“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

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  • Family Days

    Family Days are the best days. Continue reading

  • Glimpse

    Just a glimpse of things that are making me happy on the farm lately: Continue reading

  • Escape artists

    The goats have been here a couple of weeks now. They are mostly sweet and love human interaction. They will call to you if they see you come outside and you don’t go to visit them, We had a bit… Continue reading

  • New Additions

    Meet the newest residents of Grawly Bear Farm. Scott and the kids picked them up this morning. The goats are settling in well and already love Farm Girl. They lay near the gate just waiting for her to return. Farm… Continue reading

  • Busy Kitchen

    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

  • Good news and bad news…

    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

  • Give us all the carbs

    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

  • Chicken Math

    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