• Create - DIY - Family

    Farm Wedding Prep!

    This post could also easily be called, “Now I Understand Why People Elope!” 😉 Two short months ago, when we finally decided to get married and set our date, we didn’t think much of the quick turnaround. Instead, we thought: We are doers. We are facilitators. We are badass DIYers.…

  • Goats

    A Girl & Her Goats

    We’ve finally named the girls!!! I know, I know…it took forever! Let me officially introduce you to Lucy and Ethel. Lucy is the younger/smaller blondie, full of enthusiasm and curiosity… Ethel is a bit more calm and subdued but more than happy to go along for the ride when Lucy…

  • Turkeys

    Raising Turkeys – An Update

    Well, it’s been 2 1/2 months since my last turkey post, so I figure I’m overdue! As I mentioned in my original post about raising turkeys, we’re newbies at this, which means the learning curve is pretty steep. For example: I’ve learned how to “walk wide” to corral them in…

  • Chickens - DIY - Goats - Grow - Harvest - Turkeys

    Life, Unfiltered

    Technology allows us to edit and crop the real life out of the “real lives” we all share via our websites and on social media.   As a blogger, I want to document our journey while creating a pretty, inviting space that you, my dear reader, want to spend some…

  • Create

    Sky Blanket update

    I’ve decided that I need to stop setting myself up for failure by taking on huge projects with multiple steps that take forever to complete and leave me feeling frustrated and unaccomplished. As I mentioned in my previous post, frustrated and unaccomplished don’t jive well with my personality type at…

  • Chickens - Goats - Grow - Turkeys

    Playing Catch Up

    The last couple of weeks have been a bit trying for me.  Between work and home, there’s just so much to do and so little time!  I’m exhausted all the time.  Happy, but truly exhausted. I feel behind on everything. The garden is still being put in, we need to…

  • Goats

    Introducing Mama Mello and…

    The last few days have been a bit of a blur. It all started with the ending of another week and the beginnings of a whole new chapter in our lives and on our farm with the introduction of our very first milking goats! Since then, with a whole new…

  • Create

    Farm Photo Friday – Three

    Happy Friday, Happy June, and Welcome to our third edition of Farm Photo Friday! I am so very excited to have 10 gorgeous shots to share with you today from 10 awesome Farmers! To be honest, I had a really hard time deciding on which of my own photos to use this month…