Seeing things differently

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One thing that our living in the country has taught us is to see things differently. When you live out on a farm, you begin to see life and humanity from a unique perspective because logistically speaking, you are your own community. Each farmstead has obstacles to overcome that society has already dealt with […]

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Cloud Biscuits

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You want to know what’s fun?…baking. Do you want to know whats even more fun?…baking for your closest friend who has traveled overseas to see you.

The first necessary component is butter… it is what seems to please us all, (that is, when we are letting food please us.)… Ahem.

 

 

 

 

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Seedlings, Compost and Spring

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Its monday again and time for an update from the greenhouse and garden.

We had an interesting week last week with the greenhouse. The temperature fluctuations that we had in the weather made keeping a steady temperature very difficult. With the way we have it constructed when the sun comes out it heats up very […]

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What To Do With Your Goose Egg

Sunday afternoon the boys were in much need of some recreation, so they loaded up in the old pick-up truck and headed out to the pond.

The fishing was absolutely no good, but while fishing, Jeb came upon a fresh goose egg in the grass. Joe had gone to get more worms, and Jeb called […]

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What is the Secret Slice?

We get a lot of questions about where we got our name. I thought I would take some time today to answer the most common question we get, and that is: “what’s the secret slice?”

The term ‘secret slice’ came about around the year 2009, before we moved back to Iowa for the last time. […]

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