Nicole Chryst
Wellness Educator
Chasing truth, beauty, goodness, and all things naturally wholistic.
Faith over fear.
Ephesians 2:8-10
I’ve been married to my high school sweetheart since 2003. Together, we have four amazing children, by birth and adoption. When I am not teaching fine arts to my favorite upper school students at our incredible classical Christian school, I spend my days on our 7-acre property where I try my best to love my family well and experiment with hobby homesteading. My favorite things to do are cultivate my ever-expanding gardens, wrangle chickens, ferment all the things, sourdough bake with einkorn flour, and figure out new ways to use essential oils. I believe God has tasked us to be good stewards of our spaces in the world, and I guide my children to do the same.
I am a board member of The Sparrow Fund and an Empowered to Connect Facilitator. I love to dig in the dirt, cook nourishing food, capture beauty through my camera lens, watch the sunrise on the beach, and spend time with good literature on my porch while sipping on a hot cup of coffee.
This girl. She’s the one who first made my dream of being a mama come true. She came into the world with ease, and has always been filled with joy. She’s everything I’d hoped for and is such a delight to parent. A true delight. I genuinely enjoy my time with her. Our conversations are...
You know how chickens clean themselves? With dirt. I didn’t know that until I started doing chicken-keeping research. Yup, they dirt bathe. As strange as it sounds, it’s actually one of the cutest activities I’ve seen them enjoy. They create little dirt pits in different places all over the backyard by scratching up the dirt...
It’s been busy, busy, busy over the last month and a half! Lots of garden and flower bed prep, planting, watering, and even some harvesting (our strawberries are ready!). We’re watching flowers bloom all over the property, it’s simply glorious! And we’ve also been figuring out the chicken-keeping gig on the job. It’s truly been...
I feel a little funny writing that we live on a farm. But in addition to maintaining a veggie and fruit patch, we’ve decided that having chickens qualifies. And this basket sits in our kitchen as a constant reminder that we have 6 girls working hard for us! They live quite a pampered life though,...
First, wow I can’t believe how neglected the blog has been, yikes! Busy season is upon us. But second, I’d like to introduce you to our girls! They’ve officially been ours for a week, and we are simply mesmerized with them! We found a local farm that was selling year-old Red Stars and Black Orpingtons,...
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