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!
Wow! The new year is already off to a running start. How is it already the middle of January? Of course, you all know that the seed catalogs are rolling in and making me itch for warm soil and sunshine. Unfortunately there will be snow […]
Let me paint you a picture. This afternoon, I went to the post office to pick up a registered package. I signed for it, thanked the Post Mistress, and cheerfully wished her Happy Holidays. That’s right. I said Happy Holidays. There was an akward pause […]
Our little community seems to be in a season of loss. Although we all must know that we are not being singled out, it sure feels as if we are. If there can be a silver lining it’s that we’ve all had the opportunity to […]
I sit at the computer today, not knowing quite how to put into words what I am thinking, and not knowing if it’s worth sharing, yet feeling compelled to do so, if only for the fact that it forces me to sort my thoughts from my […]
Well friends, it’s my first week back at home for the winter and so far I’m loving it. I’m making a dent in the gigantic laundry mound that’s been piling up for the past few months. Yeah, I’ve been mostly caught up once or twice in […]
Ah! It’s getting to that glorious time of year when I start counting down the days to the end of my work season. I’m so looking forward to some much needed time at home with my children and catching up on some homekeeping projects. I […]
With the return of beautiful weather I’ve been doing more outdoor clothes drying. I thought I’d share my opinion of the Homesteader clothes drying rack from Homestead Drying Racks. This is an unsoliceted and uncompensated product review. You may be sure I am sharing my […]
If you’re like me, you’ve probably noticed that the cell companies have us country dwellers by the throats. We don’t have good enough signal coverage to ever use up the minutes on even the lowest package. But we work in town, and travel country roads […]
When I first heard of folks home canning meat I was a little suspicious. Besides just sounding gross, it had to be unsafe, right? That was a long time before I got interested in producing my own food, and a long, long time before I did any […]
Wow! What a great weekend we’ve had. We welcomed a new addition to our family, a little girl who we have tentatively named Macaroni. She is a mutt, and appears to be a lab/heeler mix. She is smart and has a great temperament. So far […]