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We have been diligently adding new recipes for bread and other bread items today in order to make sure that those with a shortage can quickly and easily find a recipe. Here is an English muffin recipe using honey.

Discovering Education – Grand Canyon We love to take field trips and learn about new (and old) places. This week on Discovering Education, we took a trip up to the Grand Canyon.   

Have you met a Muscovy Duck? Muscovies are not related to any other duck, in fact, some believe they are possibly descended from geese rather than ducks. They are amazing additions to any homestead or farm.  Muscovies are a silent duck (Yes, you read that, they.do.not.quack) and they have amazing caruncles on their face and necks. They also have long…

Happy Happy Happy 11th birthday to my Rosey Gorgeous!! You have grown up way too fast into such an AMAZING little lady! We love you, Rowan!

After a heavy storm, we took down our aquaponics system. It will be going back up in the garden in the next few months. Here is a video of what we had up and running before.  Make sure to like and subscribe to our youtube channel.

This year, our family has made a few changes. I began working as a VIPKid teacher in February. With my ankle still recovering from the September surgery and the doctors telling me that it could be up to 2 years for a full recovery, I have had to “slow down” a few our activities. However, no one said that I couldn’t…

[sdm_download id=”4910″ fancy=”0″ new_window=”1″ color=”green”] I love that my children can stand up in front of a group and share everything that has to with their homestead animals and the meat that comes along with it. Shelby and Elwyn had a GREAT presentation for the Oathkeepers.  by Shelby Fullmer – August 12, 2017 Rabbits Food – Alfalfa pellets, basic greens…

We are always researching for our preparedness and we came across this chart of all of the local plant in Yavapai County.   Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants     Common Name Index http://cals.arizona.edu/yavapaiplants/CommonNameIndex.php       Home   Plant Communities Plant List Search Forbs Search Grasses Search Woody Plants Additional Resources About this Website       View Scientific Names…

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Every year, we have little Christmas traditions that we, as a family, have during the season.  One of them like many other families is making Christmas cookies. With so many kids in the family, cookies don’t last  too long. We love making rosette cookies. We have several rosette irons, 2 of which are antiques that we picked up from yard…

  Learn Solar Oven Cooking with this book by Kris Mazy. An Outdoor Kitchen Full of Sunshine – Cooking Outside in a Solar Oven. Saving money is the key to a large family. No one know better than author, Kris Mazy, mom of 7 amazing children. In this book, Kris shares cooking using a solar oven. You can make incredible meals,…

We have rabbits for sale. They are 15 weeks old and full New Zealands. $15 for does and $10 for bucks – Trio of one buck and 2 does is $35 (save $5)