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Hello and welcome to a glimpse of life on our family farm! I hope you stick around!

My hope is that you find inspiration and encouragement through the highs and lows that are shared about gardening, cooking/baking, health, raising animals and family life.

10/15/2026

Noah mowed the field back in August (I think), and thanks to all the rain we've had, it recovered beautifully and is still looking lush. We were already feeding hay at this time last year (however, on the flip side, we did feed a bale during the week in August that it rained the entire week to help with parasite pressure).

When pasture makes up a large portion of your livestock's diet, you have to become a grass farmer too. We are coming up on our five year anniversary on this property, and we are still learning and making improvements in our pasture management practices. Im hoping to spread our composted manure on the field once we start feeding hay (weather permitting) and I would like to implement a rotational grazing system at some point (that one will take a lot of trial and error). It will be interesting to see the view in another five years.

10/14/2026

We celebrated Cody's 5th birthday tonight 🥳. Even though he is no longer the baby in the family, it still seems hard to believe and is quite the milestone for me. Cody is fearless, curious and quite the big helper whether it's with Mommy or Daddy. He loves dinosaurs, orange, monster trucks, and Paw Patrol. I've been told by several people at church that he is quite entertaining. Happy birthday to my little sidekick! 🧡

09/30/2026

Whelp, you can't dehydrate homemade marshmallows on the lowest setting in your oven. They will melt. I suspected this would happen and was really hopeful this wouldn't be the case. I've heard you can set them out in a paper bag and let them dry out, but these marshmallows had a lot of moisture so I'm not sure if they would get moldy. So, now I'm on the lookout for a homemade marshmallow recipe that can withstand the bonfire.

09/29/2026

We celebrated Noah's birthday tonight and Luke turned 3-months-old 💚

09/25/2026

If you have been following our page for a while, then you know that I love trying new techniques and recipes in the kitchen. Because of this, one would think that I wouldn't put off trying a recipe because of a simple step in said recipe. I have made marshmallows once before, but the recipe did not require boiling the sugar and using a candy thermometer. Since my thermometer is hiding in storage and I refuse to buy a new one, I have put off trying other marshmallow recipes. This is a laughable stumbling block since I have a meat thermometer, but I didn't want to have to constantly check the temperature until it reached whatever it needed to be (insert eye roll 😅). However, I came across a recipe last night that said to boil the sugar (I used maple syrup this time) for 8 minutes. I could handle that! These were SO simple to make that my brain was the only reason why I didn't make them sooner. The kids all liked them and I'm hoping we can try them over a fire (I'm going to dry them out a little in the oven to see if they will actually roast or just melt). I'll keep you posted.

09/24/2026

If you've never had pasta tossed in pureed garlic scapes, then you are missing out. It's not quite time to plant garlic yet, but if you want to try preserving garlic scapes next summer, now is the time to purchase seed stock (make sure it's a hard neck variety), and prep the area you want to plant in. Garlic is one of the easiest things you can try. You plant it, cover it with a layer of mulch (straw, hay, leaves, bark mulch, etc.), and forget about it. That's the kind of produce I like to have in my garden.

09/06/2026

I'm trying to get back on the ferment train for postpartum health and to boost my immune system for the upcoming flu season. Beet kvass is a fermented drink that I've always wanted to try and is ready to drink in as little as 3 days. It's great for supporting iron levels, hormones and liver health. All that is required is enough chopped up beets to fill half a quart jar, 1 tablespoon of salt (pure salt, no additives) and non-chlorinated water. It's as simple as that. Today was day 3 of fermentation, but I didn't get a chance to try it so I'm hoping to tomorrow.

09/02/2026

It's not proper to attend the fair without a little drama to occur at the farm as well. Usually it's the animals causing all the chaos (like the 2 goats who unexplainably ended up on the wrong side of the fence last year as I was about to leave), but this time it was my own doings.

Leela and I had been gone most of the day and I was trying to get things done quickly so I could possibly get to bed at a descent time that evening.

Show clothes needed to be washed and dried for the following day. Wanting to make an attempt to stay on top of laundry, I threw all the white clothes in with everything else. However, I failed to remember what I had placed in the washer that morning. I was quickly reminded about the red rags as I pulled out the white pants that had pink blotches on them. I felt terrible and immediately searched the internet for some kind of possible fix.

There is a product that sounded promising that removed dye from clothes, but I was in need of a fix that involved common household items. Peroxide and Oxiclean didn't touch it, and we gave it one last go the following morning with bleach, water and a prayer. Low and behold, that worked!!! 1 part bleach to 3 parts water soaked for less than 10 minutes. I was SO relieved.

So what does a rainbow have to do with all of this? As we were driving to the fair that morning, I spotted a full rainbow at one of the stop signs. After a late night and the unexpected "excitement", this was the pick-me-up that I needed.

08/30/2026

Luke turned 2 months yesterday and is beginning to smile for us 🥰. This is the first time I've been able to get a shot of it.

08/27/2026

Open show in the rabbit barn wrapped up the week for the 4-H part of the fair for us. Because many breeders bring rabbits in for this show, the competition is much greater (most of these breeders have been raising rabbits for many, many years). Although it's harder to place, it's a huge accomplishment when you do and such a show allows for networking with other breeders. Leela didn't take home any ribbons, but it was still a good experience and a chance to hear the good qualities about her rabbits, and areas that needed improvement. A huge, huge thank you to my parents for taking Leela to the show so that I could have a slower morning at home and catch up on some housework.

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