The Best Green Smoothie Recipe
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by Colleen @ Frenchie Farm
3y ago
Trying to figure out a way to sneak more greens into your day? Try the best green smoothie recipe! Both kids and adults will love this refreshing and healthy daily dose of greens. The best green smoothie recipe Green smoothies are one of my all time favorite drinks. Between homesteading, homeschooling, working, and daily life around the house, sometimes it’s tempting to reach for quick food items that lack nutritional substance. Green smoothies are one of the easiest ways to sneak in a few more (or a lot more!) veggies into your daily diet without much effort. Easy and delicious? I’m in. If yo ..read more
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Farm Classes for Kids at Frenchie Farm
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by Colleen @ Frenchie Farm
3y ago
Interested in signing your child up for farm classes for kids, but need a little bit more information first? You’re in the right place. About the teacher Hi! I’m Colleen, and I’m so happy that you’re here. I’m a previous child/adolescent therapist turned regenerative farmer and modern homesteading blogger. We currently raise Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats, chickens, ducks, and Great Pyrenees on our small organic family farm. I’m the teacher behind farm classes for kids. I left the therapy world behind to focus on raising our two little ones while continuing to expand our modern homestead. Wi ..read more
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Raising livestock guardian dogs: what you need to know
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by Colleen @ Frenchie Farm
3y ago
Thinking about raising livestock guardian dogs on your farm, but not sure where to start? I’m sharing some of our favorite items to make raising livestock guardian dogs as easy as possible. Raising livestock guardian dogs Soon after moving to the farm, we noticed a significant amount of coyote behavior in the pastures. We weren’t surprised – coyotes are extremely brazen in our area and are known to casually walk through neighborhoods completely unfazed by humans. Our farm was also vacant for 15+ years, so the wildlife activity was extremely high. Finding a coyote here and there is inevitable ..read more
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Preserving food at home & best gardening tools
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by Colleen @ Frenchie Farm
3y ago
Garden season is officially in full effect, which means it’s finally time to harvest and preserve! Whether your new to gardening or you’re a pro, these tips will set you up for success. I’m sharing my favorite methods for preserving food at home in this post. In addition, I’m also sharing some of our best gardening tools! Best gardening tools & preserving food at home “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” -Audrey Hepburn During such a time of uncertainty in the world, there’s something beautiful about having hope in tomorrow. Although we don’t know what tomorrow, next week, or n ..read more
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Homestead layout planning tips
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by Colleen @ Frenchie Farm
3y ago
Considering starting a homestead, but have no idea how to design it? Whether you’re on 1 acre or 100 acres, these homestead layout planning tips will set your homestead up for success. Homestead layout planning tips When we started our homestead, Ben and I had absolutely no idea what we were doing. We spent countless hours researching best practices while also teaching ourselves along the way. Through our own personal experiences (and mistakes), we’ve implemented some homestead layout planning tips to simplify homesteading. Between setting up housing, fencing, and learning about appropriat ..read more
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Painting hardwood floors white: DIY white wood floors
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by Colleen @ Frenchie Farm
3y ago
Thinking about painting your hardwood floors white, but not sure how? I’m sharing everything you need to know to create your own DIY white wood floors in the post below. Painting hardwood floors white Before going too far into our DIY white wood floors, let me start off by explaining why we decided to paint our floors in the first place. Purchasing an 1800s farmhouse inevitably comes with a whole lot of work (and character!) Although we loved the existing hardwood floors, they were ROUGH. Huge gaps between boards and exposed nail heads were everywhere, along with zero finish on the boards ..read more
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Supply list for ducklings: raising backyard ducks
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by Colleen @ Frenchie Farm
3y ago
Thinking about raising backyard ducks, but not sure which supplies you need? I’m sharing our supply list for ducklings in this post. Raising backyard ducks If you’ve been following along on Instagram stories, then it’s no surprise that our experience with raising backyard ducks has been hilariously crazy. Although we weren’t quite prepared for the insanity that inevitably accompanies raising ducks, these silly birds bring a smile to our faces each and every morning. I can barely contain my excitement for the day when we can add duck eggs to our egg basket! Perhaps the duck insanity has starte ..read more
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Raising ducklings: what I wish I knew before getting ducklings
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by Colleen @ Frenchie Farm
3y ago
Considering raising ducklings on your homestead (or backyard)? I’m sharing what I wish I knew before getting ducklings in this post. Raising ducklings: what I wish I knew before getting ducklings If you follow along on Instagram, then you probably already know that our experience raising ducks has been interesting to say the least. Ben and I had high hopes for adding ducks to our modern homestead. He insisted that based on his research, ducks were all around easier than chickens. Less mess, more hardy, and an abundance of duck eggs – what could go wrong!? To be perfectly honest, I didn’t ev ..read more
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Raising backyard chickens 101
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by Colleen @ Frenchie Farm
3y ago
Wondering what supplies you need to care for chickens? I’m sharing our favorite chicken supplies in my Raising Backyard Chickens 101 post below. Whether you’re starting with chicks or already have an adult flock, the items below will set your flock up for success. Raising backyard chickens 101: Supplies for raising chickens When we decided to start a modern homestead and get chickens, we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. Neither Ben nor myself grew up on a farm, so we decided to teach ourselves as we went along. If you’re interested in homesteading, then chickens are the perfe ..read more
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Paleo pancake recipe: gluten free/grain free pancakes
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by Colleen @ Frenchie Farm
3y ago
Looking for a way to use up those extra farm fresh eggs? Soft, fluffy, and loaded with flavor, this paleo pancake recipe is absolute perfection. I promise – even if you’re a gluten lover, you’ll never know that these pancakes are completely grain free. Paleo Pancake Recipe When Ben and I decided to (mostly) eliminate gluten and greatly reduce grains for our diets, we started searching for recipes that would replicate some of our favorite food items. Pancakes were high on our list of recipes that needed to be recreated ASAP, but most of the paleo pancake recipes that we tried were a major fail ..read more
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