This time of year is so lovely, all the chicken girls start coming back online. After a LONG 3-4 month period of almost no eggs, we start getting between 5-9 dozen a day!! Love LOVE my chickens, and the

This may not look like much to you, but this is the start of my very large garden for 2018!! On the left, is a ton of onions, about 85, 4 heads of hardneck white garlic, and on the right is a bunch of

This is a two part mask, the best part is the dry mix, has tons of egg protein in it, for all skin types. I quadrupled the amount of powder you receive, so you can mix some with any fluid you'd like, to

This is going to be a sort of interesting post for farming minded people. Those not interested in soil culture and growing green things, can probably skip this. We know that all life has a biome, a web

I am very happy to report that Willow's twins and Clarity's remaining twins are doing great. Growing like weeds and adjusting nicely. Going to get the barn cleaned out before Cassie and Hunter are due!!!

I do love Almond, quite a lot. Warm, cheery and inviting. Such a great soap.

And the wait is over, Ms. Clarity had her Babies!! Beautiful triplets, from our dear Malcolm, who passed away right before Christmas. My poor sweet boy did a great job, in siring 3 girls. Ms Clarity is

I don't normally order sample sized fragrances, but the new florals I had to sniff. I am a sucker for a good clean floral, but they are hard to find. These were not terrible, my favorite would probably

My spitfire goat Soaring Heart's Clarity, is 5 days over due, going on 6 days. With her first freshening, she had 4 kids, 2 boys and 2 girls. Only 3 survived birth, with the 4th being stillborn. Last year

This fabulous rich facial soap, has Honey and Myrrh in it, and is scented with Honey. I chose to make this of melt and pour so that I could do a translucent layer, on top of the myrrh layer. I haven't

I am starting some lima beans inside, because we have such a short growing season here. Now supposedly you can't start them inside, but I am giving it a try, to see what happens.

I planted a bunch of tomatoes and sweet peppers last night. It's a little bit early, but I'd rather give them extra time to grow. We may not get a great growing season, so extra time is good. The plan

We currently have 2 Toulouse Geese, by the name of Sugar and Stevia, a goose and a gander. They are approaching 3 years old, so I figured it might be time to get a couple of goslings, to let them raise,

It's amazing how fast they find their feet, and get moving. They were about a week premature, and had 2 dead siblings in utero, so this bouncy fun stuff, is a miracle!! And then..... the real trouble starts.

Here the twins are, a bit less than 48 hours old. Mommy is doing well, had her second dose of antibiotics, because of the 2 dead babies. These guys are super skinny because she had quadruplets, instead

Willow, our herd matriarch, had her babies a full week early, which is highly unusual. She normally cooks them a week or so longer than her due date, so I knew something was wrong. Last year, she had

Started some tomatoes, and another type of onion, the Southport White Globe onion. Giving the Mortgage Lifter, Yellow Mortgage Lifter, Black Brandywine, Big Rainbow, Striped Roman, and Black Krim. The

Part of what makes soap making fun is that things sometimes don't go as planned. And sometimes those things are an awesome development, and sometimes not. I made a first batch of First Blush, which is

So we are about 20 days in on the hot pepper starts, and I am very pleased that MOST have sprouted or are starting too. The Purple Jalapeno and the Scotch Bonnet are lagging behind pretty badly, with no

I chose some new seeds to start off here in the garden, Lima beans of a couple of varieties, peas and beans, as well as some large tomato varieties. I will have some heavy pruning to do on these, so that