http://www.oldpathsfamilyfarm.net/blog Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:16:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our current listing agreement for selling our house ends today. It has now been two years since we first put our home on the market and, like most things in life, I could not have foreseen it taking this long. (For those who are new here, we are selling our ... http://www.oldpathsfamilyfarm.net/blog/2009/11/30/so-what-do-you-do-when-youre-living-in-limbo/ I was wondering what would be the thing that would break the ice to get me back to my blog. I think this is it. A precious, precious girl that I know (whom I have watched grow into a godly young woman) is about to be married. She has an ... http://www.oldpathsfamilyfarm.net/blog/2009/11/25/do-me-a-favor-ok/ A few days back, Amy asked us to post our lacto-fermented salsa recipe. We use the basic outline of the recipe from Nourishing Traditions and tweak it a bit based on which fresh ingredients we have available at the time. Sometimes it has more bell peppers than other times, sometimes ... http://www.oldpathsfamilyfarm.net/blog/2009/06/23/making-lacto-fermented-salsa-with-recipe/ It seems I have chosen the most counter-intuitive moment to post pictures of the babies. I am swamped with preparations to get to our homeschool convention tomorrow: finishing my shopping lists, getting the house and meals ready for the sabbath, getting the big kids ready for an outing with Grandma ... http://www.oldpathsfamilyfarm.net/blog/2009/06/11/twin-pictures-finally/ I never intended to stop blogging. I just never could seem to get back to it. Life kept going. Little People needed loving, Big People needed it too, and there were always mouths to feed, faces to wash, chores to do...the details of life to see to. The thing about ... http://www.oldpathsfamilyfarm.net/blog/2009/05/23/so-she-comes-back/ Tennessee Farmgirl is having a sale on her Medicinal Herb Course that includes a bonus for those (like Me!) who have already taken her course. Run, don't walk click over to her site quickly to see the details! From the post with the nitty gritty: Have you ever wanted to learn ... http://www.oldpathsfamilyfarm.net/blog/2008/12/08/i-just-love-a-good-sale/ This is the season that several years ago, changed our lives forever. To be more precise, it was hindsight during the aftermath of this season that spurred our changing. In the midst of looking back over that recent 'celebration' of Christmas, we were led to go back to square one ... http://www.oldpathsfamilyfarm.net/blog/2008/12/03/tis-the-season/ I was asked by a friend (several weeks ago - blush) about hydrogenated oils, and why I avoid them especially when nursing. Her comments were: Since I read your follow-up to my comment on your twins I have been researching hydrogenated oils and their effect on breast milk and our ... http://www.oldpathsfamilyfarm.net/blog/2008/11/28/nursing-mommas-and-dietary-oils/ Just wanted to share a couple of fun pictures of twins holding twins. Too bad the age difference is too large to arrange (or encourage) a marriage. Caleb Waller (with the hat) is holding our Sweetie and Josh - his twin, is holding her twin, Honey. The proud future in-laws parents, Mr. ... http://www.oldpathsfamilyfarm.net/blog/2008/11/25/twins-anyone/ Thanksgiving is upon us, and we love to get together with our extended family and feast, feast, feast. It is a great time for us to get together without the tension that can be a part of celebrations with relatives that are not believers. Somehow, the thankfulness that wells up ... http://www.oldpathsfamilyfarm.net/blog/2008/11/24/kosher-holiday-cooking-with-gelatin/