Hobby Homesteading

Reduce Your Pesticide Levels by Going Organic

I've written before about why organic food is (generally) a better option overall, but I would like to bring attention…

Eggshells for the garden

My daughter's recent science fair project was super fascinating for gardening enthusiasts and wannabe homesteaders.…

10 Tips for Keeping Chickens in the Winter

Though backyard chickens are much more equipped to handle the frigidness of winter compared to the oppressive heat of…

Homeschool Room Makeover

Creating beautiful spaces is definitely a form of self-care for me. I don't thrive in cluttered surroundings at all. …

Let it snow

We got our first snow of 2019 today! It was simply beautiful! It snowed through the night, so we woke up to a…

My son, the hero

One of his chores every morning is to collect eggs, turn the coop bedding, and let the girls out into the bigger run. …

Summer sights

I know it's not technically summer yet, but it sure is starting to feel like it! We have more strawberries ripening in…

Spring hopefully?

Today was one of the first days that actually felt like spring! At the end of April. Ha! We've had a few teasers…

All the eggs

We've had quite an abundance of eggs over the last week while on spring break. I usually sell a few dozen to families…

April Showers

We certainly are getting plenty of April showers! In fact, just about every day of our spring break has been rained…

Seedlings

I find it miraculous to see little sprouts coming up out of the dirt. Something about new life being born out of a…

Our Spectacular Mama Daffy

It's with a heavy heart that I share we lost our Mama Daffy last week to a vicious predator attack. I'll spare blog…

First day of spring?

Well, it's officially the first day of spring. And in true east coast fashion, we are completely covered in snow. All…

My farmer buddy

He's my sidekick when it comes to gardening. I can always count on him to help me whenever needed. He enjoys digging…

The new focal point

When we first toured our house with our real estate agent back in October 2015, one of the things that seemed obvious…

Our Roo, Lemony

After being confident that we had a rooster in our flock back in December, I was actually a little excited about…

Our girls are growing up

Our sweet baby chicks are not baby chicks anymore! They started laying this week! Their itty bitty little eggs are…

The possibilities of garden planning

Oh, all the possibilities! I have been happily collecting all of the seed catalogs as they've been rolling in over the…

Snow No. 3

Well, we've officially seen our third snow of the season. It's still not winter yet. This most recent one was…

The magical first snow

The first snow fall came early this year! It was so beautiful, and I loved seeing the blanket of soft, fluffy…

Our country Halloween

Living in the country means we need to travel to another neighborhood if we want to trick-or-treat. We just don't have…

Our newest adoption story

Mama Daffodil did, indeed, accept all of the new baby chicks. All 15 of them. Fifteen. After sitting on wooden eggs…

Baby chick love

Our sweet Red Star baby chicks arrived! All 15 of them. They are every bit as cute as the pictures suggest. They…

Mama Daffodil

My sweet Daffy girl has gone broody two times now since the beginning of the summer. I think she desperately wants to…

Blown away

"For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations." Malachi 1:11 I was simply…

Mid-summer blooms

I adore Black-Eyed Susans and have been so thrilled to see them return this year. I watched the leaves shoot up from…

Our hidden paradise

When we first moved to the country, it was the backyard woods and creek that spoke to us the most. It was a hidden…

My preteen

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…

We’re seeing blue!

I was ecstatic to see blue blueberries on one of my bushes last week! After planting them last year, I wasn't…

His handiwork

I had so much fun walking around with my macro lens this evening. My perennials are blooming and I absolutely love…

The garden dirt bath

You know how chickens clean themselves? With dirt. I didn't know that until I started doing chicken-keeping…

Miss Glory Honey Buns

It's been busy, busy, busy over the last month and a half! Lots of garden and flower bed prep, planting, watering, and…

Front Porch Sittin’

We had the family over for a Mother's Day celebration and it was such a nice evening. Lots of chatting and eating,…

Everything comes alive

I planted six blueberry bushes and several strawberry plants last spring, when I wasn't really sure what I wanted to…

Life on the farm

I feel a little funny writing that we live on a farm. But in addition to maintaining a veggie and fruit patch, we've…

Say hello to our girls

First, wow I can't believe how neglected the blog has been, yikes! Busy season is upon us. But second, I'd like to…

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