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Owning Ducks vs Chickens Which One Is Right For You?

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Owning Ducks vs Chickens Which One Is Right For You?

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Hi, I'm Madelyn! I embraced marriage and motherhood at 18, and over the past 8 years, I've fallen in love with all things natural—from wholesome recipes to creating a beautiful home. Join me for simple recipes, DIY home tutorials, and a peek into our everyday farm life. Let's make life simpler, sweeter, and healthier together!

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The last 48 bars of soap flew off of our farm stan

The last 48 bars of soap flew off of our farm stand shelves! We have only a few left!

When people ask how easy it is to make cold process soap, I reply, it's not easy AT ALL 😅 you basically need a second kitchen for all of the supplies and dishes it takes.

You also need a fair amount of chemistry knowledge if you're changing a recipe even a tiny bit, it can get ruined without the proper knowledge of how you're affecting the soaponification process!

New scents coming soon!

#Homestead #soaper #makingsoap #makesoap #coldprocesssoap #Homesteading #farm #farmlife #soap

✨️Product spotlight✨️ Dish soap! This is

✨️Product spotlight✨️

Dish soap!

This is a recipe I worked on and experimented with for quite a while. I have used it in my own kitchen the last year, and I love it!

I originally tried a liquid dish soap, which ended up needing so many ingredients, not being very shelf stable, and not working as well as I would have liked. So I pivoted and made a cold process hard bar from simple ingredients that check all my boxes!

I want my dish soap to be:
🧼BUBBLY
🧼non-tox ingredients
🧼Tough on grease
🧼Low Waste *lasts a long time and plastic free

✨️this soap can also be used to wash produce!✨️

My recipe uses simple ingredients:

Lye
Water
Organic Coconut oil
Citric Acid

I found coconut oil to be the most effective oil for breaking down grease and being sudsy.

Citric acid proved to be crucial in breaking down grease and preventing cloudy dishes due to hard minerals in the water.

The lye and water are necessary for the soaponification process in turning the oil into soap!

I sell 2 variations of unscented dish soap sets:

🧼3.3oz. Bar +wood soap holder + brush $12
🧼6oz. Soap poured into Rakemin + brush $15

I also have additional bars available ($6), as well as ramekins to buy without scrub brushes ($10), + a discount if you swap out your original ramekin ($7)!

Personally, I love using the soap ramekin + scrub brush set!

I will also have essential oil scents coming soon!

All products are available for purchase at the farm stand, or can be bought online and shipped if you message me directly.

Death is dead, love has won, Christ has conquered,

Death is dead, love has won, Christ has conquered, and we shall reign with Him for He lives Christ has risen from the dead!

What a joy to celebrate with family and friends.

Happy resurrection Sunday! He has risen!

✨️Product spotlight✨️ My sister Marjorie

✨️Product spotlight✨️

My sister Marjorie is making necklaces and bracelets for the farmstand!

Bracelets are $6
Earrings are $5

All made by hand, with hypoallergenic metal (earrings) and mostly glass beads.

Food doesn't get any fresher than this. 🥚🥚🥚

The last week, I've ve been working on moving our

The last week, I've ve been working on moving our everbearing raspberries to a new location. They were crowding our blueberry bush and grape vine, making picking a thorny task.

So they've all been moved to the back of the garden, where they will be easier to pick the raspberries, and they will not be sticking us with thorns every time we go near the grapes and blueberries.

#Homestead #farm #countrylife #garden #gardening #homesteading

Introducing Genny! It may look like Genny (Genev

Introducing Genny!

It may look like Genny (Genevieve) is in doggy jail, but she's totally in her element. 🤣

She's a purebred Great Pyrenees who was raised on a different farm with goats until 16 weeks, when she joined our family as our official goat protector.

She's a sweet, soft, huge ball of fluff who is very friendly and always up for fun!

#puppy #Pyrenees #greatpyreneeslove
#Homestead #lgd #goats

Quick tutorial for a farmstand favorite - strawber

Quick tutorial for a farmstand favorite - strawberry jam!

I love canning using Pomona's Pectin because it allows me to use a much lower amount of sugar and still have a wonderful fresh strawberry jam!

#canning #jam #homemadejam #strawberryjam #homemade #recipe #homestead

Easy DIY mullein steam for clearing lungs One of

Easy DIY mullein steam for clearing lungs
One of my favorite cold/flu herbs is mullein!

We use mullein in:
Tincture,
Elixir,
Tea,
And steam form.

It grows wild here in Wisconsin, I harvest it from our yard!

#herbs #herbalism #homeremedy #diy #herbs #healingherbs #homesteader #Homestead #homemade

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