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I am sure glad I created this nook tucked back in the corner of the garden this year. 🌿 I think it’s my new favorite spot of our home 💚 #backyardgarden #backyardgardener #homesteadinglife #urbanhomestead #homestead #peaceful #peacefullmind #peacefulheart #homesteading #growityourselfI saw this today and it really rang true in my heart. Learning AND socialization can take place in many places...within the classroom AND within the larger community. It doesn’t have to be one way or the other. #educationiseverywhere #educationinallplaces #homeschooling #worldschooling #homeschoolmom #homeschoolfamilyArugula Garlic Scape Pesto 🌿 The arugula and garlic scapes are bangin’ in the garden right now, so I decided to put a spin on my usual pesto (Recipe can be found on the blog. Link in profile.) But for this goodness: 🌿Handful of raw walnuts 🌿Handful of Parmesan 🌿2 Garlic scapes chopped 🌿8 cups arugula 🌿Splash of lemon juice Whirl away in a food processor or blender. Continue blending... 🌿Add avocado oil (or olive oil) and salt until you get to a consistency and taste you prefer. Enjoy! #backyardgarden #backyardgardener #homesteadinglife #urbanhomestead #homestead #growityourself #garden #arugula #garlic #realfood #closetothesourceStrawberries straight from the garden 🍓 I’m not sure there is anything better than this 🌿 #garden #backyardgarden #backyardgardening #growityourself #homestead #homesteading #growyourownstrawberries #homesteadingfamily #rockfordil #homeschool #homeschoolingfamily #homeschoolmomHad an absolute blast with these ladies last night! 💚 Jordan and Donnie weren’t that bad either 🔥🔥🔥 #betterwithage #theyvestillgotit #wevestillgotit #hangintoughHeaven 🌳Chamomile for days 🌿 #homesteadinglife #backyardgardener #urbanhomestead #backyardgarden #homestead #homesteadingFinally. 🙌🏻 The rain in northern Illinois this year has been crazy, but I finally finished planting our 2019 garden...only about 3 weeks later than usual 🙄 #homestead #homesteading #homesteadinglife #urbanhomestead #garden #gardening #backyardgarden #backyardgardener #growityourselfTODAY is the day! Head to MOD Pizza on East State Street any time today and simply mention the Auburn Knights Touchdown Club when you get to the register...It’s that EASY! See you there! 🙌🏻
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Late August In the Garden
As summer wanes, and the expansive days of summer fade before our eyes, I am beginning to feel that same briefness in the garden. While we still have a great deal coming out of our garden, and the tomatoes are … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard, DIY, eco friendly, food, food preservation, freezing, fresh, garden, gardening, gardens, growing, harvest, holistic, holistic living, home, homemade, homemaker, homemaking, kids, make, making, mama, mindfulness, mom, mother, organic, preservation, putting food by, Quench, sustainable, sustainable living
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In the Garden
It’s August! This means we have entered the jungle-phase of the gardening season. In order to move about the garden, one must weave in and out of the labyrinth of branches and vines. And while doing so, one may come across our cat … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashley English, backyard, basil lime water, DIY, eco friendly, food, food preservation, freezing, fresh, garden, gardening, gardens, growing, harvest, holistic, holistic living, home, homemade, homemaker, homemaking, kids, lacto-fermentation, lavender lemonade, make, making, mama, mindfulness, mom, mother, organic, preservation, putting food by, Quench, sustainable, sustainable living
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August Action
There has been a lot of action of late in our gardens. It is truly at its peak, and despite the near 100-degree temperatures this week, we find ourselves entwined in vines of all sorts, harvesting all this fabulous veg. … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard, bean, beans, canning, Cathedral of St. Peter School, cooking, DIY, eco friendly, food, food preservation, freezing, fresh, garden, gardening, gardens, growing, harvest, herb, herbs, holistic, holistic living, home, homemaker, homemaking, kids, make, making, mama, mindfulness, mom, mother, onion, onions, organic, Plant a Row for the Hungry, preservation, putting food by, Rock River Valley Food Pantry, school garden, school garden donations, sustainable, sustainable living, tomato, tomatoes
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From Scratch
In our family’s attempt to make as much as we possibly can here in our home, there are those weeks that go by when we are in the midst of a creating whirlwind, and suddenly I look at the calendar … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, Holistic Living, Sustainable Living
Tagged Amanda Blake Soule, backyard, DIY, eco friendly, food, food preservation, freezing, fresh, garden, gardening, harvest, holistic, holistic living, home, homemade, homemade shave oil, homemaker, homemaking, kids, kombucha, kombuchakamp, lotion, lotion recipe, make, making, mama, milk kefir, mom, mother, organic, putting food by, recipe, Sandor Katz, shave oil recipe, soap, sustainable, sustainable living, The Art of Fermentation, The Rhythm of Family, water kefir
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Beans, Beans Everywhere
One thing is for sure, we have a LOT of beans coming through our kitchen door these days. So many beans in fact that there is no feasible way to eat them all. Enter “Operation Dilly Bean.” If you have … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashley English, backyard, canned beans, canning, Canning and Preserving with Ashley English, cooking, dilly beans, DIY, eco friendly, food, food preservation, fresh, garden, gardening, gardens, green beans, growing, harvest, holistic, holistic living, home, homemade, homemaker, homemaking, make, making, mama, mindfulness, mom, mother, organic, pickled beans, pickled green beans, preservation, putting food by, Ruth Hertzberg, sustainable, sustainable living, water bath canning, wax beans
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“Oh, Jam? I Love Jam!”
I think I love jam just as much as I love Friends…and what could be better than an entire Friends episode dedicated to jam? Love it! That’s why all afternoon, as my four year old and I worked in our … Continue reading
Posted in Holistic Living, Recipe, Sustainable Living
Tagged backyard, DIY, eco friendly, farmer, farmer's market, food, food preservation, friends, garden, gardening, gardens, growing, harvest, holistic, holistic living, home, homemade jam, homemaking, jam, kids, make, making, mama, mindfulness, mom, mother, organic, Pomona's Universal Pectin, preservation, putting food by, repurpose, s, strawberry, strawberry jam, sustainable, sustainable living, Taproot, The One With The Jam
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Corn Sausage Chowder
It seems that this is going to be a recipe-type week here at Making of a Home. As we inch closer to the growing season, we have been eating lots of food from our larder, to make space for this … Continue reading
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Tagged chowder, corn chowder, corn sausage chowder, DIY, food, food preservation, freezing, fresh, garden, gardening, gardens, growing, harvest, holistic, holistic living, home, homemade, homemade chowder, homemade soup, homemaker, homemaking, make, making, mama, mindfulness, mom, mother, organic, preservation, putting food by, recipe, soup, sustainable, sustainable living
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