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…

Life on the farm is always about learning. Learning to work with the wood that we have harvested and create cool, and interesting things. Learning to bake sourdough bread. Applying online tips and…

Kids in the kitchen, kids around the table. Hiking the woods and taking aim at life. This is the first Thanksgiving we have spent together in many years. And, this year we added…

The season is turning. The chill in the air has blown in with the autumn wind. The chickens are getting new feathers and our little squirrels are getting ready for their big adventure…

More feeding, more play time and another ‘gone too fast’ weekend at the farm. We enjoyed Otto’s pal from over the hill, canned apple sauce and completed many little critter feedings.

When you live on a farm, there is lots of poop. There is turkey manure on the backfield to be spread on the fields. There’s chicken poop wherever we set the coop and…