Blueberry Dutch Baby

Blueberry Dutch BabyI have shared a recipe for a Dutch Baby before using apples. that recipe was more like a dessert than something you would enjoy for breakfast. However this Blueberry Dutch Baby is perfect for breakfast or for dinner if you enjoy breakfast for dinner like we do! It’s also a perfect way to use up frozen blueberries!

If you’ve been reading along and following my Goals you know I’m trying to clean and empty our freezer. We always seem to have an abundance of frozen blueberries in our freezer! Using up frozen blueberries was something I needed to do!Blueberry Dutch Baby

Breakfast Blueberry Dutch Baby  This recipe would be equally good using fresh or frozen raspberries or blackberries instead of the blueberries. Or use a combination of both.

Dutch Baby

It can also be served with maple syrup and or yogurt.Dutch Baby

Blueberry Dutch Baby

Ingredients:

2 tsp. Butter
1 cup skim milk
¾ cup all purpose flour
½ cup of eggs (2-3 depending on the size)
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1/8  tsp. Cinnamon
Pinch of slat
¾ cup frozen blueberries
2 tsp. Confectioner’s sugar
Maple syrup

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 450. Place butter in a 9 inch cast iron skillet and place in the over. Heat until the butter melts, 2-3 minutes

Meanwhile, combine the milk, flour, eggs, oil, cinnamon and salt in a blender and process until very smooth, about 1 minutes

Remove the cast iron plan rom the oven and swirl so that the butter covers the bottom and sides of the pan. Pour in the milk mixture and sprinkle evenly with the blueberries. Bake until the pancake is puffed and lightly browned, about 25-30 minutes. Dust with confectioner’s sugar. Cut into wedges and serve.

We enjoyed this delicious Dutch Baby for dinner one night and it was delicious. I love a meal that uses ingredients on hand and can be made in less than ½ hour. This is one of those recipes.Blueberry Dutch Baby

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Canning Recipes for June

One of the ways of being more self-sufficient is to preserve your harvest. This may involve canning or freezing the things you grow yourself or perhaps you buy from the local Farmer’s Market or local farm stands. There are many canning recipes for June.bulk buying, pantry, frugal tips canning recipe for June

 

Rhubarb is one of the first crops in my garden that needs preserving. I grow much more rhubarb than I need. In the past I have even bartered rhubarb for bread!self sufficient, canning recipes for June

 

There are many ways to enjoy rhubarb right out of the garden but I also enjoy preserving rhubarb to enjoy later in the year. Rhubarb is easily frozen and does not require thawing before using it in a recipe.canning recipes for June

 

Besides having frozen rhubarb in the freezer there are also several canning recipes I make. My favorite canning recipe for June is my special Rhubarbeque Sauce. It is perfect on grilled pork or chicken. You can always find this special sauce in my pantry.canning recipe for June

 

Another favorite canning recipe is Apple Rhubarb Chutney. I have a favorite canning cookbook called Small Batch Canning. The recipes in this book only make small batches which is perfect for my husband and I.canning recipes for June

 

The last rhubarb canning recipe is Rhubarb Jam. I love this jam; it is equally good on chicken or on a piece of toast for breakfast!canning recipes for June

 

Other canning recipes for June involve strawberries. We have a small strawberry patch and a large field full of field strawberries. Besides freezing strawberries I also make a wonderful Strawberry Fig Jam. This recipe is another one from the book Small Batch Preserving. They said, “This jam is so good it disappears from the shelf. The fresh figs lend an amazing texture and taste to the strawberries. Be sure to make as much of it as jar and cupboard space allow whenever you can get your hands on fresh figs.” It is my favorite jam and never lasts long enough!canning recipes for June

 

If you haven’t used all your strawberries making jam, another canning recipe for June is Strawberries in Vanilla Syrup. This syrup is perfect drizzled over plain yogurt or served with pound cake, a little bit of summertime to enjoy in the winter.canning recipes for June

 

Becoming more self-sufficient is an ongoing process. If you have never tried canning before any of these recipes are a wonder way to get started. You only need a water bath canner and you’re good to go! Take your first step toward being self-sufficient and try one of these canning recipes fro June.

