Escape From The Chopping Block

Escape From The Chopping Block

We were down to just two ducks in the flock after the raccoons and the eagles got done helping themselves. And of course, as luck would have it, they left us with two hens that hadn’t laid a single egg in the past four months. And in creep those pesky moral...
The Week in Photos

The Week in Photos

We’ve been working non-stop around these parts.  Here are some photos of the homestead from the last week. [juicebox gallery_id=”23″] *Email followers will have to view the post here to see photos*
Feeling Like Home

Feeling Like Home

Wow, we’ve transformed our new place into a bustling, productive mini-farm in three short weeks.  And what a crazy three weeks it has been!  Less than 48 hours after closing we brought in 7 ducks, quacking and cooing into our lives.  A week later, 7 laying hens,...

We’re Finally In

  We apologize for the lack of writing.  What can we say, we’ve been BUSY!  Our wonderful and amazing farmhouse and 40 acres was an estate sale.  For that reason, it had a few decades worth of legacy in the form of books, tools, trinkets, yard implements...

What If This Deal Falls Through?

We close on our new home tomorrow, and let me tell you how confident we are that the deal’s going to go down…We’ve paid in full for seven ducks and put a deposit down on three goats.  And not from the butcher shop. Kathleen, our current landlord,...