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Our First Season’s Harvest

A Greenhouse for a Black Thumbed Gal

Kitchen Renovation: Not for the faint of heart

Our New “Homestead Sweet Homestead” Part 1

We Stumbled Upon a Dream Come True

High Five for the High Tunnel Build!

Master Bedroom Made New!

The master bedroom was one of those rooms that caused us excessive use of the tape measure and pencil to paper and I might have even knocked my head in to a 2x4 a few times {on purpose}!  We had an extremely steep & dangerous basement staircase ... continue reading...

Mudrooms are for Mud and Poop!

Yep, you heard me right, “Mudrooms are for mud and poop”…  literal poop and all the other stuff I deem as “crap” such as the piles of shoes that apparently aren’t so easy to put on the shelves when people take them off…, jackets that are too ... continue reading...

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My name is Mandy. Jesus is my BFF. I'm a loving wife, mother and friend. A lover of all things creative. A crazy chicken {and pig} lady. A gardener & total foodie. A travel enthusiast. An out of the box thinker. Trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up!

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  • Gotta LOVE fun little things like this... I’m in a chicken catalog! I guess I have finally arrived in life ... maybe 2020 was my year after all ! I LOVE Meyer Hatchery and was
    Gotta LOVE fun little things like this... I’m in a chicken catalog! I guess I have finally arrived in life ... maybe 2020 was my year after all ! I LOVE Meyer Hatchery and was
  • {swipe} The greenhouse is busting at the seams, life sprouting through dark rich soil, beautiful shades of green, the joy of seeing your hard work come to life, nourishing food on the horizon for our
    {swipe} The greenhouse is busting at the seams, life sprouting through dark rich soil, beautiful shades of green, the joy of seeing your hard work come to life, nourishing food on the horizon for our
  • {swipe) NEVER say never… seems we should have learned our lesson when we jumped in to so many things we never pictured ourselves doing or had sworn we would never, ever do!! Move to the
    {swipe) NEVER say never… seems we should have learned our lesson when we jumped in to so many things we never pictured ourselves doing or had sworn we would never, ever do!! Move to the
  • {swipe} TOMATO TALK… give these precious seedlings a little bit of TLC and you’ll have stronger plants because of it! Here’s how I do it: When my starts get to be about 2” tall, I
    {swipe} TOMATO TALK… give these precious seedlings a little bit of TLC and you’ll have stronger plants because of it! Here’s how I do it: When my starts get to be about 2” tall, I
  • {swipe} COOKIE TIME!!! My favorite day of the month is the day I get to spend a bit of my afternoon with my tribe… with my ladies homestead group! I’ll never stop preaching the importance
    {swipe} COOKIE TIME!!! My favorite day of the month is the day I get to spend a bit of my afternoon with my tribe… with my ladies homestead group! I’ll never stop preaching the importance
  • If you homestead, it’s inevitable you have mysterious looking things in your fridge… am I right? Any guesses on what this thing is that’s hanging in mine? It’s Coppa! We had our first two hogs
    If you homestead, it’s inevitable you have mysterious looking things in your fridge… am I right? Any guesses on what this thing is that’s hanging in mine? It’s Coppa! We had our first two hogs
  • {swipe} I feel like there should be some country-western song playing about covered wagons cuz’ that’s pretty much what our raised bed covers look like, don’t ya think? Anyway… let’s talk raised bed covers. Why
    {swipe} I feel like there should be some country-western song playing about covered wagons cuz’ that’s pretty much what our raised bed covers look like, don’t ya think? Anyway… let’s talk raised bed covers. Why
  • {swipe} A hippie 70’s throw-back afternoon of macrame! Our homestead ladies group gathered to laugh and tie knots...none of us had any clue how to do it, but we did it together and ended up
    {swipe} A hippie 70’s throw-back afternoon of macrame! Our homestead ladies group gathered to laugh and tie knots...none of us had any clue how to do it, but we did it together and ended up
  • I have the best two employees! They’ve only been written up twice today: once for digging holes outside our work area and once for stealing garden gloves ! They work for belly scratches and treats
    I have the best two employees! They’ve only been written up twice today: once for digging holes outside our work area and once for stealing garden gloves ! They work for belly scratches and treats
  • {swipe} On today’s episode of “Adventures With Our New Trailer” we traveled to North Carolina to get some awesome soil from @Dirtcraftorganics! Yes, we drove 6.5 hours round trip because we
    {swipe} On today’s episode of “Adventures With Our New Trailer” we traveled to North Carolina to get some awesome soil from @Dirtcraftorganics! Yes, we drove 6.5 hours round trip because we're crazy like that and
  • Oh the joy of pulling carrots from the earth in the dead of winter... they are so much sweeter and the colors so vibrant! Look at the inside of the purple one! Yes, I’m geeking
    Oh the joy of pulling carrots from the earth in the dead of winter... they are so much sweeter and the colors so vibrant! Look at the inside of the purple one! Yes, I’m geeking

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