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I’m Beth, mother to 5 little ones, Army Veteran, garden lover, homesteader, and part-time chicken wrangler. Striving to live in a healthy and sustainable way on this journey through motherhood ♡♡♡ Read More…

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“If you want to bring happiness to the whole wor

“If you want to bring happiness to the whole world, go home and love your family.” -Mother Teresa ⁣
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The events of this year have been heartbreaking. Massive people losing jobs, livelihoods, and businesses. To the loss of life racism and violence amongst those sworn to protect the people, to these riots. None of this has been good. 2020 may go down in history as one of the worst years in current times. ⁣
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But at the end of the day the most good we can do is that which is inside the walls of our own homes. We can teach the next generation to love and not hate, to build and not tear down, to think for themselves and not be puppets for the ruling elite. ⁣
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Help a neighbor, hug a neck, more of us want to live in peace and happiness than those who don’t. ⁣
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Years ago I swore an oath to my county, and I meant it from the bottom of my heart. I stood with the greatest this country had to offer (of all colors, origins, nationalities, sexual preferences and religions, American born, and immigrants from other countries) they were my brothers and sisters. My people are the American people, not the 1%. ⁣
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A house divided falls... I won’t be separated. The REAL Americans that is the people, will overcome (that’s what we do, shine in the face of adversity). Love always wins.⁣
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You know how they say "All the possibilities in a

You know how they say "All the possibilities in a jar of fresh fed sourdough starter"... 🤔
Oh wait no one says that, because sourdough isn't "mainstream". But the "THEY'S" should say that, because there is more possibilities in this small simple jar than in the whole bread aisle at the grocery store.
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Have you ever heard someone say you have too much

Have you ever heard someone say you have too much sage in your life? No? Because you can’t! Sage is like fairy dust you just sprinkle that everywhere ⁣
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Want to know all the great ways to use sage?? Check out the link in bio, trust me you need more sage in your life 😉

“To see a world in a grain of sand, ⁣ And a he

“To see a world in a grain of sand, ⁣
And a heaven in a wild flower,⁣
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, ⁣
An eternity in an hour."⁣
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To see nature as a child sees it. Nothing could be grander...⁣
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Not sure if we are more excited to go splash around in the pool with the big kids or be in the garden harvesting leek scapes with mom.

It’s official the egg season has begun!⠀
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I always like this time of the year the hens are all out scratching the ground, dirt bathing themselves, enjoying the sunshine, looking full on beautiful and laying an over abundance of eggs. ⠀
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What I don’t always know is great ways to use them. What are your fav ways to use eggs and any special ways you use to preserve the bounty? ⠀
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#freerangechickens #petchickens #happychickens #raisingchickens #crazychickenlady #homestead #homesteading #homesteadlife #homesteader #homesteadersofinstagram #instagramhomesteaders #homesteadersofamerica #homesteadliving #homesteadfarm #homesteadmom #homesteadingskills #homesteadgoals #simplelife #simplelifehappylife #sustainable #sustainability #sustainableliving #sustainablelifestyle #sustainablefood #theupcycledfamily #homegrown #homegrownfood #homegrowngoodness

Who needs you Heinz? ⠀ 🙅🏼‍♀️💖⠀

Who needs you Heinz? ⠀
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With 14 pint jars of sugar-free, organic, plastic-free, made with local honey, homemade ketchup, we will be good on ketchup for 6-9 months (less maybe because it’s pretty tasty)⠀
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One of my goals this year is to step up our homemade and preserved foods. One of those things on my list is sauces. It helps to reduce plastics and waste coming from our home, and I know what’s in it. Not to mention homemade ketchup is like 100x better than the stuff from the store (man I wish I knew that years ago).⠀
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Name something you are trying to start doing or making for yourself?⠀
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I have been seeing some new faces around here so I

I have been seeing some new faces around here so I thought I would do a little intro post!⠀
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Hi I'm Beth, Homeschooling, homesteading mom to 5 semi-domesticated humans. I love to garden and I am forever trying to grow things that are not fond of my gardening zone 6. So I always have pots of pomegranate, lemons, oranges, turmeric, and so on.⠀
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I am passionate about living a naturally healthy life, knowing where you food came from, and living life on my own terms. I am a bit of a rebel at heart which may (incidentally) push me to live outside of societal norms.⠀
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We are wrapping up our 8th year of homeschooling and I have no intention of slowing down. I love doing learning with the outside of the box methods. I personally have made it a bit of my mission to make sure my kids have lots of "old-fashioned" knowledge. ⠀
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All for the love of sourdough...⠀ 🥖⠀ Someti

All for the love of sourdough...⠀
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Sometimes it seems like a craft I will never really master. But I do keep trying ⠀
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It’s only a snapshot of a moment in time, but no

It’s only a snapshot of a moment in time, but now these little handprints will be forever in the floor of the homestead pantry.⠀
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Sometimes these old houses have crumbled cement floors. As we are working on the homestead pantry we decided it needs a fresh layer of cement, mostly just to even out the floor and keep more crumbling from happening there. ⠀
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Day to day life makes this journey through motherhood fly by far to fast. These little mementos will remind me about these days after they are long gone.⠀
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“One of the most radical and revolutionary thing

“One of the most radical and revolutionary things you can do is grow your own food and eat from the land.”⠀
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We are currently in times of great uncertainty. Where we are as a world no one would have guessed a year ago. But here we are. We don't know what the future will hold for businesses, for families for mainstream education, or for our commercial food. What we do have, and as humans have always had is the land. Mother Nature has fed and nourished us for time indefinite, it will continue to do so. ⠀
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What is broken is our systems, or social hierarchy, our modern ways of life. What is not broken is nature. It has always worked and until humans are long gone it will continue to work.⠀
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Be rebel, grow your own food!⠀
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While our farmer neighbors to the north were spray

While our farmer neighbors to the north were spraying their fields wearing hazmat suits (so they can grow America’s food) we were in the greenhouse picking a batch of giant radishes. ⠀
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Knowing what is going into your food is becoming more and more important. You are what you eat. Your skin cells are replacing themselves every 28 days, your liver cells are replaced every 5 months, bones, and brain tissue every few years. Where those cells come from is the food we eat. If the food we eat was grown by someone who needed a hazmat suit to farm, should we really be putting that in our bodies, or on our earth? ⠀
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Chemical farming has had its day, and it hasn’t proven helpful in any way. I love the current movement people are on and how so many are planting victory gardens. The more connected we are with our food and where it comes from the more everyone will thrive.⠀
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Its time we bring back victory gardens. Not just for this pandemic but victory over health, victory over where your food comes from, victory over chemical big Ag, victory over Monsanto-based cancer-causing food products.⠀
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No, not afraid of the coronavirus, just a few hard

No, not afraid of the coronavirus, just a few hardworking homestead kids, doing a dirty homestead job.⠀
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We live in one of those "old" farmhouses that once upon a time had a coal chute and a room to store all that coal. Of course, there is no coal left, and it's probably been 50+ years since there was even a coal-burning furnace.⠀
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With a growing family, growing appetites, and growing gardens we needing more space for all that home-canned, home-grown goods. A slow work in progress, this former coal room will be a good-sized homestead pantry.⠀
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Who needs grocery store shelves when you can create your own waste-free, chemical-free, additive-free, home-based grocery store.⠀
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