I Never Thought I Would Do This

Hello Friends. Welcome to today's post. I am so glad you're here. 

I made a promise to myself that this summer was going to be a summer of learning for me. We are taking a year off from growing anything in our garden so we can do a major upgrade to our garden for 2027. This has been prayed about, planned out, and put into motion this summer.  That will be a whole blog post in itself. It will probably be very much later seeings though we are still working on it. This garden upgrade and change will be a permanent one as it makes it easier on us as we enter our Golden Years with bad backs needless to say  😉. 

As we are slowly making these changes (we have to work on it a little at a time), I am taking the opportunity this summer to learn new things while I have the time. 

The first thing is:

When I say I want to cry, I mean happy tears not sad ones. I have been wanting to learn sourdough for years but I just never could understand the science, lingo, maintenance, much less the baking part of it. One day while on a work trip back last fall, I was reading a book about sourdough, and a light bulb went off. It finally clicked. I understood.  So I got the courage to just dive in and made me a starter. I named her Patience. I knew she was going to have to be patient with me as I was her. She even travels very well. Yep, I started her in VA, and she goes everywhere with us now. I have been practicing and practicing even in hotel rooms in an airfryer. When we get home, I can spread out, practice and expierment more. This week I have to say I am so excited 😊. 

I made a sandwich loaf of bread, a crusty, rustic Artisan loaf, bagels and cinnamon rolls. I even have one of the granddaughters joining in and loves the bread. We are bready  besties. 

I still have more practicing to do and more to learn, but this is a milestone for me and I can finally mark it off my bucket list. 😊😊😊😊🍞🥐🥖🫓🥨🥯🥞🧇🍕🌭

Here are some other things I have practiced and need to perfect. 

Hamburger 🍔 buns, sandwich 🥪 loaf, muffins, tortillas, noodles 🍜,  biscuits and pie crusts. Just  a little tweaking to some techniques is all that is needed. 

I have had so much fun with this journey. 

If you are like me and really want tp learn all things sourdough, especially for health and nutritional reasons, let me show you where to start. 

For years, I have followed Lisa Bass from Farmhouse on Boone and her website. She finally published a book that I absolutely love. This book is what made the light bulb 💡 go off for me in my head. She explained things so well that I finally got it. She really does take the complication out. 

She has very valuable information,  helpful tips, troubleshooting problems and wonderful recipes that I have been using.  She takes you from beginning to end with mixing up your own starter, all the way to baking wondeful things with your creations. 

If you are interested in this journey and would love her book, you can get it here 

I know you will enjoy it as much as I do. 

The more I learn, and get better with, I will incorporate it into my Breadmaking for Beginners Series on my YouTube Channel 

I would love to have you there. I do love me some bread and always have. I love the smell of bread 🍞 baking. It makes a house feel like a home. 

In my series, I start you out with a simple 5 Minute No Knead Bread Dough and show you all the things you can do with it. It mimics sourdough and is fermented, but it uses commercial yeast. This is a mix and go Dough. It can be refrigerated and you pull off what you need until that batch is gone. 

This is the book I learned that from 

You can find it here 

This method is the easiest one out there. I have several videos in my series (click above) using this method.  I show you how to mix this dough and make pizzas, artisan loaves, sandwich loaves, baguettes, buns, rolls, all the way to cinnamon rolls. 😋 

The next level in my series (click above), is the intermediate level. We work with kneading dough either by hand, stretch and folds or stand mixers. More breads and goodies recipes. 

Now, we are getting into the Advanced level of my series. We are learning all the benefits of using whole grains and milling them into flour for more dense nutrients you will not find anywhere else. This is just like they made bread in the Bible. Bread is biblical and I will show you this. 

Here is the first video on that level if you want to join in now 

This is the first video getting into freshly milled flour from whole grains. 

If you are just now wanting to learn how to make bread for your family and don't know how to get started,  please join us here I really hope to see you there. 

Join me in my next post as I get you caught up on all the things that's been going on around here on the farm. 

See you in the next one dear friends. 

