Here’s a little update on the farm… We’ve got about 28 chickens right now, 10 of which are these little guys that hatched in my incubator around the end of August. I love the cool colors I get from my “mutt” eggs! Here is “Puffy”. He’ll puff up pretty much any time you go outside...
Fall Resolution: Savoring Life
I have yet to find a mom that doesn’t consider herself BUSY! It really amazes me how little time there is in the day to get everything done…and most days, very little actually gets done. I have yet to find empty-nester parents who haven’t said to me something like, “Savor the moments, it goes...
Real Food Family Homestead Summer Wrap Up
The official first day of fall this year is September 22, but I’m am SO ready for the cooler weather, awesome fall produce, and the many holidays! Fall is my favorite season, so I’m sure you’ll get an ode to Autumn when its inauguration comes. Even though we aren’t officially in fall, school has started,...
RIP Baby Mazie
This morning my husband came to wake me up and was obviously distressed. Immediately I figured we had eviscerated chickens outside or something and that my excessive paranoia of predators finally came true. I asked him if there was a dead animal and he said yes. I asked if it was the chickens and he...
A Very SAD Day For My Baby Goats
Today was a very difficult day for me…and, I’m sure, more so for my baby goats. (Just to catch you up, on the second half of our vacation– which was so relaxing and wonderfully uneventful that I decided not to write a “part 2” post- our friend sent us home with two new adorable baby...