April is a month so full of excitement, plans, ideas, (later than normal) seed starting, and full on Spring Fever. It’s also a month full of weed pulling, garden plotting and re-plotting, and frost warnings. I find myself intermittently holding my breathe and practicing deep breathing a lot in April.…
You guys, I cannot even begin to explain to you just how excited I am about our new house and the amazing property it sits on! It almost seems unreal that everything we’ve been working for and planning for and dreaming about has manifested in such a wonderful rental! So,…
Whew… We made it! Despite a few bumps in the road (I was sick, Sprout was sick, the Uhaul places here are…hmmm…let’s just say…very challenging to deal with, we had so.much.stuff to move), and thanks to some truly amazing friends and family, we made it! We’re finally in our new…
This Saturday (the day after tomorrow!) we will pack our chickens in boxes, drive 30 minutes north, and introduce them to their new coop. We will walk through the house and property with our new Landlady, ask questions, and be given the rundown of what’s what. We will begin the next…
I have a bookshelf full of homesteading books, resources, information, and magazines on all kinds of homesteading topics. I have dreamed about the day when we would live on enough acreage that we could easily keep livestock, grow an expansive garden, and maybe even make a bit of income from our excesses.…
Are you ready for this? Yep, you’ve just been given a mini-tour of our future home! As of March 28th, we will be renting this beautiful piece of property and beginning the next leg of our homesteading journey! Yes, we did just move last fall. And yes, we are just…