07/10/2024
Look at that beautiful butter! Our "pet milk" was essentially half and half last week. Half a gallon of heavy cream got me this butter and 4.5 cups of buttermilk! What should I make with my buttermilk?
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We are a Gulf Coast family of 6 on the journey of becoming more self sufficient. Welcome to our little corner of Alabama!
Here at our little growing homestead we like to learn about nourishing foods, growing gardens, raising free range chickens/children, and finding natural health freedom, all as a part to live life more sustainably on the Alabama Gulf Coast. Living more sustainably is a whole new way of life and mindset. Follow along with us as we share our journey, the successes and the oopsies alike.
07/07/2024
We've been upping our ferments due to sickness in the house. So here's what's brewing... Pickles and Kiefer! For the pickles I'm trying to reuse the Bubbies brine. We'll see how it works! Usually I do it but just stick it in the fridge for a slow ferment. Hopefully this is recreating the actual pickles. 🤞
05/21/2024
Our harvest. 🤣
04/26/2024
Guys, the house is a wreck. The kids are all sick. Charlie and I are doing our best not to be sick. He's coming home early to get some rest to try to stay well. We're doing crazy crunchy home remedies to try to kick this stuff out. But it sure looks like a disaster and I have no energy to care at this point. There are times like this, and that's ok. We'll catch up when we're old and the kids are gone. 😂
Picture is taken after I spilled Adelaide's water all over the floor and I was going to dry it, but decided to let the kids go with the mop.
04/22/2024
Yesterday we went foraging for dewberries! Got enough to snack and make cobbler! Charlie was excited to find wild blueberry's and huckleberries too!
04/11/2024
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04/11/2024
If you're from Alabama you know how hot it can get. You also know that as soon as it cools down enough to go outside you risk getting carried off by the swarms of mosquitoes. You can proudly display this fact with this T-shirt Jessica designed. Available for sale in our Etsy store:
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04/10/2024
Today's snippet.... Rainy weather, they were running like crazy, I started the MAGNATILES competition, now I'm going to restfully eat an after supper bowl of seven layer salad. 😂
03/29/2024
Look what I woke up to!!! 🎉
03/26/2024
A little look at our education today. It involved more screens that I prefer, but also more outside time than some days. They got the kids couches out and studied gravity, buoyancy, and building.
A child lead reading session... they picked the book and I worked words with them that they know, and could start to learn. The oldest also worked on a really involved MAGNATILES tower with minimal help from me. After the 3 youngest went to bed the oldest and I sat together and finished the book we started earlier, discussed in more detail where books/paper came from. What reptiles are, who wrote the Bible, and other Bible related topics.
We didn't once pick up a curriculum book. When I follow their lead we get so much more done in their home education.
03/16/2024
We planted the squash this past week! Excited about our garden!
03/15/2024
Look at all this beautiful cream! This is why I pays to know your local farmers! My milk lady saved me the high cream lines before my pick up day! 🎉
What do you think I'm going to do with it?
03/08/2024
Isn't she pretty.
03/08/2024
1.5 hrs into 2nd rise. This is going much better.
03/01/2024
Late night meal prepping. This is one of mine and Charlie's favorites. Chinese inspired stir fry
02/28/2024
I made sourdough French toast casserole out of my messed up loaves. Never throw stuff out if you can help it!
02/27/2024
Update on the keto bread... One pan kinda turned out ok. I tossed one mid bake, and this little pan is probably going to be chicken food.
02/27/2024
What a disaster! This is my 2nd time messing this recipe up, and for the life of me I'm not sure what went wrong this time. 😭 So much for making C's GF Keto Cloud Bread.
02/26/2024
Jessica's sourdough bread from the other day. Still didn't turn out right. We aren't sure what our issues with it are. Maybe one day we'll get it.
02/26/2024
Someone got some overalls from their grandmother! Charlie might be jealous. 😂
02/25/2024
Just pulled out the discount chicken I home canned today! 🎉 Love finding 50% meat and canning it for quick lunches or in case of power outages.
*Always boil your home canned goods for 5 mins to help get rid of bacteria that might be lurking. We like making "creamy cheesy noodles chicken" with ours.
02/24/2024
The one who likes to wash the dishes. 😊
02/23/2024
Cooking up a bunch of chicken legs. Use to be a favorite for the kids, now ones telling me he only likes turkey. 🥴🤦♀️🤷♀️ Oh well. Got thighs I the oven.
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02/19/2024
Helping Daddy secure the fort.
02/11/2024
We water glassed eggs for the first time yesterday! It's supposed to help your eggs last up to a year!
01/30/2024
Today was haircut day. 4/6 of us got cuts/trims. I evened up B's since her brother decided to take safety scissors to her last week.
01/30/2024
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01/30/2024
Someone decided not to wait for me to cut her steak up. Walked into the kitchen to this.
01/28/2024
Icing cupcakes for a birthday dinner. 🎂🎈
01/22/2024
Today's frugality tip:
Freeze leftover coffee to make iced coffee drinks later. Saves you from waisting and keeps you from going to the coffee shop!
