Posted on September 24, 2020
by Laura Beacher Long
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I enjoy being fifty-one, going gray and sharing what I have learned along the way. We all have “things” in our lives we have been through or can share that might help someone else.
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Category: Faith, Family, Farm, HealthTags: Be Light, daily devotional, exercise, Faith, fall, Family, Family Farm, Farm, farmwife, mimi, NC Century Farm, projects, recharge, rest, rest in the word, restoration, restoring, seasons, sharing stories, spiritual growth
Posted on September 11, 2020
by Laura Beacher Long
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Hello from the western Piedmont of North Carolina! Today, as our nation reflects on the events of 9/11/2001, I am thankful for our country, for the indomitable spirit of the American people, and for the freedom we have living in the United States of… Continue Reading “Friday’s Farm Minute”
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Category: UncategorizedTags: 9/11, 9/11 remembered, buckwheat, cover crops, Faith, fall gardening, Family, Family Farm, Farm, farmlife, farmwife, fava beans, God, homegrown, hoop tunnels, NC Century Farm, Organic Growers School, priorities, raised beds, sharing our stories
Posted on July 20, 2020
by Laura Beacher Long
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What comes to your mind when you think about the word positive? I think about being certain of something, like I am absolutely 100% positive that I do not like snakes, especially when they are in the chicken coop! Or, I think about being… Continue Reading “Positively Positive”
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Category: Faith, Family, Farm, HealthTags: Barn, Be Light, Books, covid-19, Faith, Family, Family Farm, Farm, farmlife, farmwife, farmwomenstrong, Health, NC Century Farm, New Barn, Positive, Postivity, quarantine, Summer Reads, sunflowers
Yesterday was Pickle Day here at The Farm. Refrigerator pickles are one of my favorite treats of summer! I started making this summer staple of the Long household years ago when Carl’s Aunt Sherry shared her recipe with me. It is simple, easy to… Continue Reading “pickles and perspective”
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Category: Faith, Family, Farm, RecipesTags: Bible, biblical view, cucumbers, Faith, Family, Farm, farm kitchen, farmlife, farmwife, farmwomenstrong, homegrown, NC Century Farm, perspective, pickles, Recipes, refrigerator pickles, shop local
Hello from The Farm at Crowders Creek. I hope that you are having a great week and that you are enjoying these first few official days of summer! Last week I posted a short video on Instagram in which I promised that I would… Continue Reading “Blackberries!”
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Category: Farm, RecipesTags: blackberries, blackberry cobbler, blackberry wine, Faith, Family, Farm, farmlife, farmwife, local growers, shop local, summer produce, winemaking, zucchini bread
Hello from The Farm at Crowders Creek! In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2019-20 school year came to a close last week for us here in Gaston County. One of my favorite things about summer vacation is the opportunity I have to… Continue Reading “weeding”
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Category: Faith, Family, Farm, garden prepTags: armor of god, Bible, blackberries, eatlocal, Faith, Family, Farm, farmlife, farmwife, guard your heart, hearts, homegrown, John Deere, mastergardener, spiritual warfare, summer squash, weeds, zucchini bread
Posted on April 27, 2020
by Laura Beacher Long
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On a chilly December 2019 afternoon, my she-shed was delivered to The Farm at Crowders Creek. Carl found this building on Facebook Marketplace, most likely thinking of all the ways he could use it. Nevertheless, it happily became mine! Armed with Pinterest inspiration galore,… Continue Reading “Renewal”
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Category: Faith, Family, Farm, garden prep, she-shed, UncategorizedTags: Bible, DIY, Faith, Family, Farm, pinterest, project, renewal, she-shed, transformation