Hi! I’m Rachel and this is my family. We live on a small, but very hard working, farm in northern Illinois. I like to say we grow kids, animals and things to eat!
Since moving to our farm in 2018, we have learned something new every season. From expanding our garden, to raising and butchering animals for meat and managing our bee hives and orchard, there is always something messy to do.
Since a young girl I have always felt like an “old soul,” like maybe I was born to the wrong century. ha! Handmade items, cooking in cast iron, preserving goodies from the garden are a few of the things I enjoy. To be honest, I find them (and daily prayer) necessary to keeping in good humor while raising five young children.
This is my space to chronicle our lives, a scrapbook of sorts for my children. Maybe there will be something here that encourages you, or gives you insight to a different way.
I hope you’ll follow along with us, we’d love the company!