• Willis-Brown Wedding
    Family

    Making it “Official”

    Nine years ago today, Kim and I called it “official” and intentionally began our lives together. The past nine years have included two daughters, four homes, and this crazy, ever-growing journey of ours from a life built in the city to one growing in the country with more dreams for our future than can ever be counted. And now, as…

  • Harvest

    Slow to Harvest

    While we are not new to gardening, we are new to this space. And while we have planted a bazillion seeds, they haven’t all germinated. And while it feels as though this property has been our home for ages, it’s really only been a few months. So, I have to remember that, though our first real harvests are just beginning…

  • 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 time exploring. The truth is, though, real life, unfiltered, isn’t…

  • Everything Else

    The Changing Seasons – June in Review

    Maybe it’s the excitement of summer being officially upon us…with all of it’s hot sweaty-ness, fun potential, long days and short nights…but it’s flying by at a rapid pace and it’s all I can do to slow myself down a bit to enjoy the moments, the flashes in time, before they’ve raced past, on their way elsewhere. The extreme heat…

  • Everything Else

    Farm Photo Friday – Four

    Happy Friday and Welcome to our Fourth edition of Farm Photo Friday! June marked the real beginning of the harvests!  Though not by our doing, but instead by the work of those who came before us, the itty bitty cherry tree and the two massive mulberry trees began ripening, giving us pound upon pound of tart and super sweet fruits.…

  • Family,  Grow

    Family Garden Day

    Sundays have become our Family Garden Day, when Kim, Sprout and I are joined by my oldest daughter and/or my little brother for a few morning hours of dedicated garden time. It started out as a plea for help due to our sheer state of Overwhelm as a direct result of now having so.much.garden.space in comparison to our 1/8 acre…