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Where the ridge meets the water and the good life begins. Building a life we don’t need a vacation from (but maybe a nap).

Welcome to Riparian Ridge Homestead — our little slice of heaven in rural Iowa. 🌾
Nestled on 11 peaceful acres just north of Burlington, our homestead is home to chickens, wide-open skies, a winding creek, and big dreams in the making. We’re working toward a simpler, more intentional way of life — raising animals, growing food, and learning as we go. 🏡💚

We believe in community over competition. From seasoned farmers to backyard dreamers, we love sharing ideas, inspiration, and a few laughs along the way. We sometimes feature or share content from other homesteaders (always with credit) because good ideas deserve to be celebrated. 🌻

Follow along as we grow, build, and live the ridge life one season at a time.

10/13/2026

We got our first Black Copper Maran egg yesterday!!! It's so dark! I love it!

09/22/2026

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09/15/2026

Good Morning, enjoy the day!

09/14/2026

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09/12/2026

The first cup of coffee. A cool morning. Chickens wandering through the yard. Sitting outside for five minutes when you probably have 37 things you should be doing.

None of it is extraordinary. But put enough of those little moments together and, turns out, that's a pretty good life.

Have a beautiful day from the Ridge. ❤️

09/11/2026

Do you have a favorite cup? I know, I know. It may seem weird. It's just a cup. We have a whole cabinet full of them. But oddly enough, I think a lot of us have that one. The one you reach for first. I have plenty of cups, but this one... this one's my favorite.

Maybe it's not even really about the cup. Maybe it's the coffee that goes in it. The quiet of the porch in the morning. Watching the deer eat crabapples in the yard while the fog slowly rolls away when the sun peeks over the Ridge. It's peaceful. It's familiar. It's home.

And somehow this silly little cup has become part of all of that. Sometimes the most ordinary things end up meaning more to the soul just because they were there, they bring back the feeling, the memory.

So yep. I have a favorite cup. And tomorrow morning, I'll probably reach right past all the others and grab this one again. ❤️

Good morning from the Ridge. Have an amazing day.

09/10/2026

Not everything that happens on the Ridge is about chickens, gardens and projects. Sometimes it's about the people growing up here too and Legos.

Remember that tree Mother Nature so kindly added to the top of our chore list, well it gave Nate an opportunity to teach Eli a lesson. It didn't seem huge at first, Nate offered him $10 to pick up sticks and branches from the downed tree while he took care of the big branches. Simple enough right?

Eli earned his $10. Then Nate took him to the store to spend that money on something HE wanted. He picked it out, took his own money to the register and paid for it himself.

Later he told Nate that it was the first time he'd actually earned his own money, usually his money is from birthdays or Christmas, given, not earned. And according to him, that feeling was "REALLY COOL". ❤️

To an adult, ten bucks and a pile of sticks probably doesn't seem like a very big deal. To a 10-year-old, though? That's the beginning of understanding that money doesn't just magically appear. You put in some work, you earn it, and there's a whole different feeling when you get to buy something knowing, "I did that. I earned this."

Dad was proud of him.
He was VERY proud of himself.
And this mama was pretty darn proud of both of them.

Turns out that downed tree gave us more than kindling, it gave us a pretty good life lesson. I'd say we're getting our money's worth out of that old thing. 😂

Have a great day everyone.

09/09/2026

Weather is a funny thing. Sometimes the rain comes through and gives the ground and plants exactly the nourishment they've been needing. And sometimes a storm comes through and knocks a whole damn tree down in your yard. 😂

Granted, the tree was dead. We knew it needed to come down. It was absolutely on the list. We just weren't THERE on the list yet. 😆

But that's how things go. You can have your plans, your projects and your carefully arranged chore list... and then Mother Nature comes along and says, "Nah, you're doing THIS today."

So, congratulations dead tree. You've officially moved to the top of the list. On the bright side, that area of our yard is big enough that it didn't hit anything else or land "on" the lane, we'll have plenty of kindling, some of the smaller branches are going to make pretty cool Halloween decorations for our Halloween on the Ridge Party, AND we didn't have to take it down ourselves. I'd say that's a win-win-win. So thank you, Mother Nature, for taking care of that one for us. 😂

Have an amazing day from the Ridge! When the rain ends, you'll know where we'll be😆

09/08/2026

Happy Tuesday!

The mister doesn't get online very often. He's very old school like that, so every now and then I think he forgets we have a whole page about life here on the Ridge. 😂

Yesterday I was out wandering around the yard with my camera, just seeing what I could see, when he looks at me and says, "What are you doing now?"

"Takin' a picture of a gate."

"Why?"

"Because it's beautiful!"

He called me a dork and went to feed the chickens. 😆

Ya know what? If thinking an old gate, a fence row, the sun coming through the trees or chickens wandering around the yard is beautiful makes me a dork, then so be it.

I think sometimes when you see the same place every single day, you stop really seeing it. Wandering around with my camera makes me notice the little things. Things that probably don't look like much to anybody else, but they're part of here and I love here.

So yes, Mister... I was taking a picture of a gate.

And yes, I still think it's beautiful. 😂

Have a great day, everyone! 😉

09/07/2026

Good morning from the Ridge.

Hey guys! Sorry we were MIA for a bit. The Mister and I snuck away for a lil vacation for our 22nd anniversary. ❤️

It's not easy to just pack a bag and leave when you've got a homestead. There are kids, chickens, dogs, cats and all the other things around here that apparently still expect to be fed, harvested and taken care of even when we're away. 😂

Thankfully, our girls always step up when we need them.

Taylor stayed at the homestead, hung out all night with Eli and got him up and on the bus, and took care of the animals. Jaida and Addie got him off the bus, took him home with them and kept him fed, alive and entertained for days and days. 😂 And Regan helped keep the fort battened down, took care of animals and kept us informed about what was happening back home while we were gone.

The truth is, we wouldn't be able to leave for more than a day or two without their help. Knowing the kid, animals and homestead are in good hands means we can actually go somewhere and enjoy ourselves without worrying every five minutes about what's happening back home.

So we wanted to give our girls a HUGE shoutout for taking care of their brother, keeping all the animals alive and apparently cleaning up so well that we couldn't tell if they had a party while we were gone or not. We even got a new main bathroom shower head out of the deal. 🤔 Bwahahaha. 😂

We love you all and we are so grateful to have you in our lives every single day... even when you're NOT keeping our animals alive, babysitting your brother or making it possible for your parents to escape for days and days. 😂❤️

Thank you, girls. We couldn't do this crazy life without ya'll.

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Burlington, IA
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