My Blog
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We Have Babies!
Surprise! This brat pretended to be fine all day, then hid in the shelter of the rabbit hutches and had her babies all on her own. I’m so proud of her. They’re all doing amazingly well, mama is proud as punch and happy to have her kids around her, and I’m over the moon. Two…
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Free Range Grazing
And loving it! This sweet girl is due any day now, and we’re so excited to see the babies she produces. She’s so unbelievably beautiful, and I can’t wait to see what kind of color her babies have. Very exciting things coming!
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New Ground
Look at this. Can you believe how beautiful it is here? I can’t. Colorado is getting ALL the rain this spring, and since we have a workday for our house planned tomorrow, my sister and I are tilling the garden today. It’s a quarter of an acre. So, so much room. We are planting all…
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Reviving Our Flock
We had a hundred chicks show up at our door the other afternoon. I’m wildly excited. Our flock of hens had dwindled over the last year until we only had eight layers left in our whole coop. Eight. Eight, y’all. Eight hens, when eggs are $6.22 a dozen. We’re doing weird things for breakfast right…
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Crisco Is My New Favorite
We’ve had a miracle happen in our house lately. At least, it feels like a miracle, after months of nothing helping and Adam’s skin issues getting worse and worse no matter what. These pictures are four days apart, y’all. Four. Days. Look at how beautiful he is. So much less itchiness, so much more sleep.…