Steep Hill Ranch

Steep Hill Ranch Our little piece of heaven on 13 acres in Kansas City, KS.

I tell people I don't gamble. But I garden. I feel like they are the same 🤣I planted tomato seeds in February never in m...
04/25/2026

I tell people I don't gamble. But I garden.
I feel like they are the same 🤣
I planted tomato seeds in February never in my life thinking they would get so big!
Welp out to the garden they go and we shall see how they do.

04/11/2026

Bacon seeds have been planted!
They are living their best life and will have this whole pen rooted in a week!

Us realizing we're picking up hogs in a couple weeks...Welcome Tater (Mater's cousin) to the farm.
03/29/2026

Us realizing we're picking up hogs in a couple weeks...
Welcome Tater (Mater's cousin) to the farm.

Mother nature is laughing in our face, so I'm manifesting Spring by planting more seeds. I've seen a new seed starting m...
03/15/2026

Mother nature is laughing in our face, so I'm manifesting Spring by planting more seeds.

I've seen a new seed starting method that I've been wanting to try.

It's called the snail method. You roll your soil with a plastic bag of some sort and place your seeds in the top, bottom water, and hope for the best!

Soaking up as much sun as possible! Getting our pig pen ready! Clearing the fence line and all the dead stuff.
02/28/2026

Soaking up as much sun as possible!
Getting our pig pen ready! Clearing the fence line and all the dead stuff.

I need something to look forward to. Let's plant some seeds. Tomatoes and peppers today.
02/21/2026

I need something to look forward to.
Let's plant some seeds.
Tomatoes and peppers today.

Days like today make me want spring so badly! We are prepping the pig shelter for new pigs this spring. Knocked down som...
02/07/2026

Days like today make me want spring so badly!
We are prepping the pig shelter for new pigs this spring.
Knocked down some pretty gnarly wasp nests!
One of my favorite trees!

It's always something...My rooster learned he could fly the coop and it got him eaten. A coyote had the audacity to come...
01/21/2026

It's always something...
My rooster learned he could fly the coop and it got him eaten.
A coyote had the audacity to come into my barn and snag him 😡
So now I have to put chicken wire over the top of their inside run AND find a new rooster...ugh!

Taking care of animals, in what feels like negative temps, while sick, is not for the weak. It sucks!But, the chickens a...
01/19/2026

Taking care of animals, in what feels like negative temps, while sick, is not for the weak. It sucks!
But, the chickens are stocked on kitchen scraps, water, and straw.
Some critters ransacked the barn. Probably raccoons. Annoying. Thankfully there wasn't much for them to take, but they sure had fun knocking everything over to find something.

It's been awhile...No one prepares you for the way homesteading can tug at your heart strings. When plans change, so can...
01/11/2026

It's been awhile...
No one prepares you for the way homesteading can tug at your heart strings. When plans change, so can the animals you've cared for.
We said goodbye to our goats and LGD this last week. It was tough, but they all went to loving homes where they can do their jobs and be with more farm animals.
As for our homestead, we are in the midst of planning for cows and our 4th round of pigs.
So now in my "spare" time I will be learning about bottle calves, cow chutes, and all things cow related!

06/26/2025

Sometimes weird things happen...like my rooster disappearing without a trace. Usually I can find some evidence as to what happened, but I have looked all over our property for 2 days, and Jeffrey is nowhere to be found.
I hope whatever got him, he put up a fight because he sure was feisty!

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