As you know, we are making a big life transition right now to live our dreams. Emotions are a roller coaster right now. No, we don’t regret what we are leaving behind… but there has been some worry, of course, as that last paycheck comes in and the last day of being insured goes by. Then […]
We’re leaving the suburbs for farm life next week!
We are just counting down the days until moving day. I’m both excited and a bit shocked that moving day is just a few days away. The walls are literally lined with packed boxes, all the obvious things are packed… now we have all the hidden spaces to pack up (the garage, the attic, the […]
Tales from the backyard flock: Are they cooked or do they have chicks in them?
For the last week, maybe two, we have had significantly fewer eggs each day from our six laying hens. Initially I thought that the hens that were not laying had nutritional imbalances since they’ve been eating chicks starter food (against our wishes). We’ve recently integrated our baby chicks to our adult flock, our Rhode Island Reds […]
Updates on the massive poultry flock in the tiny suburban backyard.
Before I became a turkey owner: I wasn’t prepared for how social they’d be towards people. I didn’t believe that they were truly NOT smart creatures. I hadn’t realized that they fight, like roosters do. I didn’t expect to be treating the wounds and checking on them as vigilantly as I do with my kids. […]
Goodbye Evansville, Hello farm life…
The countdown has begun! We are moving away from city life and going to live in the country in 9 days. Things are wrapping up, Everly’s got her last three days of Montessori school this week and Nathan only has 8 days of work left. We are squeezing in last minute health appointments, play dates […]
We DID it, we are farm bound. An unconventional beginning farmer story.
We’ve been working hard to up our farming/ self sustaining situation. Even before we bought our house we were looking at farmhouses on some land. If you know anything about the area we live in, then you know that land isn’t cheap to own here. Most of the time you see really huge portions of […]
Introducing new chicks to your existing flock or “And then there were two, flocks.”
You may have caught the news in passing here or over on Nathan’s blog. We grew our flock of chickens this spring. “We ended up bringing home a dozen chicks: 2 Buff Orpingtons, 2 White Leghorns, 2 Black Sex Link, 3 Amberlinks, and 3 Golden Laced Wyandottes. That will certainly grow our flock of 3 […]
When your backyard flock grows. From chicken rearing to turkeys!
We were out of chick starter so a trip to the local farm supply store was on the agenda for the day. When visiting the farm supply store we have to visit the baby chick area if the kids are with us because kids LOVE to see baby birds and rabbits (even though the backyard […]
Infographic: The Straight Poop & Musings on toilet training
I’m elated! Adalyn has had two dry nights in a row! Yep, this is a post about toilet learning. Adalyn has been on the road to being diaper free for quite some time. She’s 2.5 years old now and is mostly dry and clean during the day. She’s only had a few accidents while out […]
Owned parents: Leaders of the crazy train and sometimes the best birth control ever!
I’m normally pretty good at solo parenting outings but they really don’t happen often. We all very much prefer to stay home in our PJs… After you read this you’ll understand why. My kids are experts on “packing their bags” with necessities and snacks for outings. Everly is such a pro at it that if […]
Butter, oh butter
Making butter is quite easy but for some reason I’ve always viewed it as wasteful and unpractical. I guess I just assumed making butter requires you to use raw milk in it’s entirety (and raw milk is quite the commodity!). Plus, only a small portion of butter results from the whole gallon of milk and […]
Big changes are in the works for this homestead!
Over the weekend we got a TON of outside work done here on the half-acre homestead because we just put our house on the market! That’s right, we can’t put it off any longer. Our house is in less that perfect showing condition and is VERY lived in with the five of us crammed in […]
If you want another baby…
Life with kids sure keeps things entertaining! I’ve always heard others mention this but you never really understand it until your kids are blowing your mind… My favorite line this month is… “If you want another baby you guys can lay together and connect your parts…” Everly casually informs us over dinner when her baby […]
How does anyone with an actual job have time to do all of these crunchy things?!
A while back I was the target of some crunchy flaming, as some of you know. Apparently people don’t believe I actually do all the crunchy things I’ve written about and shared here on the blog and it became this debate/ venting session for all of them. Anyway, one of the comments made was… Does […]
The post where I realize it’s been six weeks!
Six weeks seems like a long time when you are in that half-asleep-half-awake state following the arrival of a new baby. Yet it seems such a short time when you think “wow, I’m six weeks pregnant, only eight and a half more months to go”. And no, I’m not pregnant again! What I mean is […]
Grayson Prescott is born
December 4th 2013 After a morning of laboring at home and carrying on about our day we thought it wise to head towards the hospital. Here is the rundown of how the day went… Myself, Nathan, my girls, my doula and a lovely friend who was helping to look after the girls during labor all […]
I am in labor now!
Yes, I’m blogging in labor. While I’m not live streaming the birth this time (hospital birth remember?), I know everyone is waiting to hear about the labor developments so I’ll update you while I am here at home laboring before we head to the hospital. Labor began this morning (39 wks & 3 days pregnant) […]
Fruit Filled Gluten Free Clafoutis Variations: A delicious puff pancake to try!
In our house, we first fell in love with the puff pancake thanks to Nathan’s TV reporter travels back in Arizona. If I remember correctly, a bed and breakfast he stayed at served a puff pancake called a “German Baby” or “Dutch Baby” (derived from the German pfannkuchen) that he really fell in love with. It was […]
Baby brother is still cooking?! 38 week pregnancy updates and thoughts on induction.
In the last weeks of pregnancy women often find themselves simply DONE with the process and ready to meet their baby. Even crunchy ones that are aware of all the reasons baby should keep cooking! Pregnancy often leaves your mind and body conflicting on many things… meeting that sweet baby ASAP is one of those […]
On severe weather and babies being born…
It is looking to be a super weird day! BOTH girls slept in our room last night. They were so restless & anxious they couldn’t fall asleep, even after some warm magnesium “tea” (aka Natural Calm) and some time to unwind in their room. Eventually we let them come to our room where they didn’t […]