We completed the pig area this morning and the pigs are so happy. We read an article that they will develop more muscle and their meat will be better if they get to exercise. If they just are in a small area, they will get fat and have more fat than meat. Weight does not …
We had an animal day. Well, everything we did was for the animals. We unloaded a full ton of hay. We relocated the pig area so they have a new place to play and root. It was a lovely day full of sunshine and work that let our bodies know we have muscles. We were …
Sunny and warm…..okay but it was sunny. We have made lists on our white board and we got some of it crossed off today. We covered the wood pile for next year. We planned out where the pigs are going to move to next and how we are going to move them. We patched holes …
A snowy day with clear roads is a gift to enjoy. Our talks and presentation went well for our addiction recovery program promotion today. We had good questions and comments. I think it is the best talk Jim has ever given and he liked mine also. Then we had an hour where we shared videos …
Positivity over Negativity is always better, January 16, 2022 Read More »
I did a lot of smiling today. It snowed today. Probably only 2 inches but everything is white. Thankfully we did not have ice or frigid temperature. It was too warm for the roads to be bad. We fed the cows hay three times today because the pasture is covered with snow and there is …
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Hey it is good to be back home again, out of the workplace environment and onto the farm. Today Jim and I milked the cow, fed the chickens and pigs, dismantled a poorly made compost pile we started almost 4 years ago. We moved it to an area we can turn and manage. The sticks …
It has been a great day. Over 60 degrees and sunshine in January. That does not mean that it was a day without stress, because what would that be like? But we went down to this beautiful town overlooking a lake and then drove down to the lake. We purchased something off Facebook that was …
Well it came today. He worked on it all day and it is now completed. One man did it all by himself. Now we will be warm and cozy. We no longer have to use space heaters in our home. We have a fireplace with a great new insert and a steel tube up the …
After sitting in a new patient’s home who just got out of the hospital with COVID and having her cough on me for an hour I got her new germs mixed with my old germs from last week and am sick again. That was the last straw and although I had already given my notice …
Working together and Diabetic meals, January 11, 2022 Read More »
I got home from work today and Jim was sawing wood from the neighbor’s tree. It seems like a bowl of spaghetti to me. He cuts and cuts and it there is still a tree there. On the good side, the woodshed is getting filled so if we do ever get our woodstove installed this …
Wood for Warmth, Water for Health, January 10, 2022 Read More »
Today is Sunday. It is the day the Lord gave us to rest. I set the world aside for this day to serve, study, communicate with family and raise the bar on my life a little higher. Today my topic is our bodies. Our body houses our spirit. When I was in Primary at church …
Our Body, Mental Health, Answers and Pot Roast, January 9, 2022 Read More »
A quiet day without fanfare or pomp. Just a day at home with each other. Cloudy, drab and cold but we are home. When I stand and look out my kitchen window in the summer the view is green and breathtaking. When I stare out now I see a sleeping world that must be recharging …
This was a good day. Nothing spectacular, but nothing bad or challenging. Just a day where everything went as planned. How often does that happen? Last night we took milk over to some friends and repaid us with lemons, grapefruit and oranges from Arizona where they had spent their Christmas Holiday with their family. It …
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When we moved into our home it was not until fall that we got a chimney sweep to come and look at our fireplace and chimney. I was afraid to use it because it has never been cleaned in at least 4 or more years and I did not want a fire up our chimney …
We milked our cow and then I went to work. My patients love to hear that I milk a cow before work. Many of them hear it and it takes them back to another time in their lives. Being able to touch others is one of the greatest experiences we can have in life. One …
Touching Lives, 7 things to start you eating right, January 5, 2022 | Read More »
I got cleared to go back to work tomorrow. I have enjoyed my time off even though I have been ill. Jim asked me what I wanted to do and I said, “One more drive to clear my head before I go back to work”. Driving is what we do when we want to think, …
We Took a Drive to Clear Our Heads January 4, 2022 Read More »
Our Day and a Recipe Rhenda is better today but energy is still very low. Inhaler is helping with the breathing. Jim is a guy. Guys get sick too and just like a mother who cannot stop when they are sick, she only slows down a little. Then the fatigue comes in and forces him …
Life on the Farm and Recipe for Baked Brown Rice,January 3, 2022 Read More »
We did get snow this morning. 11 degrees and -2 with the windchill. But we really cannot complain because December was a beautiful month and the cold came in on January first. Jim and I are both sick now. I have had two COVID tests and both were negative but have had so many symptoms …
It is a new year. 2022. 22 years after the Millennial year, Y2K and the end. But here we are, still here. There are changes. The earth is experiencing heat, rain in areas not needed and drought in areas desperate for rain. For us it is a year of coming back home to our farm. …
Don’t lose weight to get healthy, Get Healthy to loss weight, January 1, 2022 Read More »
I woke up ill today. COVID 19 is alive and spreading across the nation. I do not know if that is what I have yet. No work today. I am in my home office in the attic of our farm home. The walls have drywall and are mudded but not painted. We are a work …
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Pan-Roasted Chicken with Tarragon and Mustard Cream Sauce Excerpted from the book Nourishing Brothby Sally Fallon and Kaayla T. Daniels, PhD, CCN. © 2014 by Sally Fallon and Kaayla T. Daniels, PhD, CCN. Reprinted by permission of Grand Central Publishing. All rights reserved. Author: Jenny Ingredients 1 whole chicken 2 …
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One of our subscribers asked how we afforded organic chicken grain without soy or corn. Our immediate answer is how can we afford not to? We started using Organic, non-GMO, non-soy feed while we lived in Oregon. In Oregon we bought Scratch N Peck. Yes it is pricey, $35 for 40 pounds. But we only …
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Actually, we are too sweet. Is that possible? We like sweet personalities. We like sweet responses. We like sweet hugs and kisses. However, we should not like sweet blood, sweet cells or a sweet brain. Let me explain. Of course, our bodies require glucose to function properly. Carbohydrates break down into glucose and give the …
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