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Visit our Amazon 4D Farms Storefront here 

4D Farms LLC. is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. Our storefront link is an affiliate link that earns our farm a commission at no additional cost if you click through and make a purchase. You can trust that we recommend products that we use in our own home and love and maybe some we wish to have. Our storefront is designed to help you locate items easily by specific, organized, and titled lists. 

Thank you for your support. 

If you like video versions of our content here on our blog, you can visit our YouTube Channel here 

We hope you find something that you enjoy. We also have our channel designed by playlists so you can find your favorite topic to search for certain videos easily. We hope to see you there also. Subscribe to our channel so you can be notified when new videos are uploaded. Be sure to turn your notification bell on too or you will miss them. 

We also have a Novelty Merch Store for 4D Farms where you can find apparel, housewares, and novelty gifts for yourself, friends, and loved ones. We hope you like our custom-made designs by me and one of my daughters-in-law. They are our own and copywritten. 

You can visit our store here 

Other affiliate links for your shopping experience:

Nutri Mill:

Nutri-Mill: Stand Mixers and Grain Mills: ( use Code: 4DFARMS20 at check out) If you are interested in grinding your own grain into flour to turn into the most nutrient-dense bread ever, then you need a grain mill. I love my Nutri Mill Classic Mill. They also have the best stand mixers. You can also purchase grains from them or you can find some on Amazon too. I have a few companies in my Amazon Storefront , who carry Non-GMO grains. You can order any size pounds you like and have them delivered to your home. Look for them on my Kitchen Essentials List along with all of my bread-making utensils, pans etc., that I personally use in my own kitchen to make delicious bread with. Link to my Amazon Storefront is above. 

Smokers and Grills for the guys:

PIT BOSS Outdoor Smokers and Grills: are the smokers and grills my guy uses to smoke and grill all of our meats. He even has some videos on our YouTube channel of how he smokes and makes a lot of our meats. He has even smoked eggs before. Yes, EGGS. They were so delicious. One of these bad boys is the perfect gift for anyone who loves to grill or smoke meats. Check them out. 

Optics Planet, Inc.:

Since we are avid hunters, we rely on ammo, gun parts and scopes to be accurate and on point. You can visit their website here and find all your essentials 

Garden Tower Project:

If you are a gardener and love those flowers, herbs or veggies, but you don't have the garden space, then consider going vertical on your porch or balcony to save space. You can check out Garden Towers here I know you will find something there you like. 

Herb Affair:

If you want to save money on supplements and want to make your own like I do, you can find all you need here at Herb Affair Here, you will find an array of powdered herbs and spices for medicinal use, Capsule It Machine to make your own capsules and an assortment of different size capsules to fill with your herbs. This machine is so easy to use and has clear and easy instructions to follow. 

Have a Blessed Day

Tracy 

Keeper of the Home 

Summer Savings Event By Nutrimill

 Hello Friends.  I wanted to drop in and let you know of a Summer Savings Event that is going on at one of my favorite places. 

I am a home cook and baker. I am a batch baker. That to me means, if I am going to get alot of my equipment out to make one meal, I'm going to make it worth my time and energy to double or triple a recipe. I mean you have all your stuff out and the oven on anyway, so, why not? I will have one meal for that day and the extra batch will go into the freezer to pull out for another busy day  to make that meal and day so much easier.  

A lot of this preparation would not be possible without the proper equipment.  

There are a lot of things I use in my kitchen to help me accomplish my projects.  Some things I will not skip on. A good quality mixer is one of those. I also have almost all of the attachments it offers also to help make my tasks easier. 

No matter what mixer you want, you need to make sure it can handle all that you need it for and its intended purposes. Great attachments are sometimes essential too. You're mixer needs a good horsepower and wattage, durability,  and a great warranty along with good customer service support.  You're attachments need to match their purposes. A good dough hook, beaters, and paddles. 

I love bread making and desserts. This is where some extra essentials come into play. I have essentials like good quality bread pans and Dutch oven, a good large, easy to clean mat to cover my countertops,  proofing baskets for my artisan bread loaves, dough scrapers, scales, a bread lame for scoring those beautiful designs into those beautiful Artisan loaves, and you can't forget the sourdough essentials.  I have a dough roller that fits right into my hands if I don't want to use a rolling pin, a starter jar or even a starter culture if you don't know how to create your own sourdough starter. 

