Homesteading

Home

We’re home. Where the greens in the cold frame (that I accidentally left open for the chickens to eat once) are making a comeback. Where even just a couple of eggs found in the nesting box still makes me smile. Where we are sinking into daily life after an emotional few weeks. And when everything…

Butchering The Cow

Butchering The Cow

Before we moved to our homestead we purchased a longhorn cow from a neighbor through a herd share program. We arrived in Texas on the heels of the worst drought in recorded history, so needless to say keeping that longhorn fed was a pricey proposition. So we decided it was time to eat her. The…

This Is Their Life

This Is Their Life

I watch from the window as I feed our baby girl. These two boys, too old to be my babies and too young to be anything else, walk down the road toward their Papa to help build a chicken coop. Each boy wears a straw hat, but that is where the similarities end. The smaller…