M&M Homestead

01/15/2026

No farms, no food. Support CT agriculture and save family farms.

Connecticut farmers are confronting significant tax increases on their farmland after the state Department of Agriculture’s latest reassessment, with some properties seeing taxes triple.

12/31/2025

2025 reminded us that homesteading is daily responsibility, animal health, soil care, weather planning, and problem solving. Progress doesn’t happen overnight. As we move into 2026, our goal is simple: learn more, do better, and continue caring for our animals and land with intention

12/08/2025

Winter on the homestead shifts the routine, deeper bedding for goats, extra calories for chickens, and constant water checks. A little preparation keeps everyone thriving through the cold.

11/30/2025

Homesteading seems like so much fun, until it’s 20 degrees outside, everything is frozen solid, and the animals are acting like they haven’t drank in weeks

11/27/2025

Grateful and thankful for this life ❤️

11/25/2025

Pumpkins are rich in vitamins A and C, great for immune support, and a natural boredom buster. The flock thinks it’s a party, I call it efficient poultry management.

11/18/2025

Winter chores hit different with chickens and goats.
Fresh water before it freezes, dry bedding piled high, and a draft-free spot for everyone to tuck in. Goats hate the wind, chickens hate the cold, and somehow they both act like you caused the weather.
But once the barn is quiet and everyone’s fed, you remember, this is the good stuff.

11/17/2025

Raccoons on the homestead: clever, persistent, and absolutely hilarious. They’ll eat bugs, spread seeds, and provide free nighttime entertainment… but they’ll also raid your chicken coop, chew through feed bags, and steal your pumpkins. Lock up your food, secure the coop, and make trash raccoon-proof. Then sit back and enjoy the comedy show. These masked bandits may be pests, but they’re also proof that homesteading is never boring.

11/12/2025

No matter the weather, cold winds, rain, or snow, the animals still need us. Even on the mornings when pregnancy aches a little stronger or sleep was a little shorter, the chores still call. There’s a quiet peace in those early moments, breath in the air, boots in the frost, animals waiting. Because on the homestead, they always come first, and somehow, that always makes it all worth it.❤️🐓🐥🐐

11/10/2025

Our rooster, Mr Meatball, takes his morning duties real serious, crowin’ before the sun even peeks over the pumpkins. Turns out, roosters crow to mark their territory, not just to wake us sleepy farmers!

Guess he’s just making sure the whole farm knows who’s boss before breakfast

11/07/2025

Let’s talk about the hard, ugly parts of homesteading.

Everyone shares the pretty parts, the baby goats, the garden harvests, the cozy barn lights at sunset. But what you don’t see as often are the hard days, like when a goat suddenly goes off feed, starts throwing up, or runs a fever, and you’re standing there with a thermometer, activated charcoal, and Google as your best friends.

We love our animals like family, so when they get sick, we do everything we can at home, such as, checking temps, giving electrolytes, using charcoal for possible toxins, and trying to figure out what went wrong, long before we ever call the vet. Not because we don’t care, but because out here, it’s just what we have to do sometimes.

Homesteading isn’t always picture-perfect. It’s learning as you go, doing your best, crying over losses, celebrating small wins, and caring deeply, even when it’s messy, stressful, full of mud, goat vomit and heartache.

So here’s to all of us learning the hard way, praying over goats, and doing our best to keep this crazy, beautiful homestead life running. This life isn’t always easy, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world. Thankful are babies are on the mend this morning❤️