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Happy Thanksgiving 2012!

Happy Thanksgiving 2012!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Top 25 Posts of 2011

Top 25 Posts of 2011

Take Heart: I Make Mistakes, Too

Take Heart: I Make Mistakes, Too

On Friendship, Humility, and a Cheese Board

On Friendship, Humility, and a Cheese Board

Millview Farms

Millview Farms

Peppermint Candles

Peppermint Candles

Fresh Bread On A Wood Stove | My family and I greatly enjoy our winters in Idaho. We look forward to the snowshoe hikes, the warmth and coziness of the fire, and the benefits of cooking on a wood stove all winter long. I love using my wood stove for our meals, baked goods, and of course, bread! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Fresh Bread On A Wood Stove

Raw Cat Feeding (Plus Cat Food Recipe) | I don't believe in spending exorbitant amounts of money to keep an ailing animal alive, but I do believe in humane treatment and loving care as much as possible. When our cat Ezra’s kidneys were ailing, I researched good diets that could help her. Over the recent years I had not given much attention to the type of diet a cat should eat: rather than Friskies, a diet fitted to the feline nature. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Raw Cat Feeding (Plus Cat Food Recipe)

Are you ready to be inspired with herbal gift ideas that are beautiful, thoughtful, healthy, and homemade? You've come to the right place! We've gathered 20 homemade herbal gifts -- including teas, salves, and culinary creations -- for everyone on your list.

20 Homemade Herbal Gifts

(Pt. 3) All I Need To Know I Learned In The Kitchen {Kitchen Rules 11-15} | We spend a lot of time in the kitchen, don't we? Yet in the kitchen, so much more happens than just cooking. We also nurture relationships with our family and friends. Whether we grow into who God wants us to be through how we handle tasks, failures, and successes. So here are 5 more "kitchen rules" -- words to live by... in the kitchen! [by Wardee Harmon] | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/153

(Pt. 3) All I Really Need To Know I Learned In The Kitchen {Kitchen Rules 11 to 15} (KYF153)

(Pt. 2) All I Need To Know I Learned In The Kitchen {Kitchen Rules 6-10} | We spend a lot of time in the kitchen, don't we? Yet in the kitchen, so much more happens than just cooking. We also nurture relationships with our family and friends. Whether we grow into who God wants us to be through how we handle tasks, failures, and successes. So here are 5 more "kitchen rules" -- words to live by... in the kitchen! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/151

(Pt. 2) All I Really Need To Know… I Learned In The Kitchen {Kitchen Rules 6 to 10} (KYF151)

Why does it seem like every holiday revolves around candy? Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter... One holiday follows another, each with an onslaught of chocolate, candy, and sugary sweets. Yet, it doesn't have to be that way. Here are 14 family-friendly Easter traditions that don't center on chocolate, treats, or sweets.

14 Candy-Free Family Traditions To Celebrate Easter

We purchased our home thrilled with everything about it -- except the busy road on which it is situated. Instead of bemoaning our problem, we've been thinking of ways to turn the lemon of traffic into lemonade. ;) This is the story of how our family's entrepreneurial spirit is blooming.

A Family Entrepreneurial Spirit

You hear it again and again in homesteading circles... Loss is inevitable. And that makes caring for any living thing emotionally challenging. Can these hard times teach us anything? Difficult as it is, the answer is yes.

5 Lessons from Loss on the Homestead

Time-Saving Tips For The Traditional Foods Kitchen | The true challenge of traditional food prep is not so much skill as time. It takes so much time to plan, prepare, and serve traditional foods. In an effort to improve in this area, here are goals I made for myself. I’d love to hear some of yours as well! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Time-Saving Tips For The Traditional Foods Kitchen

Learning to Let Go of Perfection | “Simple living stress syndrome” is a phenomenon I discovered shortly after our transition into a simple life -- and it's triggered by unnecessary "noise". To let go and reduce the noise, I focused on three homestead zones -- the garden, the kitchen, and the home -- where I looked for ways to reduce the noise and the stress. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Learning to Let Go of Perfection

Raw Milk Q&A | Switching to raw milk is a good starting place for many newly health-conscious families. I went to one raw milk-producing family farm, Fall Creek Farms in TN, to ask important questions: Is it safe? Is it from a good source? How long does it last? Why is it more expensive? and more! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Raw Milk Q & A