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It has been a busy year for us on the farm. When we planned the year, we knew that it would be an adventure and it hasn't disappointed.    We purchased two more goats!  At one point, we even considered selling the two goats that we have now. They are mischievous, spoiled and had turned into pets. They do help graze down certain areas of the property but not to the extent that we had hoped due to their spoiled nature. They didn't seem to have another purpose and we didn't know if the upkeep was worth it for our...

We have pigs available for sale! Now is the time to reserve your spot to fill your freezer with great pasture raised pork.  Here’s some information on the pigs: They are a mixture of Hereford and Gloucester Old Spot (GOS). They were purchased directly from a farm in Flemingsburg, KY in April 2023. They spent a week in our barn being trained on the electric fence before being moved to the wooded pasture area on our property. The pigs are rotated to new ground at roughly every 10 days and never to exceed 12 days in one location.    ...

We have been homeschooling for many years and I sometimes forget that what we do isn't the same for others. So, I decided to try adding a monthly homeschool recap to this blog to demonstrate one way (there are so many methods out there!) that homeschooling can work.  We use an eclectic method of homeschooling that leans very heavily towards the Charlotte Mason method of teaching. Without going into too much detail about this method, it can be described as very literature-heavy. We read and discuss A LOT of books. We don't spend a lot of time on workbooks, worksheets, etc.,...

An egg is an egg is an egg. Isn't it?  I don't think so. I think how the chickens are raised has a lot to do with the quality of the eggs produced. I have never been on an industrial egg farm, but I have heard many stories of them being crowded, stinky and unappealing. Even an article written in 2016,  Most U.S. Egg Producers Are Now Choosing Cage-Free Houses (wgbh.org), discusses the change to cage-free systems where the chickens are moving around in a large facility.    * photo from the article linked above.    Even if the cage-free...

In the winter, I used the books to plan out my garden. I reviewed the seed catalogs and ordered all the seeds. I researched my last frost date and counted backwards to start seeds indoors.  I planted more seeds than I needed just in case something happened. The kids joined on this adventure and sometimes they even labeled the contents of their seed trays. The seedlings sprouted. I moved them to the heated garage in an effort to stop tripping over them in my kitchen. Later, I discovered that despite having heat in the garage, it wasn't humid enough. The seedlings...