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Reflections on March, 2015
March Muscles This month has been an exceptional one for weather, spring cleaning, getting back to work, and my mood, which has been positive and forward-thinking. At the end of February, we took a...
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Reflections on February, 2016
Note: This blog was posted on the day that only exists every four years, February 29th. Feeling much less like winter than December and January, February has bestowed on us 1 day of rain, 1 day that...
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Top Secular (Or Nearly Secular) Homeschooling Podcasts
Having recently acquired an addiction to podcasts, I find myself listening to them when I’m doing the mundane chores of life; dishes, making cob (or other natural building tasks) hanging and folding...
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Reflections on March, 2016
H.O.M.E. Farm from afar I thought March was supposed to be rainy. We’ve only had a little rain this month. I sure love the “spring green up,” with all the new life growing up in the pastures. The...
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Reflections on April, 2016
Our achievements have been as abundant as the rain. In order to accurately reflect on the month of April of 2016, achievements and milestones would fill a copious list. While I’m surely going to miss...
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Reflections on May, 2016
Ah, the most glorious month in Oklahoma is upon us. May is gorgeous. It is fresh and green and alive and there are perfect days with sunshine and a slight breeze. These beautiful days coupled with...
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About Home Farm Soaps
I like to be clean. I like to make stuff. I like farmer’s markets. Therefore, I make soap to sell at the farmer’s market. I really enjoy soap-making as it allows a creative outlet, a fun and...
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Reflections on June 2016
The first Zinnia to bloom in my garden! Summer is upon us. The heat is on. The grasshoppers are just beginning to annoy our gardens, and all the rain has caused an explosion of mosquitoes. It hasn’t...
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Reflections on July, 2016
The fireworks were a blast. The flies are terrible. The heat is miserable. Happy July. The end. Well that’s what I felt like writing during my 102 degree fever on a 102 degree day near the end of...
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Partnership Building Survey
Thank you for participating in my research blog!! With your help, we may be of some benefit to others who are trying to build and live more self-reliant lifestyles. Link to the downloadable PDF at the...
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Reflections on August, 2016
In case you were wondering, building a house is exhausting. I mean serious, fall-asleep-before-your-head-hits-the-pillow exhausting. We’ve been at this house-building business for 3 years now and I...
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H.O.M.E.School Journal: “Pre” School
An idea came to me while listening to a homeschool podcast the other day. Particularly, Pam Barnhill’s Homeschool Snapshots podcast. She interviews homeschool moms and asks them all the same or...
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Homeschool Resources
Homeschool Reference Resource List This list is meant to be an exhaustive compilation of all the resources I have used to learn about homeschooling my children. It is mostly a personal reference guide...
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Reflections on September, 2016
Delicious tomatoes, the juiciest cantaloupe, and a giant bag of okra kicked off this September of 2016. They didn’t come from our soil of course, but the Lawton Farmer’s Market where I sold a bit of...
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Reflections on October, 2016
October is a second spring in this region. Plants that appeared desiccated to their death have reawakened. Fall rains and cooler temps have granted them new life. So many of the trees we planted in...
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Poetry
Share The Work by Alison, November, 2016 We share the work of wood and dirt each day. From sun up with shovels and hammers, To sundown with wheelbarrows and tampers. The life we’ve chosen is no small...
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Reflections on November, 2016
I need chocolate. I mean, really need chocolate. “The struggle is real,” they say, or “First world problems,” they say. Well “they” actually live in this “first world.” I know, that was way too...
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Partnership Building AKA: So you want to Build a House with your Spouse?
Sharing the muddy work of making cob “You’re not doing what I asked!” he yelled. “Of course! If I did what you asked, it’d be all crooked!” I responded. “Just hold the ends with both hands straight...
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Reflections on December, 2016
Once upon a time there was a small family. A strong man, a long-haired woman, and two young and rambunctious boys. They lived in Oklahoma, where the wind comes right behind the rain. They were...
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Reflections on January, 2017
Snow at Home Farm Consisting of a mixture of pseudo-spring days and bitter cold snowy ones, January has been quite an exciting month. In the beginning, the kids watched out the window for snow and we...
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