 

Goal Setting Week 17

My first goal was to update my goal list each week. We are almost halfway through the year, can you believe it! I am really enjoying keeping my goals in the forefront. Some goals I am doing really well at, like reading and completing my knitting projects. Others, like getting 10 K steps at least 5 days each week, I still haven’t accomplished! I have to say that thinking about the goals each week is keeping me motivated to complete them.goal setting spring 17

      1. Find a new hosting site for my  blog and make it secure. Done!! So excited after all this time I finally have a secure website!
      2. Monetize my blog. In the works, I have set up an account with Amazon Affiliates! Soon you’ll be seeing links to my favorite items on Amazon. Next on the list is to look into Google Ad Sense. I’ve also teamed up with an amazing heirloom seed company. Mary’s Heirloom Seeds  are a great source. check out their site, right now they are having an amazing 99 Cent Seed Pack sale! Click here for more information.
      3. Create a cookbook! One step at a time, get the blog running smoothly, increase readership and then I’ll be working on the cookbook!
      4. Be diligent about getting 10 K steps in 5 out of 7 days each week. Managed to get 10K steps in 4 days out of 7, almost to my goal! We’ve been having the most beautiful weather which helps!goal setting
      5. As we continue to prepare for an eventual house sale, continue to de-clutter. The push was on this weekend to de-clutter. Our local school has a large Tag Sale over Memorial Day Weekend. We filled up the car with all the items we’ve put aside plus 60 more items! –  74 items to go!goal setting
      6. Read 25 books this year! With the nicer weather I am spending less time reading and more time outdoors. Read one of my favorite authors this week Kristin Hannah. I could not put down her latest book The Great Alone. The book takes place in Alaska in the 1974. Ernt Allbright, a former POW comes homes from Vietnam a changed and violent man. He decides to move his wife and daughter to Alaska where they will live off grid. It deals with love and an abusive relationship. Once I started it I could not put it down! Still keeping track of the books I’ve read on Good Reads, what a wonderful app. I can keep track of all the books I have read, the books I want to read and the books I am reading. I listed on the app that I want to read 25 books this year, 7 to go! Beginning to think my goal here should have been a few more books!goal setting
      7. Have a consistent meal plan each week and prepare ahead! Did some cooking out of a new cookbook I was asked to review,  Prep Ahead Breakfasts & Lunches,  the book is amazing. Prep-Ahead Breakfasts and Lunches was just released.  This book is filled with delicious make-ahead breakfast and lunch recipes, so you can quickly and easily make breakfasts and lunches for the whole week in just an hour or two on the weekend. Make your mornings flow smoother with premade breakfasts and prepacked lunches! I made a batch of Cajun Egg Breakfast Croissants, so good! We enjoyed them for breakfast and I froze the rest for later!goal setting Each recipe includes storage tips and if necessary, reheating instructions. Click on the image below to order!

        1. Finish 4 knitting projects. Completed! Made two hats and two scarves! Over the weekend I found a few more projects that need to be finished to I will keep knitting!goal setting
        2. Clean out our freezer. Such progress! Freezer is well under control now. My goal is to just have a weeks worth of food in the freezer with the exception of bread, tomato sauce and nuts which I store in our freezer. Made a delicious Blueberry Dutch Baby using up the last of the frozen blueberries. I’ll be sharing the recipe on Friday.Blueberry Dutch Baby
        3. Take a few road trips and visit family and friends on the east coast that we will not see so often once we make a move to the west coast. Our trip to North Carolina will be next month. We’ll be gone a week and will be able to visit family and at least three friends! Looks like we’ll have a long day of driving the first day but after that it will be manageable. It will be the perfect way to celebrate the beginning of summer. Plus we’ve been meaning to visit our friends in North Carolina for years! Hoping to get two other trips in this summer, one to Maine and the other to upstate New York.goal setting

    Can you believe it’s May already!  Another month and half the year will be gone. I’m so thankful to be keeping track of my goals, I think I will have a good chance at completing them all!

    This month I also have a few goals related to the self-reliance challenge I am part of. My husband and I have always had the goal of being more self-sufficient each year.

