The Grazing Life, 4305 Dryden Road, Dryden, MI (2026)

Visit our website to place orders for on farm pick up, or at one of our monthly drop service locations.

02/10/2026

This is not a good day friends! Out of no where, water started coming through the brand new ceiling and beam in our kitchen. I panic called the builder, who rushed over as soon as he could to help figure this out. We thought maybe the roof line was leaking or where they had to fix something outside, as there’s no plumbing where the leaking was.

It turns out it’s much worse than any of that. None of which is any fault of our current builder. It’s just a really bad coincidence that water is coming into the kitchen ceiling where they did work.

It turns out that the attic ceiling and end walls are mostly frozen or sopping wet due to other issues that have been compounding over time. Essentially there’s little ventilation happening up there and due to the warm up today, a bunch of ice thawed and ran down the wall into the kitchen ceiling. Most of the insulation is soaked as well. And of course, visible mold in many places.

More mold, more damage, more money. None of it covered by insurance. Silver lining….i don’t know yet. Feels like a curse to be honest. I guess there really will be zero places for mold after this. Likely the whole roof, OSB under the roof, and insulation will need to be replaced and any moldy rafters treated before putting it back together.

If you need me, I’ll be replaying Annie Lenox while swimming at the bottom of a bottle of red wine. 🫠

02/03/2026

I’ve begun my new adventure into gluten free baking from scratch. Mostly breads is my goal.

Since leaving regular sourdough behind when we found out our daughter had celiac, I honestly had zero interest to attempt gf baking. This was 7 years ago, really before it became popular, or even established. It seemed so daunting and we had enough on our plate navigating celiac disease alone. I also think deep down, I was a little miffed that I had to once again change so much in my life for someone else. Not a thing I’m proud to say out loud. But grief is what you get when you go through something life changing and anger is part of that process. I have been at peace with this for a long time, but the beginning was really hard.

But now with years of experience under our belts with celiac, and finally a full, beautiful, and super efficient and functional kitchen, it’s time to return to baking.

I’m only starting with yeasted recipes because baking is hard in general, but sourdough is another level. Then add the gf aspect and it’s just a lot more than I’m ready to take on. I want the confidence of making yeasted breads first, and then I plan to start with sourdough.

I made bagels and Naan this week, both from The bagels were ugly and a little under cooked, but somehow still the best tasting gf thing I’ve ever had. The Naan didn’t work out perfectly but still good enough for us. I’ve learned some tricks about the psyllium husk gel you need and feel confident with some tweaks in my process that these recipes will likely be regulars in the kitchen.

It’s so important to remember that most people that are great at something now, were not great at it in the beginning. Trying new things has never been a scary thing for me. It’s scarier to not try and regret it later for me. So here I am, taking on yet another hobby and I think I’ll get the hang of it pretty quick.

Up next is pizza dough, which will likely be Saturday.

01/29/2026

Ya know what we actually use this the most for? Saving bags of bones in 😂

Rob said he was not going to be thrilled with running downstairs to get the bone bags out every meal we had bones to save. Which is often because that’s the base of any good broth.

He had very few requests in this renovation, so I made his dream of getting an under counter freezer a reality.

Again, this is one of those unnecessary but really nice upgrade options that a lot of people can’t afford to use cabinet space up with, but also in the budget. This model in particular is out there but due to the size space we wanted, it was our only option. It’s made by subzero. I don’t have links, but it’s the 5.1 Cu ft Panel Ready Freezer Drawer WITHOUT an ice maker. If you noticed in the video, the panels on ours were made wrong and we’re waiting for the proper size to arrive.

We used to keep freezers in our attached garage, right off this kitchen. But we turned that into the ultimate homestead mudroom and threw that convenient option out the window.

We’re loving this set up so far.

01/28/2026

I'll also add, that I think all eggs are a super food. Even the ones that come from chickens raised in barns and fed GMO feed. That is not what we want to see happening, for many reasons, but they are still loaded with powerful nutrients you can't easily get anywhere else.

However, if you can source locally, from hens that are getting outside and eating a natural grain ration, it will always be ideal.

Have you tried our eggs? I'd like to say you should, but currently we are very low and any eggs we do get we eat or go to our OG egg subscribers.

Sign up for our newsletter to know when more will be available. www.thegrazinglife.com

01/27/2026

Well hello Facebook! I've figured out how to log back in, which is exciting as I've been locked out for about 6 months. 🙈

I'm working to connect my new Grazing Life Farm Store page over on Instagram to this page, but am not having great luck. I made a second page to focus on our farm and local offerings. Many of my Instagram followers are not local and could care less if we're running out of boneless skinless chicken breasts.

I very much prefer Instagram, but need to put an effort into this here old Facebook thing as it's better for local connections. All this to say, if I can't get this page to connect to the new farm store page, then I will be making yet another FB page for those that are looking for more info to purchase products or come to events. Worst case scenario, I will have to post directly into FB rather than share via Instagram. Sounds lame, but here we are.

Stay tuned. Could take me a while as just logging in here was enough to make me want another cup of coffee or go back to bed. Here's a random picture for attention of me with one of our first cows, Pepper, to enjoy on this frigid winter day. Can't wait to see the grass again.

***I should add, anyone that's messaged me here in the past year, my apologies. I just looked through all of them and have no idea what the story messages referred to as they disappear and I can't tell what you were yammering on about. But thank you for engaging with us. Hopefully I get my p**p in a group.

01/16/2026

Concerning the current Food Freedom Bills in the state of Michigan.

Decided to put my little stream of stories into a post so you could share. Some of the images are slightly cut off but I don’t have time to re-type out everything to fit. But it’s good enough.

I also am saving all of the food freedom bill stuff into a highlight with that name. All of these are in there too, along with other stories from the days events at the hearing.

If any of this resonates with you, please share, as getting the word around, and positive support to grow, will be important in the days to come. This is not just about raw milk, this is about food freedom.

Consumers should have the right to make their own decisions, and farmers should have the right to produce the goods that they want WITHOUT burdensome red-tape, costs, or feeling like a black market business.

Address

4305 Dryden Road
Dryden, MI
48428

Website

http://www.thegrazinglife.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Grazing Life posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to The Grazing Life:

The Grazing Life