The kitchen has been busy this week as we have canned tomato juice and tomato soup and have frozen corn. There is something so satisfying about jars of beautiful produce. It has made me eager to plant a bigger garden… Continue reading

We have good news and bad news. The bad news is we have determined we have 2 more roosters. For those of you keeping count, that’s 5 out of 12. 🤦‍♀️. The good news is we are confident the remaining… Continue reading

We are enjoying all things sourdough at our house this summer. We have learned that in addition to the artisan loaves, we love sourdough sandwich bread, waffles, pizza dough, English muffins, bagels, and pretzels. Continue reading

Chickens…..we wanted 3 or 4 and ended up with 12. We did not want roosters because we aren’t looking to build a flock and roosters can be aggressive and mean. We supposedly had all hens, but it can be difficult… Continue reading

We had such a fun weekend with family! We love sharing our little slice of paradise with those we love. Continue reading

They may like my garden, but it is also pretty spectacular to look out the kitchen window and see a small herd of deer…especially the playful little babies. Continue reading

Some days I see why making some big changes to our world was the best move! These two have been hard at work today working on a goat shed which they have designed and are not building together. They have… Continue reading

One of my favorite things about ice on the farm is watching Scott and the kids embrace a whole different world than they have known. At times the learning curve is steep (like when the brand new brush mower gets… Continue reading

It’s been a fun couple of days in the garden. We were able to dig up the first of our potatoes and pick the first cherry tomatoes. The potatoes aren’t russets, but I think Dad would be pleased! Continue reading

New perennials in the flower beds, garden growing like crazy, 12 happy growing chickens…we were feeling pretty good about how well we were doing. We were growing things, keeping the wilds from eating what we were growing, and keeping all… Continue reading