Transylvanian Farmer

I love being able to do things myself. I’ve recently learned how to refinish furniture, how to use a paint sprayer, and it’s paying out. We received some free but outdated (IMO) furniture, so I gave it a makeover. I also painted the doors, baseboards, and trims for our house.
If you want it, you can do it!

Whether you believe it’s purposeful or not, this will affect us at all levels. Be ready, have books on everything you would need when you no longer have access to the internet, and tools, and whatever you need to survive (seeds?). Order stuff while you are able to.

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Solar superstorm may shut down internet for months, scientist warns - Insider Paper A solar superstorm might wipe out the internet for weeks or even months, warns a scientist, Fox Weather reported.

I am convinced that one of the reasons Titus talks about the older women teaching the younger women to be at home, is because younger women often don’t appreciate being at home until they are older. It teaches us unconditional love more than anything.

It’s not until the last few years that I have found “joy” in tending to my family. It really ramped up over the last two years. And especially in the last year.

Each year that I get older, I appreciate homemaking more. It doesn’t feel like a job, it feels like a gift. There is endless joy because it is no longer done in vain. And that is the key.

For years I made my home in vain because of the expectations I placed on myself and my family. But now, with realistic expectations and really being ok with them, homemaking is joyful.

More importantly, however, the deeper love you have for the people within your home, the deeper you appreciate homemaking. If taking care of them is an inconvenience, then check your heart for selfishness and pride. Within reason, or course. We also don’t allow our family members to be sluggards. They all still have jobs yo do.

Dear homemaker, may I encourage you today to understand that finding joy in homemaking means setting real life expectations, not Pinterest ones. And setting aside homemaking in vain, and trading it for authentic Christ-like love for the people in your home.

This makes all the difference 🤍

Flashing is the portion of the reel that is being censored by IG! Chances of dying in a car crash- 1% Chances of contracting E. coli- .3% Chances of contracting foodborn botulism- .00000033% 110 cases of botulism annually in the USA with less than 25% of those being food born cases. 332 Million people in the USA. Chances of Botulism are less than .00000033

Did you know that the more flowers you pick, the more flowers your plant will produce? The main purpose of the plants is to reproduce before they die. Once they put out flowers, if allowed to get to seed, they will stop making flowers, because the reproduction process is complete. If you pick the flowers, however, they will continue putting out flowers to try to get to seed.
These are from my garden. A few days ago I picked maybe 5-7 flowers, and this is today ❤️

My friends invented the coolest bottle opener you’ve seen! Check it out!

Etsy Shop Link in bio #etsy #gifts #bullet #ammo #bottle opener #spaltedmaple #groomsmengift #thanksgiving #christmas #handmade #create #art #smooth

The grapevine we found and cleaned last year is producing a lot! The grapes are just the right sweetness and have a wonderful crunch to them. Very refreshing.
What peace of mind to know you can pick organic food out of your backyard ❤️

I don’t have dogs, but if I did…

I copied this from a group I’m in. The person who posted it did not copy it from another post. Like the one posting said, do with it what you will.

“This is just information folks, do with it what you will. About a month ago i was informed by someone who works in the animal industry as i do, tell me that soon there will be dog food on the shelf at stores throughout the united states that is reduced price. Significantly reduced !
There is a reason it is significantly reduced. Thats all i will say. I would not feed to my pets but that's just me.

Today i seen it at 2 seperate stores”

If you can only plant "ONE and only ONE" tomato for next year, what would it be?

Copied and pasted:

Just a little warning for all who are canning pickles or anything using vinegar. This year you cannot just grab a plastic jar of vinegar or even pickling vinegar without checking the label. Safe pickling requires 5% acidity...for the first time we are seeing 4% acidity vinegar... on the shelves. That renders anything pickled in the 4% NOT shelf stable. I belong to several canning FB pages where everyone is warning for the first time ever...to check those labels or you could be throwing out many jars of unsafe pickled veggies.

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He is 94 years young today! Love him ❤️

My 89 year old granfather, teaching my husband how to use the scythe

EDITED TO ADD : my grandfather is going to be soooo thrilled when he sees how many people have seen this. Please share if you don’t mind. The more the merrier. I will post his reaction later next week after I visit my grandparents ☺️
Please add your country/state, so he can see how far this reaches

THANK YOU ALLL 😘

They fight over strawberries 🤣

Yarrow for my medicinal herbs pantry.
I love being able to harvest herbs from my own backyard ☺️❤️

Curing garlic

Breakfast this morning:
Biscuits and gravy and eggs 🤤

This is what my soul craves! Peace, nature, calmness, nurture
This is what I get to see and hear off the back porch of our house in Missouri ❤️

Paradise! #relaxing #relaxingsounds #relaxingvideo #naturesounds #birdsounds #relaxingnaturesounds

FYI

Today I made a very popular street food/fair food in Transylvania: Chimney cakes. it’s a sweet dough rolled in sugar and caramelized on a barbecue, then rolled in toppings like walnut and cinnamon sugar.
We used to have a business a few years back and we kept the oven. It’s delicious 😋 🤤

Transylvanian street food: Chimney Cake #kurtoskalacs #streetfood #culture #romania #transylvania

New video is up! Would love to get your opinions

HARD TIMES ARE COMING! Be prepared!!!

Making sausage and smoking it in a DYI cold smoker

Easy Homemade sausage, Transylvanian style This is a two in one video. First part is the recipe we use for our sausage. It’s smoked the traditional way, in a cold smoker. Second part of the video will...

PRESERVE MEAT WITHOUT A FREEZER!!! My ancestors have been preserving meat this way for centuries. Learn how to be food independent of what happens with the grid, whether you homestead on acrea...

Chickens will eat anything. So feed them scraps, leftovers, and whole grains that you can ferment, or sprout to make them last longer/stretch your budget

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(It’s driving me nuts that I can’t go in and correct this (it’s a photo I saved off of Facebook), but it’s
“WOULDN’T”, not would’nt 😖🤦🏻‍♀️

What’s the difference between store bought wholemeal flour and freshly milled flour? #homebaker

Guess that veggie!

This is real!

If you have an Amazon Alexa and get packages from Amazon, ask Alexa to thank your delivery driver, the driver will get an extra $5 at no cost to you. Just a nice gesture through the holidays.

Flowers in December ❤️

Romanian pork aspic (jelly)
Kind of tastes like head cheese, if you’ve had any

Zacusca (Romanian veggie spread)
Green Salsa
“Ketchup” (not really-tomato base with root veggies and herbs)
Cowboy Candy

Spring’s herald 🦋🌸

There is something about fine china that appeals to my feminine core
Owning even a single plate of this beautiful Limoges makes me happy
Would love to know the pattern so if anyone has any info, please share 💝

Fresh Chicken Eggs 🥚

Riddle:
Two mothers and two daughters go out to eat. They order 3 burgers and they each ate a whole one. How is that possible?

(If you know the answer, share it forward. You can reply with ‘I got it’, but don’t spoil others’ fun)