farmstead

Day 7 Another cold, cold day today. But this is what I woke up to. My dog Koodge has been in my life for the last 7 years +. He really is an amazing dog (when he wants to be, he does have his own mind,

Day 6 It was SO cold today. The chickens were unhappy. There was some snow on the ground, but it melted by this evening, thank goodness! The high today was maybe 27f. Counting down the days until warm

Day 5 It snowed last night and I woke up to some on the ground. The weather has such an impact on me and what I can get done around here. So not too much got done, but there's always tomorrow! <3 The

Who and What is a Squeakers? Squeakers is the newest addition to the farmstead. She is an old (between 12 and 15 years) tiny little 5 pound chihuahua (mix?) who came into our lives just a few days before

Day 4 And then there's this little tortilla chip. The "Rules". 7 black-and-white images that represent an important part of your life. Present a picture every day for 7 days. No people. No

January 28th Another slow egg collecting day! But we did get 9 chicken eggs and 1 duck egg! I’m sad to say that it was possible that there were actually two duck eggs but one was probably smooshed and

Day 3 Watching the Easter Egger get little munch bits from last summer’s weeds. I have to admit, today was harder to participate, for some reason! Almost just went to bed without posting. The

January 25th This is one of my favorite sights, I just love seeing my chickens free ranging and happy. We got ten eggs today! It always makes me a tiny bit disappointed when the count goes down instead

Day 2 I am yearning for spring and summer. So I end up walking aimlessly around the property in hopes of seeing some signs. This succulent is showing a little bit of life. Happy day! The "Rules".

Today marks the anniversary of the first death I experienced in person, period. I've wanted to write about this so many times, but it was way to painful for so long. Even now, my heart is aching, but I

January 21st Squeakers often has her tongue hanging out when she is deeply relaxed. It seems to be a hard feat for a little chihuahua to get fully relaxed, so I feel privileged when I do catch it. I bought

Day 1 Usually my husband feeds and lets the ducks and geese out in the morning, so he is the one to collect the duck eggs. However, this morning he was able to sleep in after working late last night, and

January 17th Six eggs again today. Caught some fakers making the egg song in the coop without having laid an egg. Jerks. Six is better than none! I can’t wait until everyone is laying again. I’m really

January 14th The **weirdest** thing happened with the quail today, it was like they were stuck in slow motion! (See first video!) Weird sounds I’ve never heard from them before. Usually they run quickly!

@armadillocreek is holding a fun little contest asking us to share something we do/have on our homestead that we do to thrive. Check out the contest! The thing I have that helps me thrive... but not only

January 11th Lots of pictures today! I got 6 eggs! There were two Faverolles in one nesting box today, and the one sitting on another was the one to lay an egg! It was hilarious to watch! The one who was

January 7th I knew it would happen that since I got six eggs yesterday, I’d only get a couple today. Two eggs today. Sigh. I thought I was gonna get a third from my SLW, but no, she just sat in the nesting

Yesterday I told you about how I had some daily posts that I have been doing on my personal FB that I, and others, thought may be good to share here to help me get back on track to posting on Steemit.

What, where have I been? I am not even sure I can answer that fully. Mostly, I've just been in my head. Depression is such a bitch. Lemme tell ya. I've been sitting here trying to write this post for about

You know, I was so worried last Sunday when only two babies hatched. One chicken and one quail. But guess what?! Over that night, more babies hatched! I was so scared that I was going to have to try to