Thanks for stopping by! I'm Magi, a scratch cooking, homeschooling mama, learning to raise good kids, good food, and good fun on our teeny-tiny little farm!
Recently I attended an essential oils class with some friends and one friend posed the question “If you could only have three, which would you choose?” Now most of you know I am a huge fan of essential oils, and use them for many applications […]
Winter is making it’s final roar, this early March. At least I hope it’s the final roar. I know our winter has been mild and short, but I so want my toes in the dirt! Our cat decided my pot of lettuce seedlings in the […]
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2013 has come to an end and looking back on my goals from this time last year I feel pretty good! As usual, some things get pushed to the back burner, re-evaluated, or nixed altogether, but I did meet several goals and we’re closer in […]
I was going to title this post “Fall and Winter Goals”, but perhaps it’s a little late to be setting goals for fall since snow is in the forecast and, relatively speaking, in the neighborhood. We’ve gotten most of our pre-winter tasks out of the […]
A few weeks ago, while I was making up a meal plan for the month, I asked my husband for some suggestions. He suggested Sloppy Joes, and I jotted it down and moved on. It wasn’t until this morning that I realized I have never-ever […]
WOW! Why is it that summer is the only season which flies by? You never wake up one early morning in April and look around a little confused, thinking “Spring Already? Winter was just getting good”. We had a great summer here on the Half […]
We recently took our first backpacking trip as a family. Before we had children, my husband and I backpacked as often as we could, usually making at least two or three trips into the woods per summer. After the babies started coming it just seemed […]
Folks, there is an amazing product available NOW, that you need on your homestead! It’s a bowl, a drinking glass, and a coffee mug all in one. It comes in a variety of sizes making it great for storing leftovers. It fits right into your […]
Dear Uninhibited Young Person, I know conventional wisdom and about a million facebook e-cards have taught you that it doesn’t matter what others think of you. And that is true. Unless you want to get a job. I promise you, when you go to a […]