Many of you know that we use to live without electricity, cooked over a fire, harvested wild plants for our meal table, boiled water for baths and washed our clothes in the creek. Actually we lived "off the grid" since 1997 off and on. I remember my first experience in 1997 when my husband sold our beautiful home in the city and we moved to the High Sierras living in a tent with five chidlren and a lizzard! Oh, the memories! My husband loves to buy a piece of land and then make it "home." I was a city girl and didn't even know how to plant much less harvest and cook a meal for my family. We have some pretty fun stories that have come from our learning experience! The photo I share with you today is the actual cookstove I used for a couple of years. There has been lots of learning over the years, lots of heart growth and today we love sharing with others all that we have learned through the years. Today, we live in a beautiful home with running water, indoor plumbing and pay a bill to the electric company each month for the pleasure of using the light switch. However, we all agree that the simple ways we learned are worth holding onto and something we desire to use in our new setting.
With that said, my Joe has asked me to write a series to share with others titled, The Simple Life Made Simple.The title of the series is in honor of my grandfather, Ora Renfro and will be explained in the introduction of each ebook. Lord willing, we will begin offering these ebooks for sale soon. For those of you that are local we will also be hosting classes were I teach you hands on how to do some of these "simple" tasks from days long ago. I do not share as an exhaustive resource. Quite the contrary, I am simply a "city slicker" who moved to the mountains and by the grace of God learned a few things through the process. It is with that experience that I share with you! It is my desire to show you how simple the simple life can be! With a little patience, perserverance, and tender mercy from the Lord you will prosper in all you do!
For more information about our ebooks(we are gathering a waiting list now) please email me at: covenantranchonline@yahoo.com Beth-Joy is managing all the class and ebook requests for the family. I have included the class information below. Each course will have it's own ebook and is included in the price of the course
May the Lord be Glorified by all we do.
With much love,
Mrs. Joseph Wood
Simple Life Made Simple Series:
Simple Living:
Food Storage
Living "off the grid" including alternative energy sources.
In the Kitchen- with Momma Wood, Beth Joy and Sarah Grace.
Cheesemaking overview
Making Mozzarella
Butter making
Yogurt
Home made, Hand cranked ice cream
Bread Making
Baiscs of Breadmaking: everything from grinding your grain to serving the final product.
Variety of breadmaking techniques: Honey whole wheat bread, Challa bread, Sourdough
Gathering from God's Garden
Harvesting, storing and using herbs that grow wild.
Spend a day in the garden - with Momma Wood, Beth Joy and the rest of the crew
This is a all day class that covers everything from making the garden beds to pulling the weeds
Making garden beds
Making the mulch
Layering the compost
Different tricks to making it look nice.
Companion planting
What to grow with what and where.
What bugs are good in your garden and what bugs are bad.
Caring for God's Creatures- with Momma Wood, Elisha, Beth Joy, Josiah and the rest of the crew.
Meet the goats
How to milk a goat
The general care
Bottle feeding kids
Meet the cows
How to milk the cow
The general care
Caring for sheep
Feeding the sheep
Pasture Management
Preparing sheep for the table
In the Chicken coop
Preditor proof your chicken coop
Feeding a healthy balanced diet
Processing chickens
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