If you are really wanting to get into baking and have been researching mixers and equipment,  I would like to tell you about a Summer Sales Event going on over at Nutrimill from now until July 6th. 

The Bosch Universal Plus can knead up to 14 lbs of dough. It has a 6.5 qt plastic bowl. The Bosch Universal Plus Stainless Steel has a 6.5 qt stainless steel bowl and can knead up to 10 lbs of dough. 

They have very strong motors. 500 watts of power each. 

The Artiste is made just as well with the same features.  It has a 6.5 qt mixing bowl and can knead up to 8lbs of dough. 

Each mixer also comes with several extra attachments like shredders, slicers, even an ice cream attachment. There are also different dough hooks, batter paddles and cookie paddles. 

And it just got even better. Nutrimill  now has a clear bowl with a pour spout, a handle, capacity to hold up to 14 pounds of dough, and is 6.5 quarts! It is BPA free and dishwasher safe. 

 It works with either Bosch or the Artiste mixers.

The Bosch comes with a 3 year warranty. The Artiste comes with a one year warranty. 

I know these mixers are investments but the good thing about Nutrimill is they have a low monthly payment plan option at checkout.

Here are the sale details:

Nutrimill Artiste Mixer (with my coupon): $204.00! That's a huge discount! White Bosch Mixer (with my coupon) $379.00, also a great deal! You can also get 25% of select accessories. Be sure to use my code 4DFARMS20 for your extra discount. 

Plus 25% off select accessories: Sourdough warmer, silicone straws, dutch oven, dough mat large, dough mat small, pint sourdough starter jar, quart sourdough starter jar, bread knife, 4 in 1 measuring spoon, easy scrape bowl scraper, and popsicle molds.

They do sale out alot and sometimes they are on back order. If they are out of stock, there is a place on the website to sign up and be put on a waiting list and receive an email notification when they are back in stock. Trust me when I say they are worth waiting for. So be sure to sign up and always just occasionally check the website. Sometimes by doing this, you can catch them and get one ordered before they reach your name on the list. 

Nutrimill also has loyalty reward program. 

Double Loyalty Points. At Nutrimill, you can join the Fresh Milled Flour Club and receive perks like: 1 point for every $1spent, 50 points for joining the program, and 10 points for following Nutrimill on their socials). Link to join on their home page!

Their customer service is amazing and great warranties. If you ever have any questions or problems they always make it right. 

 

If you are in search of a great mixer or and baker items for your kitchen, I would love to invite you to check out Nutrimill for all the wonderful products they offer. 

They have several categories such as Grain Mills (if you are interested in milling your own whole grains into nutritious flour for all your baking and cooking needs), Mixers, Mixer attachments that even include an ice cream maker, Grains for milling into flour, Sourdough items, Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven and Enameled Cast Iron Loaf pans, Bread Knives, Large and Small Dough Mats to protect your counter tops, and my most fun is the 40 pc Icing Kit. Oh it is so fun decorating cakes and cupcakes with the grandkids.  

I could go on and on but you really need to see for yourself. 

I hope this post has been very helpful in your search for most all of your baking needs and your research to find the best products. 

Nutrimill also has a YouTube channel that you can visit. They have videos on all their products from unboxing,  setting up, demonstrations and troubleshooting.  

Go check them out but this sale this time ends soon. 

Remember when you order to use my discount code 4DFARMS20 at checkout for those extra savings. 

Happy baking from my home to yours. 

 This post contains affiliate links to which 4D Farms LLC. participates and earns a small commission on purchases you make when visiting our links at no extra cost to you. 

If you enjoy our blog and content, be sure to sign up to receive emails when a new post is published so you don't miss a thing. We would love it if you would join us. Enjoy your reading. 

If you are curious about any products you see in our images or that we use in our home or on the farm, please feel free to visit our Amazon Store where everything is organized into lists for each category. 

Visit our Amazon 4D Farms Storefront here 

4D Farms LLC. is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. Our storefront link is an affiliate link that earns our farm a commission at no additional cost if you click through and make a purchase. You can trust that we recommend products that we use in our own home and love and maybe some we wish to have. Our storefront is designed to help you locate items easily by specific, organized, and titled lists. 