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Just pulled out the discount chicken I home canned today! 🎉 Love finding 50% meat and canning it for quick lunches or in case of power outages. *Always boil your home canned goods for 5 mins to help get rid of bacteria that might be lurking. We like making "creamy cheesy noodles chicken" with ours.
Cooking up a bunch of chicken legs. Use to be a favorite for the kids, now ones telling me he only likes turkey. 🥴🤦♀️🤷♀️ Oh well. Got thighs I the oven. #cookingfromscratch #fromscratch hcooking
Don't toss, PRESSURE WASH! Our rugs were filthy, so we pressure washed them. In doing so we were reminded of our patio flooding, so we decided to fix that. Follow along to see more of that project! #doityourself #cleaning #wash #meangreen #reuseit #cotc #colesonthecoast ##colesonthecoastpodcast
So our free rage and/or the 2 pen chickens that keep getting out have pretty much eaten all our Collard and Cabbage plants we worked on planing last week. 😩 Why do they have to be such stinkers?
The podcast is coming early Tuesday morning this week as we had a get stuff done day without the kids followed by a spend the next day connecting with the kids day. So here's the cutest little car as a placeholder. #cotc #colesonthecoastpodcast #colesonthecoast
Join Jessica and Charlie as they discuss some of Alabama's Ghost stories. You can find it on your favorite podcast provider. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/32AOVDEtuTBEgnAPJg6TP7?si=I-4tfZctQeKU8_qF44-lKg Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/VVRVLg06vHiDbUgc3dDZ #alabama #alabamaghosts #colesonthecoast #colesonthecoastpodcast #cotc
Our newest episode is out! Checkout what's been happening on our homestead! Lots of learning, cooking, muscadines, chicken processing, and more! Find it on your favorite podcast provider or on our website colesonthecoast.com. Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/episode/4JfEu1iCqy1hu1e1Kl4gik?si=6kPXMJ_4Q6SIPejcZKorfQ Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/FisQl4fAJ2wMgZvVatrT #podcast #podcastsofinstagram #colesonthecoast #colesonthecoastpodcast #cotc #cooking #homegrown ##realfood #family #homeschool #unschoolinglife #grownostr
Homegrown muscadines make the best jelly! We make cane sugar and reduced cane sugar jelly. We sell our jelly for $10 for a 1/2 pint or $18 for a pint! We'll give a dollar off for a replacement jar of the same size. Jelly has not been tested or approved by the FDA or anyone else.
Have you listen to our latest Episode #19 Homestead Happenings? Find out what we've been up to! Join Jessica in the updates of Alabama Heat/AC updates, livestock, too many roosters, the kids, sickness, and more! #homestead #chickens #chickensofinstagram #realfoodheals #selfsustainability #selfsustainable #selfsustainableliving #playbasedlearning #playtime #unschoolinglife #unschoolingfamily #realfood #unschooling #gulfcoastalabama #alabamagulfcoast #colesonthecoastpodcast #colesonthecoast #chicksofinstagram #eggs #homesteading #homesteadinglife
Sauerkraut is bubbling! #realfood #guthealing #sauerkraut #colesonthecoast #colesonthecoastpodcast
Episode 12 - Live Stream Premiere
This week on Coles on the Coast we are premiering in our first live Stream. Please comment or message us on Facebook with any questions you may have.
don't sleep on the opportunity to listen to our newest podcast episode! find out who got attacked by the rooster! colesonthecoast.com!
Wishing the best of days! Hopefully your eggs are homegrown! 😉 (We didn't even do anything year! 🤣) Thanks for following along with us! #colesonthecoast #colesonthecoastpodcast #easter #honesteading #homesteadinglife #unschooling #unschoolingfamily
Check out our newest podcast! If you like it be sure to subscribe and review it so others can also find it! #chickens #chicks #homesteading #build #garden #worms #homesteadinglife #unschooling #unschoolingfamily #colesonthecoast #colesonthecoastpodcast
Letting the chickens out this morning. Forgive the filming, my 6year old helper was doing it. 😊 These chicks love their time out of the chicken condo before we put them back and let the big chickens out. #chickens #unschoolinglife #unschoolingfamily #unschooling #gulfcoastalabama #alabamagulfcoast #colesonthecoastpodcast #colesonthecoast #chicksofinstagram #homesteading #homesteadinglife
Unpopular way to give eggs shells to chickens... We just bring them out and smoosh them. 😆 We don't dry and blend them, and we haven't had any problems from it. The shells give them extra calcium. Do you do anything that's "unpopular" that works for your home/homestead? #chickens #chickensofinstagram #homesteading #homesteadinglife #homesteadingfamily #eggs #colesonthecoast #colesonthecoastpodcast
The chickens yesterday while I moved the chicks into the bottom of the chicken condo. #selfsustainability #playtime #unschoolingfamily #realfood #unschooling #gulfcoastalabama #alabamagulfcoast #colesonthecoastpodcast #colesonthecoast #chicksofinstagram #chicks #homesteading #homesteadinglife
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