    The goals for this month of May Challenge are the following:

        1. Get my vegetable garden planted. Managed to get some seeds in the ground, still too chilly for many vegetables.
        2. Do a foray and look for wild leeks. Think it’s still too early but am hoping to get into the woods this week and take a look. We have several spots we like to check out.
        3. Make my own bread this month and don’t buy any store bought bread! Made bread two weeks ago and have one loaf still in the freezer, I sure don’t make bread as often as I used to with four children under the roof!

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The Benefits of a Well-Stocked Pantry

Having a well-stocked pantry has always been a goal of mine. When I was a teenager I spent the summer on my aunt & uncle’s farm, they were quite remote and I was so impressed by their well-stocked pantry. There are many benefits of a pantry whether you have a large family or are an empty nester.well-stocked pantry

 

Depending on where you live you may be minutes to a grocery store or you may live quite a distance from the nearest grocery store. My husband and I are empty nesters and we live in a rural area and it is at least a twenty-minute drive to a small grocery store. To go to one of the large chain stores or even a “box store” like Costco or BJ’s is a forty-five minute drive. When you have a well-stocked pantry you never need to worry about making those unexpected trips to the grocery store.well stocked pantry

 

Stocking up also saves money. You can take advantage of sales and you can also buy in bulk from your local food co-op. Once a year our local food co-op has a case lot sale. You can purchase all sorts of items but you must purchase a case. I can buy a case of beans for example, which helps me to have a well stocked pantry.

 

When planning to buy in bulk you must know the options for food buying in your area. Aside from the local grocery store there may be food co-ops, warehouse stores such as BJ’s or Sam’s or even local farmers. Be aware of the loss leader sale items, which appear on the front and back of sale flyers. These are meant to get you into the store and will usually beat any price in a wholesale store. Again, it is important to know your food prices so you can find the deals.

You may wonder why my husband and I even buy in bulk. Bulk buying isn’t just for large families; you just want to buy enough to get you to the next sale. Each family will buy according to their need. Be aware of expiration dates as well. There is no point in having a pantry stocked with items that are no longer good to eat! Buying in bulk will help give you a well-stocked pantry.

We have learned the lesson of why you should have a well-stocked pantry several times! One year we had a houseful of company and we were hit with a terrible flood, all the roads were washed out and we couldn’t get to the store if we wanted to! We were blessed to have a well-stocked pantry. We ate well that week without having to worry about getting to the store.well stocked pantry

 

A well stocked pantry can also help  during times when you are under financial stress. My husband was laid off from work and it was six months before he found another job. It was such a good feeling to know we could eat from our pantry and spend a minimal amount of groceries during that time of unemployment. There are many reasons for having a well-stocked pantry. I love the feeling of walking into my pantry and knowing we are prepared for whatever lies ahead.well stocked pantry

 

Having a well stocked pantry is just one of the goals of being more self reliant. During the month of May I am teaming up with other bloggers as we challenge ourselves to live a more self reliant lifestyle for the entire month!  Join us as we challenge ourselves to live a more self reliant lifestyle!

AnnMarie – 15 Acre Homestead

Kathi – Oak Hill Homestead

Robin – A Life in the Wild

Candy – Candy’s Farm House Pantry

Farmgal – Just another Day on the Farm

Ashley – Practical Self Reliance

ShawnaLee – Homegrown Self Reliance

Frank – My Green Terra

Maria – Maria Zannini

Lisa Lynn – The Self Sufficient HomeAcre

Nancy – Nancy On The Homefront (that’s me!)

Self Reliance Challenge Update

Have you been following the Self Reliance Challenge blogs? For the month of May I joined up with a dynamic group of bloggers in the May 2018 ~ Self Reliance Challenge! 31 Days To A More Self-Reliant Life. We challenged ourselves to live a more self-reliant lifestyle for the entire month of May! In case you missed the list of bloggers here it is:

AnnMarie – 15 Acre Homestead

Kathi – Oak Hill Homestead

Robin – A Life in the Wild

Candy – Candy’s Farm House Pantry

Farmgal – Just another Day on the Farm

Ashley – Practical Self Reliance

ShawnaLee – Homegrown Self Reliance

Frank – My Green Terra

Maria – Maria Zannini

Lisa Lynn – The Self Sufficient HomeAcre

Nancy – Nancy On The Homefront (that’s me!)

