05/25/2026
It’s been a hard weekend. 😭
When I started sharing our journey to build a little homestead, I promised I would tell you the truth about all of it - the wins and the losses. So many people get on social media selling a homestead anywhere pipe dream (usually with a course or workshop attached) and they don’t actually tell you what homesteading is like. Truthfully, I think a lot of them don’t know because they’re not actually doing it.
Real homesteading is full of highs and lows. There are peaceful days where life feels like it’s almost too good to be true. Then there are days when your chickens get attacked, the rain barrels go dry, the tomato seedlings cook in a sudden heat wave, you lose a baby goat, or deal with a sick lamb.
There are days we plant flowers and days we bury bodies. This is homesteading. Is it worth it? 100 times yes. I’ll continue and I’ll fall in love with another flock of chickens. But it’s hard. And I’ll always remember the terrible weekend when we lost my little friends.