About Kristen & Seasonal Grains
Welcome to Seasonal Grains. We are an urban homestead and a licensed cottage bakery serving organic, fresh-milled sourdough bread and bakes. Our home is often filled with sounds of the pattering of little feet, children homeschooling at our kitchen table, wheat milling in our NutriMill, the smells of freshly baked bread, or the sight of random strawberries, beans, or rocks (IYKYK) picked from the garden and brought in by our children as they play… and lots of dancing!
The Original Bread Baker
Meet my husband, Dametri, the original farm dreamer and bread baker in our home! Long before Seasonal Grains was a cottage bakery, homestead, or blog, Dametri was studying Joel Salatin’s ways of farming, listening to a local wheat supplier teach the benefits of milling wheat, and dreaming his childhood farm dreams. Dametri soon learned how to bake the best bread from a fellow firefighter baker and was given our grain mill as payment for a side job he worked. His often-requested biscuits, fresh-milled loaves, and grain mill have been staples in our kitchen for nearly a decade, greatly influencing my bread baking.
About Kristen
Hi! I’m Kristen, the heart behind the blog. In short, I’m a devoted follower of Christ, a proud wife, a passionate mother, a sourdough-loving cottage baker, and an urban homesteader. I’m excited to share the seasons of our home with you.
My greatest work and delight is that of a mother. Spending my days homeschooling my children and nurturing their hearts is an honor. It’s a dream that I never knew I desired. I was not the little girl who dreamed of marriage and motherhood. However, falling in love with Dametri and our desire for a big family revealed my heart for mothering. During that time I earned a Bachelor of Science in Christian Ministry. I desired to pour into children, young women, and mothers, casting a vision for the beauty of motherhood, the value of children, and the importance of creating a nurturing and intentional home environment.
Shortly after marrying Dametri and completing my studies, we were pregnant with our first daughter. Dametri and I felt the call for me to be home and I’ve had the joy of fulfilling my career aspirations within the walls of our home for the last 12+ years. I’ve also had the pleasure of pouring into numerous young women and mothers during this time.
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About Seasonal Grains
Sowing seeds into hearts slowly led to milling wheat seeds, sowing seeds into the soil, and tending to more life. From the early years of Dametri’s homemade firehouse biscuits, milling wheat for our homemade bread, establishing a vegetable garden, and caring for chickens and rabbits, to my love for sourdough bread and desire to provide other families with the same nutrition that I provide for my own home, there seemed to be a natural progression into growing our cottage bakery.
We dream of one day having farm bread pick-ups and produce farm stands, so residing on a half-acre in a neighborhood governed by an HOA means that we are not in the space we ultimately desire, though we are so thankful for the amazing neighbors we have! However, we are stewarding what is before us and encourage others to start with what they have!
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So, whether you are looking for a local sourdough bread baker, simple recipes for your family, you are a novice homeschooler, an aspiring homesteader, or an experienced green thumb, I invite you to join me on this journey of turning your kitchen into the sweetest place in your home, embracing the joys of motherhood, and creating a homestead where you are. Let’s sow seeds — in hearts, bread, and soil.
Kristen
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