A New Path
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- Emily
- Fairbanks, Alaska
- We are a family of four (with one more on the way), living in the Arctic Boreal Forest above Fairbanks, in the Interior of Alaska. I write about our simple life and trying to keep our life simple in a day when the typical American life is anything but. When I first started writing this blog I had a toddler and a baby and we were a growing homestead. I wanted to share our day to day and all the lessons we learned along the way, from mixing our own chicken feed to goat kidding season and cheese making. As our children have grown, home schooling has really taken over and I have had to examine every aspect of our lives to keep our days simple yet fruitful. These days you will still find me posting and sharing pictures of our chickens and garden, berry picking and salmon processing. I also hope to be writing about home schooling decisions and lessons as well as other interests and hobbies the kids and I explore. Reader interest and feedback is what keeps me writing, so please leave lots of comments!
My Blog List
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COVID19 Reboot4 years ago
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Weathering the drought6 years ago
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April on the farm!!8 years ago
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A Little Here and a Little There8 years ago
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The View from Mattie’s Pillow8 years ago
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A Lot of Walks10 years ago
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More January Re-cap10 years ago
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Michaelmas 201311 years ago
Popular Posts
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We are entering our fifth year raising dairy goats. Initially we did not intend to ever eat our goats. Our plan was to raise does for milk... -
This is our fourth year raising ducks for eggs and meat. I love ducks. I love their bills and their webbed feet. I love their waddle and the...
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A year ago we started mixing our own chicken feed using mostly whole grains. We have fed the same mix to our layers, starters (I ground it u...
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This is a picture I dug up from last spring, Xanadu and her first doeling, Avalon I have been wanting to break away from our COB (rolled ... -
Pregnant Zinnia going for a walk - this picture was from last year; however, we are once again going on walks, and once again, Zinnia ... -
After four years of raising goats, starting with six goat kids and, well, today we've got, oh, eleven adults and seven kids with more on...
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I first read about the health benefits of Kombucha a few years ago when researching kefired milk. Kombucha and Kefir are both probiotic beve... -
Hermaphrodite Welsummer Pullet It appears as though we have a hermaphrodite chicken. The Welsummer chicks can be sexed at a day old and we w... -
Today was soap making day. It had been so long since I'd made soap from scratch (a year and a half), that I'd forgotten the steps i... -
I just came in from night time chores. It is about ten degrees below zero and snowing. It was one of the few nights that I paused and conte...
5 comments:
Wow! You guys have really worked hard, and I have to say those are some great looking veggies, and the apples...I wish I could reach through my screen and grab one!
I imagine there's not much time left up where you're at to get the harvesting done. When do you usually get your first hard freeze and/or snow?
Have a great weekend!
Where did you get your hay from? Looks nice.
That was out at the Quist farm. It is the closest farm to us, maybe twelve miles by road, just a few as the crow flies. It has turned out to be better hay than I first thought it was, and at eight dollars a heavy bale, it can't be beat. Should have gotten more.
Denise, we usually get our first frost about now, late September. First snow in early October, although it doesn't always stay around till mid/late October. Trying to finish up the garden this weekend. Ground might be a bit frozen by next weekend.
Oh, how I love Harvest. everything about your photos screams Autumn. Makes me wish Texas had a little more color this time of year:) barefoot Mama
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