There are moments in this lifestyle that are so high. Like you’re walking on clouds. Like nothing can get you down. Moments with fresh strawberries, and newborn baby goats, and fresh cheese. Those are the high times. And yet with this…
Category: Homestead Reflections
Two weeks ago was the first time I was ready to throw in the towel on farming. I’ve been broken down before, as farming has a way of doing that to a person, but I had never been so fully committed…
Last Wednesday April Tells All turned one year old. One year baby! So much has changed in that year! When I first published my very first post my blog looked like this: And yes I have had a dizzying array of…
I have been a vegetarian for almost 3 years now. 3 years of no bacon, no ham, no chicken. 3 years of reading labels and watching for things like gelatin, beef flavoring, or chicken fat (it’s in more products than you’d…
Ever have one of those moments where you go to speak and all of a sudden your mother comes out? Or your father? Can you relate to the horror when you realize you are becoming: da-da-daaaa like them! I know…
Friday afternoon carried on like usual. I checked on the goats, threw a few more pine branches in the paddock for them to nibble on and went looking around for Loretta, my one rogue hen who will not stay inside…