My Thoughts on Closing the Farm Store
I've missed talking to you this summer. Kai has changed and grown so much, his little words starting to really come out. He walks around...
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Louella Martin
- Jun 18
- 3 min
Farm Circleletter#1
Welcome to the Farm Circleletter! In this, I hope to simply share with you what is going on around the farm, how the animals are doing,...
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Louella Martin
- Jun 3
- 2 min
Farming and Relating to Your Animals
As I walked out to my vegetable garden and having also tucked many plant babies into flowerbeds here and there, I was suddenly struck by...
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Louella Martin
- Mar 20
- 1 min
Chili Dog Pie
This is one of my go-to recipes, especially for lunches when I don't know what to make and don't want to spend a long time in the...
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Louella Martin
- Jan 9
- 1 min
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Few things speak to winter nourishment like a simple, yummy chicken soup. This is my go-to for busy days or I have often taken it to...
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Louella Martin
- Nov 7, 2023
- 4 min
How to Make Gelatinous Bone Broth
Making bone broth is incredibly simple, if you have a pot, some bones and some patience! My new daily routine for the past 6 months or so...
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Louella Martin
- Oct 18, 2023
- 6 min
Bacon on the Run
Once upon a bright october Saturday, we moved pigs. Not that this was anything notable since we’d been doing it all summer. All summer...
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Louella Martin
- Oct 3, 2023
- 2 min
we're thankful for you this Thanksgiving
When we started this farmstore and raising meat for more than just our little family, I expected to build relationships within the...
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Louella Martin
- Aug 14, 2023
- 2 min
It's the Little Things (Why I might be behind on emails...)
Some weeks ago, the girls came to me with their beloved little rag dolls in hand and questions in their eyes. I'm honestly not sure how...
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Louella Martin
- Jun 28, 2023
- 3 min
The Hard Things No one Wants to Talk About
I grew up on a farm. And one of the things that inevitable goes along with farming is sick livestock. Despite our best efforts, things...
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Louella Martin
- Jun 3, 2023
- 2 min
A Blessing in the Farmstore
“Here, I brought back some egg cartons.” Sherri* held out a shopping bag filled with egg cartons, as she entered the farmstore. “Thank...
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Louella Martin
- May 1, 2023
- 2 min
Raising Pasture Raised Chickens
What exactly does it look like to raise chickens out in the field. Here I'll run you through a typical time of doing chores. Admittedly,...
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Louella Martin
- May 1, 2023
- 2 min
Chickens And Grass
If you drive past our farm in the summer months, you will see 4 chicken tractors marching in rows down through our fields. You might...
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Louella Martin
- Mar 29, 2023
- 2 min
Greasy Pig
My last post was written the day our son was born:) Since his birth, I have not spent a lot of time in the barn until just recently. But...
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Louella Martin
- Jan 3, 2023
- 2 min
Why Do We Farm the Way We Do
You know what they say about motherhood: there's a million ways to be be a good mom? Farming is almost the same way! There's so many...
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Louella Martin
- Jan 3, 2023
- 2 min
Why Do We Farm
Jesse and I were both raised on farms - I spent all my growing up years on my family's small, diverse farm, the kind of farm that is not...
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Louella Martin
- Nov 24, 2022
- 2 min
Welcome to our Farm
Who are we: We are a family of four (soon to be five!). My husband Jesse and myself have 2 daughters: Talyia (6) who just started school...
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