The beginning of the week I was outside in a tank top getting the animals ready for summer, and today it is a blizzard. Welcome to MinneSNOWta. -__- Hooving the Sheep. We began our week contemplating shearing the sheep. The ewes get their tails docked in a few weeks and we need to shear them…
Details
Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links and if you use them to make a purchase I will earn a commission. Keep in mind that I link these companies and their products because of their quality and not because of the commission I receive from your purchases. The decision is yours,…
Details
Is there any week update that isn’t a hodge podge of information? Trying to get hens to go broody, to celebrating the colorful egg basket we are getting, to making strides on our sheep and drowning in maple syrup and cream cheese. This is one of those weeks you sit down and look at your…
Details
Balance. That is the true goal I have in life. Millennial mother of two looking to feed my family real food but also extremely aware of the fact that we live in a world of processed food. For my children to be raised knowing what processed and fast-food is and knowing what fresh and homemade…
Details
What another beautiful week! The kids spent the better part of each day outside. I did not drag my feet when it was time to do my farm chores, in fact I am getting antsy to get things rolling. I know better than to stick the plants in the dirt, we will have a few…
Details
Want to hear an embarrassing story? A story about my first time tapping trees… Goes something like this: I was under the impression that I had zero Maple Trees on the property, so I was set on tapping Birch Trees. I had a TON of those – sandy soil with a few marshy areas. PERFECT…
Details
This week at the farm has been another week of prep – prep for the growing season, prep for the thaw, prep for the outdoor projects, also tying up loose ends of the winter projects. Our house was built in 1890, therefore it is VERY old. Every year we live in this house we have…
Details
Meal Planting – How to plant food to feed your family. The basics of seed starting and how to get over the paralyzing fear of failure.
Details
This week was another week of maintenance and prep. It rained all week here, which we definitely do not need as we had a few feet of snow. The rain has melted a lot of the snow, so that is good, but there has been a lot of flooding. The animals are all cooped up…
Details
Learn the definition of a modern homestead compared to an old-school homestead. How to incorporate homestead values into modern life to reconnect to food, reduce waste, and gain better self-sufficiency.
Details