About Me

Two years ago I quit my job of 20 years to remarry, move and become a "farm wife". For the most part, I am now a stay at home mom (with the exception of a few temp. odd jobs and sub teaching here and there).

As of the 2007 school year, we are now a homeschooling family.

We also farm. Our farms include a large garden, haying, horses, cows, geese, chickens, ducks, rabbits, 2 stocked ponds, small vinyard and an orchard.

We live at the main farm (the one with the animals) and our other farm is currently growing hay, nuts and firewood to harvest this fall.
In the spring we will be adding sheep, pigs and turkeys.

We have 5 daughters, (including 2 sets of twins) 3 who are still at home.

I love to camp, travel, garden, fish, bake, do needlework, sew, genelogy and ride horses. One of my favorite places to travel to is Northern Indiana (LaGrange county), where I have Amish cousins and to learn about my ancestors.

My goal is to help this family stay on track financially and to stay out of debt, other than our mortgage.

Hot outside

May 14th, 2007 at 12:03 pm

But, the air is not on. Our house has the tall windows and if we open them from the top, it stays much cooler than the outside.

I ran out of yeast today. I need to find a bulk Amish store that will send it to me. The nearest one is a couple hours away, and gas in this area is now $3.11 a gallon. To buy yeast at our local store is about $3 for a strip of 3 packs. Before I moved here, I got 2 lbs at a time for $8. If anyone knows of an Amish store that #1 takes credit cards and #2 does mail orders and #3 has a phone so I can order it, let me know-please! I usually bake 5-7 loaves a week.

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3 Responses to “Hot outside”

rduell Says:
May 14th, 2007 at 12:17 pm

Oh goodness! We woke up to frost today!!! But tomorrow it's going to be in the 80s. Looking forward to that!
Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
May 14th, 2007 at 02:00 pm

If you know anyone who goes to Costco, have them pick up a sack of yeast for you. I bought 2 lbs there for the price of one little three packet strip! Do you suppose we bakers need to know how to culture and dessicate our own yeast granules? Now that would be a learning situation, for me.
nance Says:
May 19th, 2007 at 04:04 pm

Sam's Club also sells yeast very inexpensively. I buy it there, and freeze what I am not going to use in the next couple months. Don't know if you have Costco or Sam's in your area, but their yeast, bread flour, etc. is very cheap, compared to grocery stores.

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