Category: homesteading
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our new brood
View fullsize View fullsize Chicks! We have new chicks! And let me tell you, watching chicks grow through the eyes of a 13 month-old is absolutely wonderful. He LOVES his…
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sugaring
We made maple syrup! Dan’s been talking about tapping our trees for a few years now and this year he made it happen! We really didn’t know what to expect…
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earning their keep
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize We FINALLY have eggs again after at least a 2.5 month break! I haven’t posted about…
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garden notes :: 6.18.16
I can’t believe my garden has been planted for over a month now, but I have yet to share it with you! That baby of ours has been keeping me…
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happenings ’round the homestead
It’s been a full few weeks around this little homestead of ours! With all things baby, a trip out to Michigan to visit family, and spring springing around each corner.…
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when keeping chickens doesn’t go as planned
When we first got our chickens almost two years ago, we told ourselves that they were not pets, even though we were decided to name them. We planned to raise…
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winterizing the ladies
Wow! What a crazy couple of weeks it has been! With mid-semester grading, baby preparations, winter preparations, choir rehearsals and concerts, and my best friend visiting, I feel as though…
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put up and put away
It’s official! The canning season in this house has come to an end! My canning supplies have been crowding our kitchen for the last few weeks in hopes that a…
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garden notes :: 10.16.15
View fullsize I said farewell to most of my garden this past weekend. We still haven’t had a hard frost in Minneapolis (however, tonight could be the night!), but the…
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garden notes :: 9.22.15
Oh, the garden, the fall garden! It’s such a mix of abundance and overgrown craziness! Once school starts each fall, I find myself coming home and thinking “oh, yeah, I…