Coop Update

What a happy chicken coming over to check on me while I worked. I just finished a regular cleaning the chicken coop and wanted to share some new photos showing how it looks fully set up being used full time by our chickens. It seems to be working great! Both very hot and very rainy … Read more

Bringing Home Chickens

About three months ago we brought home our first chickens. We went to local hardware store where we purchased 4 Road Island Red pullets and 2 Lavender Orpington pullets. We settled them into a brooder, provided food and water, constant cleaning, regular attention, and watched them grow. Both of our daughters could stare forever at … Read more

Chicken Coop

This year we undertook to transform the back section of our yard into a small homestead area. Here is the story of the transformation so far. Our Wish List Fruit Trees Chicken Coop Compost Bins Worm Boxes Berry Bushes Chicken Coop The transformation began with clearing out the area which was full of weeds and … Read more

Herbal Paper

My daughters both love Sage and Rosemary. We have a few very happy plants growing outside this year and both girls love collecting a few pieces to smell. Lilly was extra excited to do some harvesting and was in the mood for art, so we decided to make some herbal paper. It was a hot … Read more