…Like yesterday. It’s been a year since we butchered our free range chickens after many attempts to save them from coyotes. No matter what we did, we just couldn’t take the free range out of the birds. So the decision…
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Chad and I have owned/built several houses since we married, but those houses were always built to sell. They were never truly mine. Actually, I haven’t lived in a home that was “mine” per-say since I was 8 years old. …
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It’s that time of year. The time where you naturally assess your life and where you want to go. The possibilities are endless, literally. The span of your imagination is the only limitation you have. Well, your imagination and your…
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For about a year Chad and I have thrown around the idea of getting a new dog so that our older pup Roxy, a Labrador, could train them to….you know….not kill chickens. It may come as a surprise, but 9…
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That is how I felt after the first 24 hours of being a chicken owner. Up till that point in my life I had never dealt with an animal “dying”. Yes, I had had a few cats and a dog…
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This is just a compilation of some of my bug-tastrophes. Maybe it will be of use to others fighting the battles. Reader beware: bugs were killed in the learning process that is gardening. Methods of how to kill said bugs…
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Let’s be honest here. How much fun would it be if I only showed you the things we got right and turned out perfect. Well for one, that would lead you to believe we got this “mess” all together. And…
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I am a lover of all things nice and neat. Most days, my life is anything but nice and neat. Apparently I am only capable of taking care of and cleaning up after myself. Doesn’t bode well for a family…
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In the years leading up to our move to The Givens Grove, I had read book after book on homesteading, organic gardening methods and the like. Never once actually getting to implement these awesome ideas floating in my head! I…
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In “Do we even like chickens?? Part I” we learned that yes, we do like chickens! Once we “knew” chickens were a good fit for us and loved, loved, loved their eggs, we wanted to share these fabuloso eggs with…
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