Homestead Updates: Homesteaducation!

Homesteading and Home Education complement one another nicely. In fact, there have been a handful of curriculum creators/curators who have noticed this and sought to profit from the rich learning opportunities that homesteading provides. Many families would like for their children to have these types of life skills- cooking, food preservation, handicrafts, animal husbandry - … Continue reading Homestead Updates: Homesteaducation!

Homestead Updates: Where have we been!?

Hello friends!! Gosh it's been a while. Let me share a bit about what we've been up to. To start, my husband's been training as a firefighter for the city! It was a job opportunity we prayed over for more than a year, and just when we thought God had closed a door, accepted that … Continue reading Homestead Updates: Where have we been!?

Rabbit Tats

Our TB Tatt tattoo pen arrived last week from all things bunnies! I can do a specific review post about that later. What I wanna talk about today is my system for rabbit record keeping! My oldest and I (he's an ARBA Jr member! ...which mostly means that his membership inspired him to actually want … Continue reading Rabbit Tats

Hands-on Homesteading Conference

You guys!!! I'm so excited to share this with you! One of the projects I had the privilege to contribute to is finally ready for sharing! The Hands-on Homesteading Conference now has tickets available here. We were one of many homesteading families that had the opportunity to contribute a homestead tour video, explaining what we … Continue reading Hands-on Homesteading Conference

Project Updates and Giveaway Winners!!

Hey friends! We've shared a lot of updates on our farm website! Take a peek at all we've got going on. We'll be drawing 2 more summer workshop series giveaway winners this week on Thursday!! Winner #1 of the herbalism 101 giveaway will receive an herbal tea and salve bundle. Winner #2 of the Relational … Continue reading Project Updates and Giveaway Winners!!

Homestead Chaos!

Today is exactly the kind of day that that would see me go into labor- we shall see... My husband went out this morning to check on the animals and move the rabbit tractor to fresh grass for the morning. He noticed 2 baby bunnies from our newest litter had been flung out of the … Continue reading Homestead Chaos!

Preparing for My First Ever Homebirth

One beautiful and charming aspect of homebirth that I'm extremely excited for is the capacity I am afforded to prepare and to have my personal preferences accommodated. After birthing 4 children, I've learned what is "normal," what is "traumatic," how my body handles each phase of labor, when I want a hand to hold, when … Continue reading Preparing for My First Ever Homebirth

Crazy Night on the Homestead

Well, I'm one tired lady this morning. Yesterday evening, we noticed we were short a chicken. Something had gotten into the hoop coop and eaten it. Fox? Raccoon? We weren't sure. But I asked my husband to help me think through some solutions because we were so confident in our hoop coop build as being … Continue reading Crazy Night on the Homestead