Our first pastured fenced, adding more chickens, and anxiously awaiting our first eggs…May updates on the farm. I’m not gonna lie, it’s getting harder and harder to blog frequently. There is something to always do on the farm and squeezing time in to write (even though it’s one of my favorite things) is difficult. Just this morning as I was filling up waters for all the animals, I kept thinking…
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April Updates On The Farm
Read moreApril updates on the farm are here. We’ve been here 6 MONTHS! I can’t even wrap my head around that. It has flown by. Here is what we’ve been up to this month. NEW CHICKEN COOP(S) We are starting our plans for the mobile chicken coop, but until then, the older pullets needed somewhere larger than a brooder to stretch their wings. I had been searching for forever for a…
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Farm Routine
Read moreI don’t know about you, but I find other people’s routines and daily tasks fascinating. It’s like being able to see inside their homes for a day. I wanted to give our readers a glimpse into the mundane, yet magical day into ours. Our farm routine. ALARM GOES OFF AT 6 AM Our farm routine begins at 6am. Now do I instantly get up with the alarm goes off? Of…
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Mother’s Day Farm Style
Read moreGiggling as I type this, but boy have things changed. I’ve never really been a girly girly per se, but I never thought I’d ask for a garden cart for my birthday either lol. Yep, that’s what I asked for my birthday when my mom asked what I wanted. It got me thinking, I can not be the only one who now loves anything farm related as gifts. Mother’s Day Farm…
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The Greenhouse
Read moreIt is officially Spring. I realized after I shared this little snippet of our greenhouse on Instagram the other day, I had never shared on our website. The Greenhouse is housing tiny seeds ready to be taken to the land as soon as it stays a little bit warmer. Here is all about it. TEMPORARY GREENHOUSE… I say temporary for two reasons. One, we will use this as long as…
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Bringing The Land Back To Life
Read moreBringing the land back to life. What exactly does that mean? Land that is living and breathing, working for us, not against us. REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE What is regenerative agriculture? Regenerative agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems. In a nut shell, it’s putting focus on regenerating the soil. It’s pulling carbon from the atmosphere and sequestering it in the ground. Regeneration practices include no-tilling,…
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Starting a Cut Flower Garden
Read moreWHY A CUT FLOWER GARDEN? Starting our very own Cut Flower Garden. Dreams swirled in my head of going out in the morning light with my farm boots on, taking my shears out of my basket found at the thrift shop, and cutting the most beautiful long stemmed blooms for our kitchen. Sounds heavenly right? Well, this will be my first time creating a cut flower garden, but I have…