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Top 5 Favorite Books of 2020
In January, like many others, I set goals and publish them in my bullet journal to keep me on track for the year. To be honest, I really only accomplish about half of them because I set so many and some that I really don’t even care about. This year, my goal is to set more realistic and meaningful goals.…
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Blueberry Muffins
After a full week juggling work, virtual school, and dinners, I typically spend the weekend working on the farm and cleaning the house in an effort to catch up on a week’s worth of laundry and life. I would really love to be one of those moms that just has it all together with flawless hair and makeup and a…
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Slowcooker Apple Butter Recipe
Using a slow cooker is one of the easiest ways to make apple butter. It tastes like you have stood over a wood burning fire stirring apples in a copper kettle all day. For those who may not know, apple butter does not actually contain butter. The “butter” term is used to describe its butter like texture. Apple butter is…
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Simple Apple Sauce Recipe
When the apple harvest starts to come in I get the itch to make some of my favorite apple recipes to sustain my family through the winter. One of these family favorites is applesauce. So simple and so delicious. Yes, I realize that I can go and buy applesauce from the store, but there is nothing quite like fresh homemade…
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Apple Sauce Cake Recipe Like Granny Used to Make
A deliciously easy and moist applesauce cake studded with plump raisins and beautiful pecans just like Granny used to make
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Hackett Hill Farm House Renovation Update- Week 8
Can you believe we have been at this farm house renovation for 8 weeks?! I can hardly believe we bought the farm, much less that we are 8 weeks into a full on gut job of this little home. Working full time, raising babies, and all the other curve balls that life throws definitely present some challenges to a timely…
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Easy Pecan Cream Cheese Pumpkin Roll
Ahhhh fall. There is no other season that compares to fall with its gorgeous yellows, vibrant oranges, rich reds, and earthy browns. Beautiful confetti leaves falling from the sky as Mother Nature celebrates yet another harvest year. Fall is nature’s last glorious hoorah before winter’s white chill sets in and we are reset with a blank slate in the Virginias.…
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Quick and Easy Beef Stew with the Ninja Foodi
Beef stew is one of those warm you from the inside out kind of dinners, full of veggies, potatoes, herbs and beef that will stick to your ribs and please even the pickiest of eaters. It is a take you back home to your momma’s house kind of meal. Unlike traditional beef stew recipes that cook all day in the…
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The PawPaw- What It Is and How to Grow It
Growing up in West Virginia, I had heard of a PawPaw, but never in my life had I ever seen one. I honestly didn’t really even know what it was until my husband walks into the kitchen a few nights ago and says “Babe, what is this?” cracking open a 5 inch long oval greenish maroon fruit. The smell was…
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Pawpaw Quick Bread Recipe
Pawpaw bread is a delicious moist quick bread made with the fruit of the Pawpaw tree. The pawpaw tree bears a sweet smooth skinned fruit that looks similar to a papaya on the outside with a banana like custard on the inside. This custard like filling is a great addition to your fall baking recipes. I had never had a…
