Mossy Roots Farm

09/30/2026

It looks like our girls had a pillow fight in the run with all the feathers everywhere! Molting season is in full swing!

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
-2 Corinthians 5:17

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09/29/2026

Our chickens are enjoying the last of their volunteer pumpkin hybrids! Can you hear the goats in the background?

“All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind,”
-James 3:7

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09/28/2026

There’s just something so satisfying about watching the cows graze right outside the window.

“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
-John 16:33

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09/27/2026

Time to pick the beans again! Let’s see who can guess how many we end up with?!

“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.”
-2 Corinthians 9:8

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09/26/2026

We are back at it in the garden. It’s the end of September and we are still getting quite a nice harvest consistently.

“Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” -Matthew 9:38

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09/25/2026

Yesterday we gave the goaties a temporary fenced area so that they could go in and out of the barn as they please on days where the weather just isn’t ideal to put them out on their tie-outs all day. As you see they started testing the panels immediately in true goatie fashion.

“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” -Isaiah 43:18-19

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09/24/2026

Part 7 of the chicken coop remodel! Everything is done except the new nest boxes, so we are letting the girls back inside! We put our large buckets back in for nesting until we get the permanent ones made. We want to take some measurements and maybe put several sets of different sizes in this time to accommodate our very diverse flock. The old boxes were a lot larger and more open than most of our girls prefer. The nest boxes will be a late fall/early winter project to work on. We still have a lot of things to do before the weather turns cold, so we will focus on those for now, but keep watching and the final reveal will come!

“Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.”
-Proverbs 24:27

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09/23/2026

09/23/2026

Happy chickens, happy farm!

“Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy.” -Psalm 47:1

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09/22/2026

This is the real behind the scenes messy reality of making our tomato sauce and juice from scratch. We start by washing, coring and chopping our tomatoes. Then we run them through the juicer and put the juice in one stock pot and the chunky parts into another pot. We don’t separate the seeds or skins, just leave them to be a rather chunky garden sauce. We cook everything down for a bit and then use the immersion blender to smooth up the sauce. We prep clean hot jars and hot lids and then pack the sauce into the jars while it’s still boiling and seal them up. We set them under a towel to help hold the heat longer and wait for them to seal. This is a rebel canning method and we only do it with our tomatoes. And for those who love to cry botulism, don’t worry because the acidity of our sauce is too low for it to ever become an issue. This has been done for a long time and done right works just as well as canning other ways.

“In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” -Acts 20:35

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