About Tricia

I am Tricia. Momma of nine, homeschooler, artist, foodie and maker of all kinds of things. It's a pleasure to share here our family homesteading adventures, the things we make, and what inspires our days. Read more about my family and work here. Thanks for visiting!

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back to market

By on October 5, 2011 in Farmers Market

Before Olivia was born I had a booth at our towns Saturday mornings farmers market. We sold organic cookies, cakes, pastries and lots of my crafts.  We were there for about a year and then as the time came for Livie to be born I took some time off. I said I would be back in a few months which kept stretching out until they became years. Olivia is now 2 and a half and I am going back!  I could not bring myself to leave her before because for the first two years she was nursing and does not like Momma to leave her, then it was one thing or the other. 

Iam so excited but also a little scared!  What if it does not go as well as before.  What if people do not like our goodies anymore or we just don’t do well???  I would not expect even one customer to still remember who we are though for a while anytime I went shopping at the farmers market customers and booth owners would always ask us when our cookies were coming back?  Would you please say a little prayer for me?

So I had to get my booth back together.  We used to sell under the name The Green Market but as I have said before, the word green makes me feel, well, green.  It is so abused by every single person who wants to exploit it.  After thinking for a while we are calling it ORANGE.  Haha, its the new green!  It stands for organic, renewable, artisan, natural, gourmet and eco-friendly.

Of course the orange also gave me a jump start on decorating my space with orange as the main color.  I am sewing like mad and starting friday I am making lots of cookie doughs (secret to really good cookies is to refrigerate the dough for at least 24 hours) and lots of other things.  I will try and share with you along the way as much as I can.

Here are the fabrics to make the aprons, tablecloths and basket covers and some other neat things.

 I want it to be happy and cheery

 some notions

 bakers twine is my favorite (it is really expensive though so I am working on making it myself) stay tuned for more on bakers twine.  I use it to tie around jams and packages.

 and then as I was on my way out… I ran into this fabric

don’t you think this would make the cutest dresses for my girls?
see you tomorrow
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Restocking the larder

By on October 4, 2011 in Outings

Sorry I missed posting my rhythms for Friday and Saturday as promised.  I had a little episode of vertigo.  Someone (who shall remain nameless) thought our house smelled too “natural” and sprayed a homemade air freshener from a chemical stew called fabric softener.  Apparently I found out that my one of my children likes the smell of this stuff on her clothes.  Growing up in a house where our clothes just smells clean means that she never smelled like her other friends and she wanted that smell.  So, she sprayed it and I breathed it in and ended up with a hot pain in my brain and I started feeling really dizzy. Within 10 minutes I was in full blown vertigo and in bed.  SO I promise to post my Friday and Saturday rhythm this week.

Today I had to go do my shopping since Saturday I was down.  I drove all the way to Whole Foods and so I took along the camera so I could share it with you.  I had lots to buy today and I took along my favorite shopping buddy.

 I usually take my reusable bulk food bags with me but I left the bag of them in my foyer.  I was not happy thinking that these thin bags would break with my grains in it.  When I got home I had a ton of these little bags left over.  What can you do with these? anyone?

 my favorite aisle at the store.  I spend a whole lot of time here since the bulk of what I buy is in the bulk bins.  I love buying exactly how much I need of nuts, grains or wheat.  It is also a lot less expensive.

 woo-hoo our favorite breakfast granola is on sale.  This might seem really expensive but when you think that for $4.00 you are buying 16 ounces of it and the junky cereal in boxes costs about that much (unless you have a coupon) and those boxes are usually about 12 ounces, its not so bad.  Plus, a little granola with yogurt or milk fills you much more than a big bowl of cereal so you use less.

 My favorite natural food colorings… anyone know of a cheaper source for these, I go through them fast and they are expensive

  new natural bristle tooth brushes.
Today I bought, wheat berries, wheat bran, quinoa, sesame seeds, popcorn, sweet brown rice, raisins, almonds, granola, yellow split peas, golden flax, large flake nutritional yeast, a hunk of parmesan cheese, two goat cheese logs, brown rice syrup,  sucanat, diced tomatoes, beans, pasta, some new sponges and a scrubber (hopefully more on this later), dishwashing liquid, castile soap, sesame candies, tooth brushes, and a few other things I can’t remember 🙂
What do you buy when you go to the grocery store?
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