while our chickens are fun, and certainly great egg producers. They also are typical bird brains ! yesterday, we moved their coop from one side of the shop to the other. Their food…

Winters in the Midwest are unpredictable. One week it might be ice and snow, the next rainy, the next very temperate. One thing I miss in the winter is that we don’t see…

as I prepared some extra baking, sourdough loaves, and single pot dinners this week for Chuck, as I am away for our leadership conference, I found comfort in these comfort foods. it is…

We settled around the table this afternoon with friends to eat chili and catch up. It was the first meal on our new table , and a belated birthday hooray for my pal,…

2024 and a dusting of snow made life on the farm feel crisp and quiet. We walked the woods and enjoyed the solitude. Botto found it exhilarating and, well, comfortable?!

New year, new opportunity , new adventure or new challenge; here we come! This year Chuck learned what a charcuterie board was and built a few. We learned to raise squirrels orphans and…

Setting the table for breakfast in the morning, I put the table runner down. It was a gift and this is the first time I used it. The words on it made me…

A rooster rustle tussle started the day along with a couple fresh eggs from our first laying hen. Little farm moments that remind us how blessed we are to be here. The roosters…

The message at church today was about peace. Not world peace or hippy peace signs but peace that comes only from God and His Word which can lift us past our worries and…