Homesteading, Homeschooling, Healthy Living

Welcome to Hazel Creek.

This is a small patch of land where life unfolds slowly. Where mornings begin with animals and woodsmoke. Where seasons shape our days more than schedules do. Where work is shared, hands are busy, and learning happens in the doing.

Hazel Creek is a place we are tending. Here you’ll find reflections from homestead life...the rhythms of planting and harvest, recipes from a simple kitchen, the quiet lessons that come from raising animals and raising children side by side.

This is a home shaped by season, by faith, and by the steady belief that a good life is grown, not manufactured.

We share what we are learning as we go:

• Homestead rhythms
• Nourishing food
• Family life rooted in place
• And a slower way to educate from within the home

Everything here begins with the land and from that ground, the rest unfolds.

We’re glad you’re here.

Homesteading

Homeschooling

Recipes

Hearty Beef Stew

This is a very basic beef stew. It’s easy, delicious and cheap! INGREDIENTS pkg organic stewing beef 3 Tbsp butter 1 tsp Himalayan Sea Salt 2 yellow onions (chopped) 1/2 tsp pepper 1/4 c spelt flour 3 cloves of garlic (minced) 2 stalks of celery (minced) 4 c water 1/2 tsp dried rosemary (or 1 drop of doTerra's Rosemary + EO) 1/2 tsp dried thyme (or 1 drop of doTerra's Thyme EO) 4 carrots (peeled and chopped) 3 large potatoes (peeled and chopped) DIRECTIONS Preheat stockpot o

Chicken Noodle Soup

“Momma's Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup” has become a staple at the Martin Residence. It’s quick, easy, and always tastes delicious. The perfect comfort food. THE INGREDIENTS 4 c chicken broth (left over juices from roasting a whole chicken) 2 c chopped cooked chicken pieces 4 tsp Himalayan sea salt 2 TBSP butter or coconut oil 5 medium carrots 1/2 bag of frozen organic peas 4 cloves of garlic 3 stalks organic celery 1 large yellow onion Pinch of cayenne pepper powder 1/8 tsp c

Why Waldorf Homeschooling?

Why do we use Waldorf Education for our homeschool curriculum.

Farm to Table - growing your own food

Farm to table: growing our own food to nourish our family.

Growing Breakfast

Growing breakfast… it’s something that we have come to see as normal at our house. Quickly mixing up some eggs, throwing in some cheese, peppers and whatever veggies and herbs we feel like that day, is something we do daily. But we never forget the work that goes into growing our breakfast. From incubating the eggs and hatching out the chicks, and hearing weeks of little chirps in our living room. To feeding and watering and moving the chickens to new pasture daily all summer

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