For me the challenge was living a self-reliant lifestyle while having our house on the market. Real estate sales are slow in Vermont and we were told when the house first went on the market that it could take several years!self-reliance

Ever since we moved to Vermont over twenty years ago we have strived to live a self-reliant lifestyle. This included having a large vegetable garden, raising chickens for both eggs and meat and having a well-stocked pantry.

 

During this month of May my challenge has been to take a look at our current lifestyle and see where we can be more self-reliant.

 

I am still baking the majority of our bread, usually I have a couple of loaves in the freezer, as we don’t eat as much bread as we used to.self-reliant

 

I still do a little searching in the woods for wild garlic leeks and fiddleheads.

 

Although we could have an offer on our home at any time I still plant a vegetable garden. Not as large as we used to but enough to supply us with fresh herbs and vegetables.herbs, self reliant

 

Our rhubarb patch is just about ready to harvest and although I am not doing as much caning as I used to I will be making our favorite Rhubarbeque Sauce.Rhubarb Patch

 

Are you living a self-reliant lifestyle? How are you challenging yourself to become more self-reliant?

Hotdogs and Beans – Back to the Basics

Hot Dogs & BeansWhen I look back on my childhood I have many fond memories of certain meals my mother cooked. She didn’t have a large repertoire of recipes and the meals were often tasty and simple. She led a busy life and I don’t remember her spending a lot of time in the kitchen. Many of her recipes I still make today such as Stir Fried Rice. One of my favorite meals growing up was a simple dish my mother would make which we just called hotdogs and beans. It made just enough for the family and we all seemed to enjoy it. This is one of those back to basic meals that comes together in no time and can be made with ingredients you probably have in your pantry.hot dogs and beans

I often made this simple dinner when our children were young and once in a while I still make it for my husband and I. This dish pairs perfectly with the brown bread I made earlier this week.hot dogs and beans

Hotdogs and Beans

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Do you have a favorite childhood recipe that you still make? Many of my childhood favorites are simple recipes made with ingredients you have on hand. In the next several months I will be sharing several more simple recipes from my childhood. I may not make this dish often but its still a favorite!

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Goal Setting Week 16

My first goal was to update my goal list each week. We are almost halfway through the year, can you believe it! I am really enjoying keeping my goals in the forefront. Some goals I am doing really well at, like reading and completing my knitting projects. Others, like getting 10 K steps at least 5 days each week, I still haven’t accomplished! I have to say that thinking about the goals each week is keeping me motivated to complete them.goal setting

      1. Find a new hosting site for my  blog and make it secure. Done!! So excited after all this time I finally have a secure website!
      2. Monetize my blog. In the works, I have set up an account with Amazon Affiliates! Soon you’ll be seeing links to my favorite items on Amazon. Next on the list is to look into Google Ad Sense. I’ve also teamed up with an amazing heirloom seed company. Mary’s Heirloom Seeds  are a great source. check out their site, right now they are having an amazing 99 Cent Seed Pack sale! Click here for more information.
      3. Create a cookbook! One step at a time, get the blog running smoothly, increase readership and then I’ll be working on the cookbook!
      4. Be diligent about getting 10 K steps in 5 out of 7 days each week. We’ve had some absolutely gorgeous days and my husband and I have been getting some evening walks in. No bugs yet and the light is just beautiful! Maybe my goal should just be to walk more! I did manage to get my 10K steps in 4 days this week! Almost to my goal! Went on a beautiful walk along an old trolley bed. Love when you can discover new places to walk!goal setting
      5. As we continue to prepare for an eventual house sale, continue to de-clutter. We were away over the weekend and I only managed to get 5 things  added to the pile that is going to the school big yard sale –  134 items to go!goal setting
      6. Read 25 books this year! With the nicer weather I am spending less time reading and more time outdoors. I did manage to finish one book this week called The Big Oyster: The History on the Half Shell. It’s an interesting read all about the history of the oyster in New York City.. Still keeping track of the books I’ve read on Good Reads,what a wonderful app. I can keep track of all the books I have read, the books I want to read and the books I am reading. I listed on the app that I want to read 25 books this year, 8 to go! Beginning to think my goal here should have been a few more books!goal setting
      7. Have a consistent meal plan each week and prepare ahead! Not so much food prep going on as far as making meals ahead but I was given a new cookbook to review and this may be happening more often. The cookbook, Prep Ahead Breakfasts & Lunches, is amazing. Prep-Ahead Breakfasts and Lunches will be released on May 15, 2018.  This book is filled with delicious make-ahead breakfast and lunch recipes, so you can quickly and easily make breakfasts and lunches for the whole week in just an hour or two on the weekend. Make your mornings flow smoother with premade breakfasts and prepacked lunches! Each recipe includes storage tips and if necessary, reheating instructions. If you pre-order the cookbook there is a bonus: Free enrollment in my Meal Prep Online Cooking Class (regularly $39.99)! Click on the image below to order!

