AKC family pups groomed for all lifestyles, ready for any adventure-all to the glory of God!
You may find yourself wondering, “How are those strawberry plants doing this year?”. Well, let me tell you! In the blog “Strawberry beds” there is a brief history of previous Strawberry experiences, how we built boxes and have been reaping the benefits.
Continue reading “Strawberries Still Going Strong!”
No homestead is complete without a chicken coop, and we had been without one for far too long! With the little kids getting older we wanted to revisit incubation, and chick raising, and impetuously brought home 25 Barred Rock chicks. The feathered fowl flourished under the kids’ abundant attention, and eventually got to that obnoxious age when they had outgrown their little coop, and rudely disturbed the landscaping and pooped on the porch! Once again, the urgent need for infrastructure made itself evident. We needed a new coop! It needed to be mobile, secure, and of course pretty! Continue reading “The Chicken Coop”
After again running out of apples from the tiny 5lb bags you get at Grocery Outlet, Mom knew it was time to call the orchard guy….
This year, in search of adventure and hardcore training, I had the privilege to join a very unique Academy, called ALERT.
When I think of Fall, three things come to mind: leaves, hunting, and of course pumpkins!
Not very many toasts beat the golden crisped outside and chewy inside of a toasted home-made English muffin. You can eat it with eggs and bacon or with sweet and delicious strawberry rhubarb jam.
Continue reading “Top Of the Morning to You! -English Muffins”
Walking to the barn, you notice that the air has a nice southerly feel to it and the sun is actually giving off warmth instead of its usual bright yet cold stare. It is starting to melt! Spring is coming! It’s the middle of March and this is the final melt! Here on the Homestead the last melt of winter is a long awaited sign – though not a very pretty one. The season can almost be described in one word… “Mud”. While mud is a promise of the green spring to come, it can be a very dreary time.
I believe a fondest childhood memory would be my “chicken business” Which began when I was about 11 years old. I don’t remember what attracted me to raising chickens; maybe just the thought of having my flock was exciting. Anyways, I started reading book after book on the subject; I must have memorized the descriptions of over 50 breeds of chickens! My favorites were Rhode Island Reds and the popular “Easter Eggers” which went by the name “Americaunas”. My dream was to make money selling free ranged eggs to neighbors and friends.
I began by researching online hatcheries, attempting to find the best deal on pullets. (Young female chickens). I ordered my first batch to arrive early February, and excitedly filled up a small pen with straw and hung a heat lamp. The chicks arrived on schedule and were promptly placed in the pen. However my Californian brain didn’t understand cold Washington Winters well enough to provide enough heating or proper infrastructure and half died the first night. Fortunately, in the middle of the night, Dad brought the chicks inside the house before they all died, and for two weeks they lived inside a cardboard box in the corner of house while we constructed an outdoor brooder box.
Every homeschooler loves to read, right? Well, as a 14 year old girl, I do too, and here are my four ABSOLUTE. FAVORITE. fiction books!
Continue reading “My Top Four Favorite Fiction Books Of All Time!”
Most would call us an entrepreneurial family, but we weren’t born that way! No, it took planning and dedication by our parents to give us this mindset.
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