I was not that happy about where my life was a year ago and what I was focusing on. It wasn't a bad place, it just felt like I had hit a wall in what I wanted to do in life. I still have a small homestead,

Well this last week we lost a baby chick, and even though this is the first one out of 25 that we've raised that we lost, it hit hard. It isn't clear why it died at 5 weeks old and it's caused me to watch

So as I mentioned in my introduction, I took in my cousin who is 15, almost 16. Dealing with a teenager has been a constant trip down memory lane. Trying to remember the things I went through in high school

Going to jump on the wagon with this fun little challenge. Thanks for pointing it out to me @jayjayjeffery!!! So here it goes, my most embarrassing moment on the homestead. It would have to be a few months

I knew I wanted chickens and knew they would need a decent sized house since I already knew I wanted road island reds. So I searched and searched and searched for different ideas and plans that fit what

Well we finally got rain last night after all day of clouds and thunder. It was great falling asleep to it and wonderful thoughts of fresh rain water for the garden. So this morning I got up early, fed

Oh man my two year old is driving me nuts!!! I can not tell you how many times a day I tell her to get down, put that back, get off me, go sit down, or get out of there. It's just too hot to be outside

After writing my introduction post we went to give our neighbors some eggs. With only us and my parents eating maybe 10 eggs a day and skipping some days, we started having a little bit of a surplus, besides

lets start with some back story. I lived in Alaska from when I was 2-20, I loved it there but hadn't lived anywhere else and wanted to experience another state so I moved to Colorado with my ex. Lived