Thank you for your support. 

If you like video versions of our content here on our blog, you can visit our YouTube Channel here 

We hope you find something that you enjoy. We also have our channel designed by playlists so you can find your favorite topic to search for certain videos easily. We hope to see you there also. Subscribe to our channel so you can be notified when new videos are uploaded. Be sure to turn your notification bell on too or you will miss them. 

We also have a Novelty Merch Store for 4D Farms where you can find apparel, housewares, and novelty gifts for yourself, friends, and loved ones. We hope you like our custom-made designs by me and one of my daughters-in-law. They are our own and copywritten. 

You can visit our store here 

Other affiliate links for your shopping experience:

Nutri Mill:

Nutri-Mill: Stand Mixers and Grain Mills: ( use Code: 4DFARMS20 at check out) If you are interested in grinding your own grain into flour to turn into the most nutrient-dense bread ever, then you need a grain mill. I love my Nutri Mill Classic Mill. They also have the best stand mixers. You can also purchase grains from them or you can find some on Amazon too. I have a few companies in my Amazon Storefront , who carry Non-GMO grains. You can order any size pounds you like and have them delivered to your home. Look for them on my Kitchen Essentials List along with all of my bread-making utensils, pans etc., that I personally use in my own kitchen to make delicious bread with. Link to my Amazon Storefront is above. 

Smokers and Grills for the guys:

PIT BOSS Outdoor Smokers and Grills: are the smokers and grills my guy uses to smoke and grill all of our meats. He even has some videos on our YouTube channel of how he smokes and makes a lot of our meats. He has even smoked eggs before. Yes, EGGS. They were so delicious. One of these bad boys is the perfect gift for anyone who loves to grill or smoke meats. Check them out. 

Optics Planet, Inc.:

Since we are avid hunters, we rely on ammo, gun parts and scopes to be accurate and on point. You can visit their website here and find all your essentials 

Garden Tower Project:

If you are a gardener and love those flowers, herbs or veggies, but you don't have the garden space, then consider going vertical on your porch or balcony to save space. You can check out Garden Towers here I know you will find something there you like. 

Herb Affair:

If you want to save money on supplements and want to make your own like I do, you can find all you need here at Herb Affair Here, you will find an array of powdered herbs and spices for medicinal use, Capsule It Machine to make your own capsules and an assortment of different size capsules to fill with your herbs. This machine is so easy to use and has clear and easy instructions to follow. 

Have a Blessed Day

Tracy 

Keeper of the Home 

We Are So Glad To Be Home

 Hello Friends. Welcome to today's post.

Oh, I am so loving the Spring and soon to be Summer. All the beautiful colors and blooms. From the winter we had with Ice Storm Fern and all, I would say we deserve it and count our blessings. 

I know it has been a while since I have written a normal post. Life has been busy and we have actually enjoyed this work trip and thank goodness it is over and we get to be home. So let's dive into this post. 

I left you all in Vicksburg, MS last and my adventures there. 

We left MS and went to AR.  We were able to find a nice house to rent from a very nice couple. I was able to drive home ( its not very far) and grab our grandchildren for spring break from school. 

They spent the whole week with us. I got to take them on a few adventures as well. We even went ahead and asked the Easter Bunny 🐰 if he could make a special trip to see them there and he did. 

It was time to take them back home and before I left back to AR, I got to spend some time with my Momma and one of my Daughters in law. I only had two days and missed some people. But I will take what I can get with family. 

I was able to cook us some good meals in this house because of the kitchen. Here are some of my meals on video. 

I have started a Proverbs 31 Woman Series on my channel and you can see those as well and join us

And don't forget my Breadmaking for Beginners Series. We would love to have you

Our time ended in AR, so it was back to TN.  This job is a new one for dear hubby. He had been trying for years to get on with this company but I guess the timing was not right back then. But he finally got his foot in the door. They have three plants and we got to go to this one first to finish our work trip. We landed in the Cumberland Mountains.  We found another rent house right on the lake. Beautiful view and nature as well. 

So many babies, mommas and daddy's and beautiful lake sunsets and sunrises. 

