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Guinea Egg Frittata

Sounds fancy, right? I love using guinea eggs because they are so unique. The shells are really hard to crack, even though they are...

Homemade Laundry Detergent

I discovered this recipe for homemade laundry detergent about 7 years ago. (Wow, it’s been a long time!) That’s how long we’ve been...

Caring For Cast Iron

I’m going to apologize right away for the length of my introduction for “Caring for Cast Iron”. If you want to skip ahead to the...

Old Timey Soup Beans

Part One: 2 lb dried pinto beans Water The night before you want to have beans for dinner, you have to soak. Here’s our method to soak...

Our Favorite Cornbread

Cornbread is just one of those staples in the Appalachian kitchen. You can’t have iron skillets without cornbread. In fact, usually there...

J&R Farms Natural Products

For many years I had been on a mission to find purely natural skincare products. I finally found the perfect company to buy from, but it...

Open Fire Beef Stew

Today was very warm for the middle of January. Even though it was a little windy and we had scattered showers, I wanted to cook something...

Why We Do What We Do

I feel like I should go ahead and give sort of a mission statement for our farm, maybe even some history for you folks. Why am I doing...

How to Fertilize Your Raised Bed Garden...Naturally

It is the middle of January and John has already started preparing our raised bed gardens. He was doing this in the rain this weekend! I...

The Joy of Homemaking

I am not the cleanest housekeeper. I struggle to keep up with dishes and laundry. I especially struggle to keep up with boys’ messes. I...

Welcome to the Farm

Hello and welcome! We are very excited you are taking time to read our post. J&R Farms has been established for about 6 years, but we are...

Okra

I am 23 ½ weeks pregnant. John John and Judah have spent the night with Grandmommy for the first time in months, so John and I have had a...

The Clothes Line

Here I go again with another meaningful life application with my laundry line. Let me just say I love the thought of hanging all my...

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