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10 Life Skills to Teach Children

Life Skills to Teach to Children – Vintage Inspiration I have always considered myself to be an old soul. Sometimes…
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How to Make Homemade Pasta Noodles

Learning How to Make Homemade Pasta I have been wanting to learn how to make homemade pasta noodles for years….
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Chicken Predator Control & Out of the Box Solutions

If you have been following along with my blog for a little while, you’ll know that we don’t free range our…
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How to Create a Potager Garden

I’m currently working on the basics of how to create a potager garden on our farm. I’m seriously excited about this…
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Raising Farm Kids: What it’s Really Like Without TV

Raising Farm Kids: What it’s Really Like Without TV Last summer, I shared a major change in our household. For…
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Do You Need to Refrigerate Your Eggs?

Do you need to refrigerate your eggs? The short answer is sometimes yes and sometimes no. And I’ll explain why…
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Hello all! I'm Mary, a loving rancher's wife, a Traditional Catholic homeschooling & work at home mama to three amazing children.

Originally from So Cal, I did not imagine I'd live the rural life, but here I am. God sure works in mysterious ways. Ha.

I’m an aspiring retro housewife and I’m learning how to balance my city upbringing with rural, country living.

Our homestead journey started with a few baby chicks. We have grown our flock to include many more plus guineas and ducks. We raise, breed and graze a variety of goats and cattle.