We made a trip one day to the farm where our Herd Sire Bull is from and dear hubby showed me around. 

Alot of their bulls are massive and excellent genetics. We love watching their cattle auctions and keeping an eye out. 

The scenery where we were was gorgeous.  

I got to make some good meals for us on this job as well. Beats hotel cooking any day. 

The time finally came when the job was finished and we got to go home. 

We got to attend awards day at our grandchildrens school and enjoy Mothers Day with our kids, their families and my parents 

My granddaughter wanted to take a family photo all by herself setting up her camera and timer and she did a very good job. She even put a title to it. 

Our calving season is rocking on. New calves on the ground. 

We had one born this morning. I am so thankful for a tree 🌳 being between me and this momma yesterday. I saw the change in her eyes before she came after me and I saw my life flash before my eyes. I had to check my drawers when I got home. 😲

We have so many plans for the summer and we have already started some of them. 

There is so much more to come. Just stay tuned. 

 This post contains affiliate links to which 4D Farms LLC. participates and earns a small commission on purchases you make when visiting our links at no extra cost to you. 

If you enjoy our blog and content, be sure to sign up to receive emails when a new post is published so you don't miss a thing. We would love it if you would join us. Enjoy your reading. 

If you are curious about any products you see in our images or that we use in our home or on the farm, please feel free to visit our Amazon Store where everything is organized into lists for each category. 

Visit our Amazon 4D Farms Storefront here 

4D Farms LLC. is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. Our storefront link is an affiliate link that earns our farm a commission at no additional cost if you click through and make a purchase. You can trust that we recommend products that we use in our own home and love and maybe some we wish to have. Our storefront is designed to help you locate items easily by specific, organized, and titled lists. 

Thank you for your support. 

If you like video versions of our content here on our blog, you can visit our YouTube Channel here 

We hope you find something that you enjoy. We also have our channel designed by playlists so you can find your favorite topic to search for certain videos easily. We hope to see you there also. Subscribe to our channel so you can be notified when new videos are uploaded. Be sure to turn your notification bell on too or you will miss them. 

We also have a Novelty Merch Store for 4D Farms where you can find apparel, housewares, and novelty gifts for yourself, friends, and loved ones. We hope you like our custom-made designs by me and one of my daughters-in-law. They are our own and copywritten. 

You can visit our store here 

Other affiliate links for your shopping experience:

Nutri Mill:

Nutri-Mill: Stand Mixers and Grain Mills: ( use Code: 4DFARMS20 at check out) If you are interested in grinding your own grain into flour to turn into the most nutrient-dense bread ever, then you need a grain mill. I love my Nutri Mill Classic Mill. They also have the best stand mixers. You can also purchase grains from them or you can find some on Amazon too. I have a few companies in my Amazon Storefront , who carry Non-GMO grains. You can order any size pounds you like and have them delivered to your home. Look for them on my Kitchen Essentials List along with all of my bread-making utensils, pans etc., that I personally use in my own kitchen to make delicious bread with. Link to my Amazon Storefront is above. 

Smokers and Grills for the guys:

PIT BOSS Outdoor Smokers and Grills: are the smokers and grills my guy uses to smoke and grill all of our meats. He even has some videos on our YouTube channel of how he smokes and makes a lot of our meats. He has even smoked eggs before. Yes, EGGS. They were so delicious. One of these bad boys is the perfect gift for anyone who loves to grill or smoke meats. Check them out. 

Optics Planet, Inc.:

Since we are avid hunters, we rely on ammo, gun parts and scopes to be accurate and on point. You can visit their website here and find all your essentials 

Garden Tower Project:

If you are a gardener and love those flowers, herbs or veggies, but you don't have the garden space, then consider going vertical on your porch or balcony to save space. You can check out Garden Towers here I know you will find something there you like. 

Herb Affair:

If you want to save money on supplements and want to make your own like I do, you can find all you need here at Herb Affair Here, you will find an array of powdered herbs and spices for medicinal use, Capsule It Machine to make your own capsules and an assortment of different size capsules to fill with your herbs. This machine is so easy to use and has clear and easy instructions to follow. 

Have a Blessed Day

Tracy 

Keeper of the Home