There's a million things that you can find to make life easier for farming/gardening/raising chickens. But most of us don't have millions to spend on things that really make a difference. So here's a look into my favorite things. Everyday I put on my apron. In the pockets of my apron are pruners, snips, medium scissors, and a small paint brush. (I use the[...]
As an agriculture major, there's a lot of things about current trends that irk me. Keywords and phrases are used without properly educating anyone on what they actually mean. Documentaries on the agricultural community don't really help. I have watched a ton of Netflix documentaries and continue to get so angry because they are all biased and super one sided. The only agri[...]
If you follow us on Instagram (HERE!) you'll see that the cut flowers are blooming and there's been fresh flowers inside and to be given. So now that I know I'm not a total failure, I'm trying more seeds. I recently sprouted some marigolds and they're growing! Excited to hopefully get those in some hanging baskets on the new porch to ward off some mosquitoes. Afte[...]
Finally! We're now seeing fruits of our labor! It's been a lot of work and a lot of waiting, but the last week has been fruitful. Chickens // They are going to be 20 weeks old Sunday. Generally, egg laying begins any day now. So we're on egg watch and I'm so anxious to see what these girls start giving us. We should have a variety of beautiful colors. Some shades[...]
It's been a few weeks since I've done some updates about the farm life. I know a lot of people wouldn't consider what we've got going a farm but the definition is "an area of land and its buildings used for growing crops and rearing animals, typically under the control of one owner or manager" and that's what we're doing. &[...]
Yes, if you haven't heard, we now have chickens. Twenty six of them to be exact. You read that correctly 26! So today I'm going to answer the questions that we keep getting about why and how and all the in between. Why chickens? Because eggs. Farm fresh eggs. Delicious supply of fresh eggs. And eventually, gravy. Why 26? Honestly, I was or[...]
We started seeds early this year. Our weather is crazy and we've just had winter weather last weekend but it's been pretty great otherwise. We started the seeds early to leave room for us failing. We've done the garden before, but not from seeds and not at the size we're doing this year. So we started a little early. We started seeds in boxes J made from s[...]