116. Embracing the Simplicity of Winter on the Homestead | Melody Haege of Renaissance Woman MN
Simple Farmhouse Life
Lisa Bass
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Winter on the homestead is a time of natural slowing down. The days are shorter; the list of projects is smaller. After my conversation with Melody, I’m not sure I know of anyone who embraces all of the beauty that winter brings better than she does. As a homesteader, homeschooler, homemaker, and hunter in Minnesota, Melody doesn’t let temperatures below zero keep her from enjoying the outdoors with her five children. No matter what climate you live in, Melody shares tons of ideas for embracing the winter season both indoors and out.
In this episode, we cover:
- How homeschooling allows the freedom to teach our children specific life skills
- What food Melody is hunting and cooking in winter
- Why you should want to know where your food comes from
- Secrets to enjoying frigid temperatures
- How Melody instills basic outdoor survival skills in her young children
- Preparing for winter on a homestead
- Outdoor and indoor hobbies in the winter
- What it looks like to experiment with sourdough
GUEST BIOGRAPHY
Melody lives in the Minnesota Big Woods. She is a mother of five, a wife, a baker, archer, homesteader, and more. Her goal is to help people learn the old ways of working, making, and doing.
RESOURCES
Melody’s sourdough packet and booklet (send her a DM on Instagram for more information about purchasing)
Erin @TheCedarChestFarm for sourdough education
CONNECT
Melody Haege of Renaissance Woman MN | Website | Instagram
Lisa Bass of Farmhouse on Boone | Blog | YouTube | Instagram
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast. |
| 0:03.1 | Today I am chatting with Melody from on Instagram |
| 0:06.7 | at renaissance.women.mn for Minnesota. |
| 0:11.0 | She and I are going to chat about winter, |
| 0:13.9 | enjoying winter, what we're cooking in winter. |
| 0:17.0 | Melody is a really interesting person I have found out. |
| 0:21.3 | She hunts, she carves, she teaches her kids chess |
| 0:26.4 | and all kinds of really cool things. |
| 0:28.8 | Make sure to stay all the way to the end of this episode |
| 0:31.4 | because at the end of this episode, |
| 0:34.2 | she really lays out some beautiful wisdom |
| 0:37.2 | and why winter is such an enjoyable time |
| 0:40.0 | and should not be taken for granted. |
| 0:42.1 | It is an episode just full of all the things |
| 0:45.2 | that make winter really beautiful |
| 0:47.2 | that are easy to overlook whenever it's just so cold |
| 0:50.6 | going outside and she's from Minnesota. |
| 0:52.3 | So if anybody can enjoy the winter, |
| 0:55.0 | whenever there is snow constantly on the ground, |
| 0:58.4 | negative temperatures often then it is Melody |
| 1:01.7 | and I, after talking to her, realize that I picked |
| 1:04.5 | the perfect guest for this episode |
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