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  • Sifted Bran from fresh milled flour on a vintage rose plate sitting next to a candle in my country kitchen
    Elizabeth Simkins / Fresh Milled Flour

    Sifting Fresh Milled Flour

    One thing about fresh milled flour is it comes with a whole lotta versatility! You don’t just have to have a dense, whole grain baked good. Let me show you how to sift whole grain, fresh milled flour for lighter baked goods and something that resembles a store bought, white, plain flour. This post contains…

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  • A pint jar of homemade orange marmalade sitting nice and pretty with a floral fabric jar topper and peach ribbon.
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    Homemade Orange Marmalade (Pectin and No Pectin Recipes)

    The most delicious orange marmalade (no bitter taste!) that we have loved to make orange chicken with and even adding to barbecue sauce for grilling. True sunshine in a jar! This recipe was adapted from Heart’s Content Farmhouse: https://heartscontentfarmhouse.com/orange-marmalade-canning/ Homemade Orange Marmalade Video(s) Homemade Orange Marmalade Recipe Prepare Orange Peels Start by peeling the orange skin…

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  • clear plastic carton of brown farm fresh chicken eggs on an old farmhouse table surrounded by pink azalea blooms.
    Decorating / Eggs / Elizabeth Simkins / Farm / Homemaking / Laying Hens

    Keeping Fresh Eggs Rotated In The Farmhouse Kitchen

    One of Those Little Farmhouse Things There’s almost always a basket of fresh eggs sitting on our farmhouse counter in the spring and summer months. With fresh eggs coming in daily, I’ve learned it helps to have a simple old-fashioned system for keeping them rotated through the kitchen. Nothing fancy. Just a way to keep…

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  • Green and brown egg shells stacked in an antique teacup in front of an antique milk glass lamp full of eggs.
    Eggs / Farm / Laying Hens

    Feeding Egg Shells to Chickens

    From the Coop to the Kitchen and Right Back Again There’s something so satisfying about not wasting a thing on the farm. Anytime this happens you can find me grinning big and feeling like a real farmer!  What once held breakfast (or lunch or supper or a snack when you get two dozen eggs a…

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  • hard boiled eggs sitting on a rose melamine plate with a sliced hard boiled egg laid out in front on a wood cutting board.
    Eggs / Farm / Laying Hens / Recipe Box

    Hard Boiled Farm Fresh Eggs That Peel Easily

    It’s Just Not True Have ya heard of the myth that farm fresh eggs can’t be used for boiled eggs? It is just not true! I do it every week just fine. Many grocery store eggs are not fresh, just preserved to last longer therefore they seem to be easier to boil and peel. I…

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  • Botanical Interest Packet of Progress #9 seeds held up
    Elizabeth Simkins / Farm

    Planting Green Pea Seeds

    Late to the Pea Party I shared recently that we’ve been working on our garden by fencing it in, adding arched and straight trellises, and slowly filling it out over the past few years. We even built a beautiful garden arbor at once of the double picket gates, added split rail on each side of…

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Deuteronomy 28:8

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