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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 
Yesterday as I was preparing supper, I looked out the kitchen window and saw Joe chatting on the phone. I could tell the phone call was meaningful to him because he was on the other side of the house from the noisy boys. As he came inside and entered the kitchen I could tell who […] Continue reading The Power of Encouragement 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 
It has taken a long time for us to call ourselves ‘homesteaders’. The term today seems to carry with it images of people in covered wagons, old men living in the hills, or people who are expert gardeners or that seem to always have all the right knowledge and all the right equipment. There […] Continue reading The Why of Homesteading |