        1. Finish 4 knitting projects. Third project finished. Loved the yarn I used to make my last scarf so I decided to use up what I had and make a hat! I love knitting hats as they go so quickly. The sweater ornament will have to wait.goal setting
        2. Clean out our freezer. Such progress! Freezer is well under control now. Downstairs there is just some tomato sauce and one loaf of bread I recently made! Making progress on the kitchen freezer and used up all the meat on hand with this weeks meals! Used up the package of hot dogs I had on hand and made an old family favorite Hot Dogs & Beans for dinner!goal setting
        3. Take a few road trips and visit family and friends on the east coast that we will not see so often once we make a move to the west coast. Our trip to North Carolina will be next month. We’ll be gone a week and will be able to visit family and at least three friends! Looks like we’ll have a long day of driving the first day but after that it will be manageable. It will be the perfect way to celebrate the beginning of summer. Plus we’ve been meaning to visit our friends in North Carolina for years! Hoping to get two other trips in this summer one to Maine and the other to upstate New York.goal setting

    Can you believe it’s May already!  Another month and half the year will be gone. I’m so thankful to be keeping track of my goals, I think I will have a good chance at completing them all!

    This month I also have a few goals related to the self-reliance challengeI am part of. My husband and I have always had the goal of being more self-sufficient each year.

    The goals for this month of May Challenge are the following:

        1. Get my vegetable garden planted.Managed to get some seeds in the ground, still too chilly for many vegetables.
        2. Do a foray and look for wild leeks.Think it’s still too early but am hoping to get into the woods this week and take a look. We have several spots we like to check out.
        3. Make my own bread this month and don’t buy any store bought bread!Made bread two weeks ago and have one loaf still in the freezer, I sure don’t make bread as often as I used to with four children under the roof!

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Brown Bread in a Can

Boston Brown Bread or brown bread in a can, is an old American steamed bread, moist and flavored with rye, molasses and raisins. I grew up enjoying the wonderful flavor of Boston brown bread; my grandmother would purchase the bread in cans from the grocery store and serve it sliced for lunch. When I found this old recipe for Boston Brown Bread I decided I had to try and make it myself. Before you try to make brown bread in a can you need to find two coffee tins. Make sure they are full size coffee cans and the heavier the better. I had two coffee cans, one was smaller and it was failure. The can tipped over halfway through and the bread did not come out! the other loaf worked perfectly.brown bread in a can

Boston Brown Bread

Ingredients:

1 cup flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
½ cup rye flour
½ cup yellow cornmeal
1 tsp. Baking soda
1 tsp. making powder
1 tsp. Salt
2 cups buttermilk
1 cup dark molasses
1 cup raisins

Directions:

Before you begin to mix the ingredients together to make the batter, get the pots ready you are going to steam the bread in in ready and grease the sides and bottoms of two empty one pound coffee cans. The cans should stand on a rack so the water can circulate freely around the bottom, If you don’t have an extra rack you can stand the cans on mason jar lids. The pot must have a lid on top so the steam doesn’t escape. Fill the pot with enough water to come halfway up the sides of the coffee cans. Start heating the water to bring it to a boil while you prepare the bread batter.

