In case you haven’t read about it yet, we’ve decided to leave our homestead and live in town next to the beach again. This was a very difficult decision driven mainly by the desire to get completely out of debt (cars included) and save money. We will also be closer to our church and the...
Category: <span>Goats</span>
Homesteading: Birds of A Feather…
When you get new chicks, you have to keep them caged in the vicinity of the adult chickens for at least 30 days so that they are all friends when you let the chicks run free. Not the case with ducklings (at least mine). And that is why I love my little ducks so much....
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...