Farming.....Hard Work!!

We've been planting transplants today on the farm.  This doesn't sound that hard but it really is.  You've got to consider the heat and how much you are having to bend up and down.  Some days like today, the heat is what is really difficult to take.  And, it hasn't even reached the 90's yet.  This is going to be one long summer.  It would help if it got hotter gradually instead of all at once.  

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Starting Solid Food

We have finally started feeding Riley solid food. We are not your normal family. We don't go by what you would typically hear at your pediatrician's office. We have fed him a soft boiled egg yolk, pureed grass-fed ribeye steak, and avocado. We are trying to go by the Weston A. Price foundation website about what to feed babies when. It's so amazing to see the way Riley reacts to certain foods and how he just loves eating food like Mommy and Daddy do. God has blessed us so much with Riley.

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Real Food for Mother and Baby

This post is part of the giveaway contest at Nourishing Days.
Shannon at Nourishing Days is giving away three copies of the book, "Real Food for Mother and Baby" by Nina Planck.
It sounds like an absolutely wonderful book.
Find out who Nina Plank is at her website, www.ninaplanck.com.
Eating real food and not the processed boxed stuff is what our grandparents and great grandparents grew up on. Why do we seem to try and make everything so convenient?! My husband and I are trying to eat real food. It's hard. We are used to the convenience just like everyone else in America. But I want to slow down and take the time to make wholesome meals for my family and slow down my life where I am not rushing to and fro. But, it's easier said than done.

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