About Us
Hello! We are Bella and Abby
We are learning how to cook on our granny’s wood cook stove. Come and learn with us! We are the 8th generation to live on our family farm in north central Mississippi. We video and post our simple recipes and tips for vintage cooking and gardening to share especially with you! Bella does most of the cooking. Abby and Granny write the blog posts and recipes. Hope you enjoy!
Affiliates Disclaimer
Affiliate Disclaimer: My blog is monetized with numerous affiliate links throughout. I have tried to include items that I love, and I hope that you will too. If you click on these links and make a purchase, I earn a very small commission at no extra cost to you. Every cent is deposited into a college fund for the girls. THANK YOU for helping!
Visit Often and Watch Us Decorate the Space!
We’re adding:
- backboards with forge made hooks for skillets
- shelving
- black wash pots for firewood and kindling
- baskets
- pot rack
Recipes & More
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My Thoughts on Eternity
What is TIME anyway? When you are a child, you are absolutely certain that you will never live to be an adult. That stage of life is so far in the distant future that you cannot even imagine living that long. But you are good with it, because you are living life as you should–one
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Wild Beehive Rescue!
Honey Bee Rescue from a felled tree Getting Started–These kids are awesome! Today at the farm we cut down a huge pine tree that had been struck by lightening last fall. As soon as it hit the ground, we realized that it had been home to a hive of honey bees. Word spread quickly throughout
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Old Time Cherry Cake
Baked from scratch by Bella! This was the BEST cake I have ever tasted! 7 people and 6 hours later…. Bella picked out a cherry cake recipe for today, and it is absolutely delicious! The pink color of the cake is beautiful with no added food color. The color comes from the maraschino cherry juice.
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Making a Disappearing Fountain Bird Bath
A Simple Disappearing Fountain Yes, if you look in the background you can clearly see that my grass needs to be mowed. My raised beds are still mostly empty. BUT, my disappearing fountain is finished! Unfortunately, I did not take step by step pictures, but it is a fairly simple, straight forward process. My Materials
More Recipes will be coming soon!
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6 Things You Will Need To Install A Wood Cook Stove
First of all, this is NOT a how to article on how to install a wood stove of any kind. It is simply a short blog on the basic list of parts that you will need to install the flue system (the pipes that take the smoke from the stove to the outside of your
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Wood Stove Decor
Decorating area around a Wood Stove I have been working on the area around our J A Roby cook stove for over a year now. It is coming along nicely, but I still have a way to go. I started by collecting a few vintage enamel cookware pieces. All of these came from thrift stores, and I
Cozy Kitchen Wood Stove 