Put the flour, whole wheat, and rye flours and the cornmeal into a large mixing bowl. Stir wit a large spoon to mix well. Add the baking soda, baking powder, and salt, and stir to blend into the flours. Add the buttermilk and molasses, and briskly stir to blend everything thoroughly. Stir I the raisins. Pour the batter into the two well-greased cans, dividing it evenly between them.brown bread in a can Each can will be about half-full. Uses a double layer of aluminum foil to snuggly cover the tops and secure the foil with rubber bands.brown bread in a can Put the cans into the pot when the water is boiling, and cover the pot with a lid. Check occasionally to make sure there is enough water and that the water is boiling. Steam the breads for 2 hours. Remove the cans and take off the foil,brown bread in a can then shake them upside down so the breads will slide out of the cans onto a rack. Let cool slightly before serving.brown bread in a can

I wish my grandmother were still alive so that I could serve her my homemade brown bread in a can. It tastes as good as I remember!

Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies

The New England colonists used molasses as their primary sweetener in cooking and baking. Molasses cookies have had a long history. The first recipes for these delicious cookies appeared in early American cookbooks around 1877. The recipe for these old fashioned molasses cookies came from a friend’s grandmother. These molasses cookies are thick and chewy and filled with raisins and nuts. They are easy and quick and perfect to fill your cookie jar. Use a dark robust molasses for the best flavor. I have made Molasses Crinkles for years, these old fashioned molasses cookies are a little softer and have a wonderful taste reminiscent of a cookie your grandmother made.molasses cookies

Molasses Cookies

Ingredients:

3 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
¼ tsp. Ground cloves
¼ tsp. Ground allspice
¼ tsp. Ground nutmeg
8 Tbsp. Butter, softened
1 cup sugar
½ cup molasses
½ cup brewed coffee, room temperature
½ cup raisins
½ cup walnuts or pecans, chopped

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350 and adjust the racks to the upper-middle and lower-middle positions. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices together in a medium bowl.

With an electric mixer beat the butter and sugars together until fluffy. Reduce the speed and add the molasses and beat until combined. Add the flour mixture and the coffee alternately in two batches, beating until combined. Using a rubber spatula, stir in the raisins and nuts.

Working with 1 Tbsp. of dough at a time, shape the dough into balls. Place the balls on the prepared cooked sheets, spacing about two inches apart. Bake until the cookies have risen and are just set, 8-12 minutes. Cool the cookies on the sheets for two minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completly.molasses cookies Store  the molasses cookies in a airtight container.

Keeping Chickens

Although we don’t have any chickens at the moment, keeping chickens has always been a part of our life. When our house eventually sells and we relocate buying chickens will at at the top priority. I can’t wait. I would love to have one of my goals for the Self Sufficient Challenge to be getting chickens but with the house on the market keeping chickens just doesn’t make sense.keeping chickens

 

Why keep chickens? Chickens provide hours of entertainment. The minute we used to drive in the driveway our chickens would all come running; curious to see if we had any treats for them. During the fall we would allow the chickens to free range, this means the chickens could pretty much go wherever they wanted to. We would often find them peering into our back door as if to say, “can we come in?”keeping chickens

 

Our Buff Orpingtons were so friendly; I think they enjoyed spending time with us rather than with the rest of the flock. One of my favorite pictures of my mom was taken when she was visiting one summer; one of the buffs squeezed through the fence and began to follow my mother around. Eventually my mom just sat down on the coop steps and held the little Buff, that’s all she wanted.keeping chickens

 

If you want some real entertainment give one of the chickens a worm, they will run around trying to quickly swallow the worm before any of the other birds can catch her. Not only are chickens entertaining but they also would supply us with beautiful fresh eggs every day! If you’re still not convinced here are 11 health benefits of eggs.keeping chickens

 

So if you’re looking for ways to cut your budget consider cutting the cable and getting a few chickens instead. Keeping chickens provides hours of entertainment and fresh eggs. Sounds like a deal to me!keeping chickens

Follow along as I team up with some very talented bloggers for the May Self Sufficient challenge. Join us as we challenge ourselves to live a more self reliant lifestyle for the entire month of May!

AnnMarie – 15 Acre Homestead

Kathi – Oak Hill Homestead

Robin – A Life in the Wild

Candy – Candy’s Farm House Pantry

Farmgal – Just another Day on the Farm

Ashley – Practical Self Reliance

ShawnaLee – Homegrown Self Reliance

Frank – My Green Terra

Maria – Maria Zannini

Lisa Lynn – The Self Sufficient HomeAcre

Nancy – Nancy On The Homefront (that’s me!)

 

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