Magnolia Hill Homestead LLC

10/14/2026

When it rains in Kentucky, it pours! Really missing my family & friends back home right now for so many reasons…

10/14/2026

It’s been that kind of day… Rain, incoming!

10/12/2026

Something I’ve been working on…

🌿 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐞!

We're happy to share our new printable brochure for The Farm Stand Trail, and we'd love your help getting it out into the community.

If you have a farm stand, or you're part of a local tourism organization, community group, or business that promotes local shopping and events, you're welcome to share it with your visitors and neighbors.

You can find the brochure on our website and print copies whenever you need them. The link is in our profile.

Would you prefer pre-printed brochures? Just send us a request through the contact form on our website, along with a donation to help cover printing and mailing costs.

Every brochure shared helps more people discover the wonderful farm stands, local growers, and small businesses that make our corner of Kentucky special.

Thank you for helping us spread the word and support the people who make our local communities thrive. 🍂

ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕒 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕧𝕖. 𝕋𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕣𝕠𝕒𝕕𝕤. 𝔽𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕕.

10/12/2026

Good Morning from Magnolia Hill! A beautiful morning for a hot cup of coffee and listening to the Amish Buggies driving by.

How are you?

10/11/2026

End-of-season orchard maintenance! 🌾

Tony bush-hogged the back property this weekend. We do this twice a year to keep the orchard maintained, and after a summer of growing, that grass gets TALL! Swipe to see the before and after. The first photo is looking from the back toward the front, and the second is looking the opposite direction after Tony finished.

I always wish we could bale this hay. It’s 100% organic, grown right here without chemical sprays, but with all the hills and uneven ground, baling it would be quite a challenge!

Another season of growth behind us, and the property is ready for fall.

10/10/2026

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭?

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately.

We work all week, come home exhausted, and spend our weekends trying to recover enough to do it all again on Monday. We tell ourselves we’ll start that hobby someday, make that recipe someday, visit that friend someday, or finally do that thing we’ve always wanted to do when life slows down a little.

𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏?

It’s so easy to fall into a routine where our days become something to get through instead of something we’re participating in. We scroll through other people’s lives while our own is passing by. We watch, consume, and distract ourselves, all while the things that might bring us genuine fulfillment keep getting pushed to another day.

And I understand the need to rest. We all need time to recover, and sometimes getting through the day is more than enough.

𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚.

Am I making room for the things that make me feel alive? Am I nurturing the relationships that matter to me? Am I learning, creating, exploring, and making memories while I have the opportunity?

A few years ago, I told someone I loved, “We make time for the things that are important to us.” At the time, I don’t think I fully understood just how much those words would stay with me.

Because time really is passing. The years seem to move faster the older I get, and 2019 feels like it should have been just a couple of years ago. Yet here we are, nearly eight years later.

I don’t want to spend my life waiting for the weekend, the next vacation, the next milestone, or some imaginary future when everything finally falls into place.

I want to enjoy the life I’m living right now. I want to keep learning things, making things, spending time with people I love, and being curious about the world around me.

Not because every moment has to be productive. Not because rest is wasted time. But because I don’t want to look back and realize that I spent too much of my life waiting to begin.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲?

Maybe it’s time we stopped waiting for more life to begin and started participating in the one we already have.

❤️

10/09/2026

🐈‍⬛ Sometimes the best things in life aren’t things at all.

They’re the slow afternoons. The meals made from scratch. The things we keep because they mean something to us. The freedom to spend an afternoon doing what matters instead of what everyone else expects.

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to build a life you actually want to live, rather than one that simply looks good from the outside.

Maybe intentional living isn’t about doing more with what we have.

Maybe it’s about being more thoughtful about what we choose to make room for.

➡️ 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔?

10/08/2026

Swimming season is officially over at Magnolia Hill. 🍂

We drained the pool today, and while I know I’m going to miss those long summer afternoons in the water, I have to admit… I love this time of year.

I love watching the leaves begin to change.

I love the smell of the nearby to***co barns drifting through our orchard.

I love bundling up beside a warm bonfire with a hot toddy in the evening.

And perhaps most of all, I’m very happy to see that Kentucky humidity go away for a while. 😂

And then there was this little guy. 🥰

This tiny tree frog has spent the entire summer living on the side of our pool. Today, as we packed everything away for the season, he was still right there, watching the whole thing happen.

I couldn’t help but think that his little world is changing too.

I guess he thought he’d better come say goodbye. 💚

And yes… we take our above-ground pool down every year. 😂 Is that weird?

Until we eventually put in an in-ground pool, taking it down for the winter keeps it looking nice and new, so we’re sticking with it.

Summer may be packed away, but honestly?

I’m ready for fall. 🍁🔥

What’s your favorite part of this time of year?

10/07/2026

One of my favorite things about living here is realizing how much I still don’t know about the land beneath my feet.

I’ll walk the same paths I’ve walked a hundred times and suddenly notice something I never really looked at before.

A plant I’ve never identified.

A wild food I didn’t know was growing here.

Something the chickens have been eating for months that I finally decided to investigate. 😂

A flower that I’ve never noticed blooming.

A fallen branch that turns out to be useful for something.

It makes me wonder how much we miss simply because we’re moving too fast.

So here’s your little challenge for today:

Go outside and look at something you’ve walked past a hundred times. Really look at it.

What’s growing there?

Who is using it?

Can you eat it?

Can you use it?

What did your grandmother know about it?

You might be surprised by what you find.

And if you discover something interesting, take a picture before you move on. 🌿

Tell me one thing you’ve discovered growing around your home that you didn’t realize was useful. I want to learn from you, too.

📌 Save this for your next walk around the yard, and share it with someone who loves discovering what nature has growing right under their nose.