, 20231 min read
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Raising Chicks
Not surprising, having chickens will be popular this year. If you're just now starting out on your homesteading journey, chickens are one...
Rachel Hoppe
Feb 1, 20233 min read
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SEED GERMINATION
I know there are many people that are anticipating gardening planting this spring! If you haven't considered starting your own seeds, I...
Rachel Hoppe
Jan 26, 20232 min read
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EGGS! EGGS! EGGS!
Chickens and eggs have been in the news a lot lately along with funny memes, posts, and articles! Most people associate chickens and...
Rachel Hoppe
Jan 16, 20232 min read
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Time Well Spent
As December gives way to January and the excitement of Christmas disperses, comes the long, often dreary, winter days. For me the focus...
Rachel Hoppe
Jan 16, 20233 min read
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Seed and Garden Prep
Making a Plan Spring is right around the corner and it has me anticipating many wonderful days in my garden! As my routine on snowy...
Rachel Hoppe
Jan 11, 20232 min read
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Saving and Organizing Seeds
Saving seeds is easy and cost effective. Every year we try to save seeds from our garden. As I set down with kids for their Homesteading...
Rachel Hoppe
Nov 17, 20221 min read
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Keeping Prioritized and Being a Productive Homemaker
In an ever more distracted society with technology, social media, and events, we can easily become unfocused, unproductive, and idle. I...
Rachel Hoppe
Nov 2, 20222 min read
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Pumpkins: A Seasonal Super Food
So lets talk about pumpkins… we often think of them just as a decoration we use in the fall or maybe the ingredient in some traditional...
Rachel Hoppe
Oct 28, 20202 min read
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Dinosaur Unit study
Our two week Unit study on Dinosaurs
Rachel Hoppe
Sep 1, 20205 min read
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Seeds and Germination: Stratifying Milkweed
When I first started growing my own plants from seed, I didn't realize there were several different processes I needed to get acquainted...
Rachel Hoppe
Mar 1, 20202 min read
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Batty Bat Houses
What comes to mind when you think of bats? Perhaps Halloween, Batman himself or maybe you think more extremely to a blood sucking...
Rachel Hoppe
Feb 18, 20204 min read
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Simple and Easy: Starting a compost pile
During the winter months, when we aren't consumed with farm work and chores, I usually compile a list of projects, goals, and new things...
Rachel Hoppe
Feb 12, 20203 min read
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Retribution or Christ
Retribution, retaliation, punishment...... It's sought after, coveted, people thirst for it. We see it played out on social media, the TV...
Rachel Hoppe
Oct 7, 20185 min read
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Warm Mash For Cold Chickens ( and other farm animals)
With the cold weather upon us again here in the Ohio Valley of Western Kentucky, the concern for keeping all my farm animals warm and...
Rachel Hoppe
Dec 11, 20172 min read
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