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Milkweed Pod Santa Ornaments {Handmade Gift}

December 8, 2016 by crystal@wholefedhomestead 1 Comment

My parents planted a Christmas tree farm when I was just a young girl, so I grew up learning to make holiday decorations to sell for extra spending money at the tree farm. As a 16-year-old, I was a Christmas craft extraordinaire! And also a really big geek, but that’s a story for a different day. Evergreen Kissing Balls, […]

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Homestead Gifts: Handmade Holiday Evergreen Kissing Ball

November 30, 2014 by crystal@wholefedhomestead 2 Comments

I love a gift straight from the heart- and this Kissing Ball is just that. I grew up on a Christmas tree farm; the trees were planted when I was about four years old, and for many years- from middle school to college, every holiday season I stood out in the cold Wisconsin weather and sold Christmas […]

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Finished shelling the last of the “Cascade Ruby Finished shelling the last of the “Cascade Ruby Gold” flour corn today! I really enjoyed growing this one— it was a fast finisher, which I appreciate for our short growing season.
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The colors are wildly stunning! Each ear was one of four colors: yellow, light red, dark red, or orange. I’m not sure if planting a yellow seed kernel made a stalk with yellow ears, or if the genetics are such that it’s totally random and a yellow seed kernel can produce red or orange ears... but I’d love to know! Perhaps an experiment for next year if I grow it again.
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Now we just have to grind it and then it can be used as cornmeal for cooking and baking with. It’s supposed to have amazing flavor, so I’m looking forward to giving it a try!
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Why is there a piece of toast in that apple tree? Why is there a piece of toast in that apple tree? Good question!
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We trudged out to the orchard today for our annual tradition of Wassailing- a medieval Christmastide ritual to bless the apple trees. It’s one of those things that if you’re going to do it, you better fully commit and do with enthusiasm! We’ll have a bounty of apples this coming Fall because of it, I’m sure!
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Wassailing traditionally includes singing and dancing, banging sticks, bells and noise-makers, plays and skits where the good guys always win, lots of drinking, and an offering of wassail-soaked toast placed into the largest or oldest apple tree— the tree with most influence over the rest of the orchard.
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Wassail is what you drink while wassailing. There are lots of ways to make it, but the main ingredient is usually cider. It traditionally contained toasted bread and eggs... which I didn’t include. That probably makes me a medieval party pooper, but I wanted something we’d actually enjoy!
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I make ours with cider, bourbon, cinnamon, cloves, orange peel, and homegrown honey. It’s delicious, and nice to have a warm drink when you’re out merrymaking in the freezing cold!
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🍎🎉”Here's to thee, old apple tree,
That blossoms well, bears well.
Hats full, caps full,
Three bushel bags full,
An' all under one tree.
Hurrah! Hurrah!”
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Thinly sliced potatoes, layered with lots of butte Thinly sliced potatoes, layered with lots of butter, and then baked in cast iron until wonderfully crispy! 😍🥔🧈🎉
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