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Continue reading →: Sourdough StarterOn the journey of creating a self reliant homestead, I naturally became interested in baking bread at home. That led me down the rabbit hole of sourdough starters. I learned early on that you can use sourdough starter for nearly any recipe that calls for flour and water. Pasta, muffins,…
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Continue reading →: Cast Iron Skillet BreakfastBetween working on the farmhouse, caring for our livestock, and working full-time jobs; cooking is sometimes a bit of a burden. To avoid a bologna sandwich diet, I’ve been trying to stick with larger, one-dish meals that allow me to cook a lot of food at once with minimal clean-up.…
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Continue reading →: The Dow Farm Renos: OneWe have officially owned our new farm for 2 and a half months now and it has been a complete rollercoaster of chaos! First of all, we made the purchase agreement back in the spring of 2021 and began working around the farm; fencing, brush clearing, structure removal…mostly just things…
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Continue reading →: We’re Buying an 1818 Est Farm! Continued…Welcome back to the farm reno blog! Today we are discussing the outbuildings located on the farm we are purchasing and relocating to. Mainly, the big barn. The main barn is largely what sold us on this property. We currently have a 20x20x10 pole barn that we use for feed and…
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Continue reading →: We’re buying an 1818 Established Farm!If you have been following along with our YouTube channel you would have heard a few rumors about relocating The Ridge Reserve farm. We’ve actually been looking to relocate for over a year because we have far outgrown our current farm! Throughout the hustle and bustle of farming this summer, the videos…
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Continue reading →: Seedling UpdateIf you saw my last blog or watched our last video you would see that I have never had luck with starting seeds indoors. I did a lot of research and watched a lot of videos to see what I could be doing wrong and made some adjustments. Since correcting…
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Continue reading →: Correcting My Seed Starting MistakesGrowing your own food is one of the best feelings ever. I have been eating food straight from the garden in the back yard since before I can remember. I watched my grandparents slave over a garden every year so I knew I could somehow manage to get a plant…
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Continue reading →: WE GOT SHEEP!What you need to know about bottle lambs. 2020 has brought us a LOT of adventures (aside from COVID-19). One of those adventures being bottle lambs. My husband has always wanted to raise sheep and we had discussed it a bit, but we leaned more towards goats and cattle. Thanks…
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Continue reading →: Ritz ChickenIf you’re looking for comfort food, THIS. IS. IT! It’s so good that I started this blog post back in March, but I couldn’t resist picking at these delicious chicky tendies long enough to take a decent photo! This time I made a double batch, one to photograph and one for snacking. I believe…
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Continue reading →: Green Tomato PieYou’re probably thinking the same thing I was when I heard about green tomato desserts. Yuck! But I’ll try anything once. Fried green tomatoes are one of my favorite things to eat! I usually make a meal out of them. In fact, I remember when I was 14 our power…
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