08/12/2026
Welp it’s time to spill the beans 🫘
Soon we head off on a totally new adventure. Over the past several months, we’ve quietly been preparing for this next chapter finding new homes for our animals, packing up the essentials, and making some pretty big life changes.
There were so many factors that went into this decision, but the biggest one was this: we’re always going to choose what makes us happy in the stage of life we’re in.
I want to be clear about that because I think we often see others walk away from their homesteads due to “burn out” and honestly that’s not really the case for me. I still love gardening, cooking, growing food, creating a home, and all of the things that made this journey special.
But if you’ve been here since the beginning you know that I kinda dragged my poor husband away from his dream of living on a sailboat and down this homesteading rabbit hole. While he didn’t kick and scream, we always agreed that one day we’d live a life where we could enjoy the beach whenever we wanted, grow mangoes in our backyard, and never have to experience another snowstorm. We thought that day may not come until my hair was a grey as his but in true Natalie and Danny fashion, when we have a wild hair, we just go for it…after a series of very well thought spreadsheets.
So we bought a little house on a mountain top and on a clear day, you can even see the ocean. Our property in Virginia will continue to be a special place for us, just in a different way than we originally imagined.
To everyone who has been here since the very beginning back when I was selling eggs from the porch of our very first homestead, followed along, shared encouragement, or simply enjoyed watching this crazy adventure unfold, thank you.
Our homesteading journey became something far bigger than I ever imagined, and it only existed because of the community that grew around it.
As for this little corner of the internet, it’ll be going back to its roots. Just a woman finding herself through the garden and sharing the ups and downs along the way. No fluff, no filter, no expectations. Dirty hands and a full heart.
I’ll share more soon but in the meantime, wish us luck 🖤🌊
