191. Zero Food Waste, Getting It All Done, Pregnancy and Babies Q&A | Jessica of Three Rivers Homestead

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

You all have been asking me to bring Jessica on the podcast, and I know you won’t be disappointed in our conversation! As a mother of eight and homesteader, Jessica is well-versed in many aspects of motherhood and homemaking. We sat down to answer your questions about food preservation, minimizing food waste in your home, priorities and perspective in difficult seasons of motherhood, and more. Join us for this inspiring discussion about some of our favorite topics!

In this episode, we cover:

Preserving the harvest and efficiently using what you’ve preserved
How to get kids started helping in the kitchen and at what age
Creative ways to use leftovers so they don’t go to waste in the fridge
Figuring out what to prioritize when you have a never-ending to-do list
Navigating your many responsibilities when struggling in pregnancy
Adjusting your expectations of yourself during different seasons of life
Approaches to baby sleep in the first year of life
Sharing life online in a way that protects your mental energy

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ABOUT JESSICA

Jessica lives in Northwest Ohio with her husband, Adam, where they homeschool and homestead with their eight children. She is passionate about growing and preserving homegrown food to feed her large family, and encourages others to do the same through her various social media platforms.

RESOURCES

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CONNECT

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Transcript

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0:00.0	A couple days ago, I had one of those days where the majority of the children were out of the house with my husband and I kind of had the whole day available to do what I wanted.
0:07.7	So I'm looking around and I'm like starting one task, but then I'm distracted by this and I'm just going around and not really accomplishing anything.
0:14.4	For me, food is always the priority because I mean, we have to eat right and obviously homestead, animal care, anything like that.
0:22.1	But after that, everybody's priorities are going to be different.
0:24.4	You know, some people can't function in a cluttered chaotic environment.
0:28.2	So they're going to put housekeeping chores up higher on the list than someone who, you know, their garden needs to be perfect.
0:34.6	I don't know that there's a formula for everyone that's going to work, but you just need to sit down and really think about your priorities.
0:41.3	My name is Lisa, mother of seven, and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farmhouse on Boone.
0:47.1	To join me as I share with you, my love for creating a handmade home from scratch, cooking and a little mom and entrepreneur life along the way.
1:00.4	Welcome back to the simple Farmhouse Life podcast today.
1:03.4	I am having on Jessica from three rivers homestead.
1:07.2	She is a homeschooling home studying home making mother of eight.
1:11.8	So she has a lot of wisdom to share.
1:14.0	We're going to be answering questions from the Instagram question box that we put up before each episode.
1:20.7	So a lot to do with preserving food and zero waste kitchen, zero waste food meal planning.
1:29.3	And then also we had some questions about pregnancy, birth, baby sleep, all of that stuff that, you know, whenever you're in the thick of it, you just want some somebody to come alongside you tell you it's going to be okay.
1:40.9	So let's dive in and chat with Jessica from three rivers homestead.
1:44.8	Well, thank you so much, Jessica, for joining me.
1:47.0	I had a lot of excitement about this episode.
1:49.5	People were like, I cannot wait to hear the two of you talk because I follow both of you.
1:54.2	So they're really excited about it.
1:56.2	And we have a whole list of questions that people submitted, which I think is really fun.
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