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As a child, coming to the farm, many games were played outside in the yard and the barn. We would jump the hay bales in the barn, snatch a few strawberries out of the patch in the garden, and endless rounds of hide and seek. One of the most favorite spots was the apple tree. […] Continue reading Growing Things For Your Grandchildren 
Have a look at this patch of grass. Let me tell you a secret. This ‘patch of grass’ is supposed to be our strawberry patch. It is easy to feel overwhelmed when every day as we look out on what needs done we see things like this. While the good Iowa soil […] Continue reading Cleaning The Strawberry Patch Today we are being featured on another great Iowa homesteading blog, SimplifyLiveLove.com. Michelle Marine writes a wonderful blog there about simple life in rural Iowa. The Marines are a self employed family of six living in eastern Iowa. Michelle writes about the family’s adventures as they build a sustainable homestead. My favorite story would have […] Continue reading Simplify, Live, Love 
“Many people in the world have the luxury of having someone breathe down their neck. Homesteaders do not.” That may sound like a funny statement, but it is true. People who choose the homesteading life have no one to blame for their own personal failures but themselves. This sometimes is a hard pill to swallow when […] Continue reading On Self-Direction 
If I could only have one book to reference for homesteading, It would be The Self Sufficient Life And How To Live It by John Seymour. You might say that this book was a huge influence in bringing us back to the land of black dirt where we grew up. The first copy of this […] Continue reading The Self-Sufficient Life And How To Live It |