For the newer members: The Crunchy Wife Community started as a bit and turned into something real. The character exists because enough people see themselves in it. This place is for the moms — and the husbands who are slowly coming around — who are figuring it out one cast iron skillet at a time. Glad you're here. Now go touch some grass. Literally. It's good for you.
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est. whenever the kids finally napped
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Join the homesteadMy daughter just told her daycare teacher that "processed sugar feeds the bad bacteria" and I am HORRIFIED but also she's not wrong?? This is what I've done to my family.
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Crunchy Neighbor · Jun 11
New neighbor here! I brought banana bread (einkorn, obviously).
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Preston Earnest · Apr 26
hey ALL
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Preston Earnest · Apr 26
hey ALL
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Test Wife · Jun 10
Required reading for the homestead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sourdough
Sourdough - Wikipedia ↗Proof of bread.

New neighbor here! I brought banana bread (einkorn, obviously).
Required reading for the homestead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sourdough
Sourdough - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org ↗
Video test: the red light panel in action.
Photo proof: Brad doubled again.

Posted from the new composer. The pixels were sun-dried by hand.
My husband said the tallow balm smells like a fancy steakhouse. I said thank you.
Day 3 of the castor oil pack. I have no findings to report but I feel superior.
The sourdough starter (Brad) doubled overnight. My actual children have never made me this proud.
Asked the pediatrician about beef liver and she sighed so deep I felt it in my own liver.
PSA: if your kid eats a crayon, that is technically still better than a Lunchable.
My mother-in-law microwaved my bone broth. We are no longer speaking. (She's staying for two weeks.)
Grounding barefoot in 40 degrees this morning. The neighbors waved. I think it was a wave.
Switched the family to wool dryer balls and now my husband asks where the static went. The static was TOXINS, Kevin.