• Homesteading

    Welcome May!

    Oh HI! How the heck are you? It’s been a few minutes… errrr… months 😉 You know, when I mentioned in my last post that I was allowing myself some space and time to rest during the Winter months, I truly didn’t intend to be gone from this space for…

  • Chickens

    Broody Buff

    I’ve been frustrated by the fact that I haven’t had time to blog about all of the happenings around the farm these days because of all the happenings around the farm and beyond the farm! And so I’ve been posting to Instagram in a micro-blogging fashion in an attempt to keep…

  • Chickens

    Country Chickens

    Despite my romanticized visions of perpetually gorgeous views with all sorts of beautiful farm animals frolicking about it’s becoming abundantly clear that real life often looks a bit different. Case in point: Country chickens. They are a funky bunch. They are brave and stupid. (Stupidly brave?) They escape the coop…

  • LGDs

    Akuna – LGD Update

    Despite all of my angst around this big, white, fluffy, livestock guardian dog (LGD) of ours (between her escapes, her seemingly endless heat cycle, and the necessity for our newly installed electric fencing), I just have to say that… She is doing so well! She has calmed around the chickens…

  • Chickens - Family - Goats

    Up Close

    In the Quiet that is January, I’ve been allowing myself the space to rest… to do nothing…or very little… while dreaming big and allowing my desires to float up to the top and dance in front of my imagination. In the Quiet that is January, I’ve been brainstorming ways to…