Flostead

Flostead Florence homestead..Flostead. We have a passion for local food!
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We provide fresh baked bread and other baked goods, using local and organic ingredients as much as possible.

05/25/2026

Still shaking from finding this giant beetle on my foot in the garden. I’m sure he’s harmless, but he’s like 2 inches long. I’d much rather admire him from afar 😬

No one should take me seriously when I say “I’m just going to start a few seeds and have a small garden this year”… I al...
04/25/2026

No one should take me seriously when I say “I’m just going to start a few seeds and have a small garden this year”… I always start “a little extra” just in case, and can’t bear to thin any out. So here’s triple the amount of plants I really planned to have 😆😬 (plus some I bought bc who can leave a greenhouse empty handed?!)

Because sometimes there’s no time for things to look pretty. Complete with random things that didn’t get picked up off t...
03/29/2026

Because sometimes there’s no time for things to look pretty. Complete with random things that didn’t get picked up off the table, and a grill that doubles as a seedling table.

Flashback to what this page used to look like, before sourdough took over. Sourdough is a good thing, and we really enjo...
03/29/2026

Flashback to what this page used to look like, before sourdough took over. Sourdough is a good thing, and we really enjoyed (most of) our season of slinging dough, baking the days away, and setting up at the market. Mostly we enjoyed the people we met along the way, and the honor of providing bread to the community! The downside though, was that we didn’t have a lot of time for our favorite parts of this “homesteading” life. We actually didn’t have a garden at all in 2025. I’m realizing now how much a garden is necessary for my joy and sanity. We are doing more of that (hopefully) in 2026 and are gonna go back to sharing that journey on this page. Feel free to still follow along, even though we aren’t selling bread. But if you are only interested in bread, no hard feelings if you unfollow 😆♥️.

Little seedling friends. There’s nothing quite like the hope of garden planning 💚.
03/08/2026

Little seedling friends. There’s nothing quite like the hope of garden planning 💚.

Working on some new things. Sneak peek!
03/05/2026

Working on some new things. Sneak peek!

It’s been a difficult season around here, in some ways. It’s also been very beautiful and joyful because we are beyond b...
11/18/2025

It’s been a difficult season around here, in some ways. It’s also been very beautiful and joyful because we are beyond blessed with each other, and a lovely baby (who recently turned 1!). I hesitate to complain, because I have it so good. So I hope I don’t come off as complaining.. I just want to share some of what’s on my heart. I don’t know if it’s a postpartum thing or what, but I’ve dealt with some depression/anxiety stuff over the past 6-9 months. I’ve also got some autoimmune health things I’m discovering/dealing with so maybe that’s it.. all I know is I haven’t quite felt like myself for a while. It is improving (because of lots of prayer on my part and prayer for me) but I’m definitely not all the way there yet. That’s kind of a long rant, but the point of this post is this: One thing I realized about myself is that I haven’t been allowing myself to slow down and feel the joy. I haven’t been allowing myself to do things that I’ve historically liked to do, because I am always trying to “get ahead”.. or even just dig out from a pile (of dishes, laundry, homeschool, etc etc). I would save things as a reward to motivate myself to keep going, but then never actually feel like I completed the job and then never get to do the fun things. So a month or so ago I decided I need to just have some time where I stop and do fun things, even when the house is a chaos tornado. My daughter recently told me she doesn’t want to be an adult, because then she won’t be excited about things. Talk about a bomb to my heart. I found an Amazon gift card so I decided to buy something fun and crafty, that I definitely don’t have time for right now. I made sure to show her how excited I was to open it and get started on it. All the kids are less than impressed with the progress I’ve made on it, but that is ok. When I needed to pause yesterday, I threw it in a random yarn basket I saw. Today when I got it out, I decided to see what else is in that bin.. and found this fun little crochet houseplant project I finished.. 2 years ago.. and never hung up because I couldn’t find the right spot. This is both fun and sad. So I decided it just needed to go up anywhere, and there we go. 💚

Smoked chicken broth is the best! Ended up with *almost* 5 quarts of broth from only 7 chickens!
06/12/2025

Smoked chicken broth is the best! Ended up with *almost* 5 quarts of broth from only 7 chickens!

They were upset that Zach butchered the meat chickens before they woke up this morning, so they are getting a lesson on ...
06/10/2025

They were upset that Zach butchered the meat chickens before they woke up this morning, so they are getting a lesson on parting the meat out. They both said “I love this job”!

Here we are, the people behind the bread! We haven’t had a family picture in a while so don’t mind the collage 😆. We hav...
05/19/2025

Here we are, the people behind the bread! We haven’t had a family picture in a while so don’t mind the collage 😆. We have an ❗️ANNOUNCEMENT❗️: starting this week, we are taking a break on bread sales. We have been praying for guidance regarding this business for a while now, and feel like God is leading us to pause for now. We GREATLY appreciate all of you and the support you have given us. This has truly been a blessing and we love our community. We still think you should support local bread, and there’s lots of other great sourdough bakers in our area! Thank you all so much, and we are excited to see where God leads us!!

Come see us at the Williamsburg farmers market! Here til 7!
05/07/2025

Come see us at the Williamsburg farmers market! Here til 7!

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3407 Jackson Pike
Batavia, OH
45103

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+15132370840

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