Right now our chicken field is the stuff of green dreams. I haven’t gotten out there to show you photos yet, partially because I tend to shoot out there to pick some supper fixings and shoot back in before the munchkins start getting restless. I can walk down rows of kale and turnips and sweet…
It has been just lovely these past few weeks. The temperatures have looked more like 90 than 100 and in August in Texas this northern girl is grateful for it. When it cools down like this and get rain, we plant and plant. Mostly it’s brassicas and roots going into the ground for the fall…
The other day we harvested approximately 3,372 calories on our little homestead. Almost all of that was goat milk with eggs and okra bringing in the rest. That is roughly one third of the calories I have calculated that our family of seven might need in a day. Lest you think this is terribly uncommon…
When the roosters begin to crow in the black of early morning, I know Joshua is right on time. These babes have all awoke right between four and five to eat and drift back to slumber, leaving Mama wide awake in the peace of morning. It is a gift. Before breakfast is begun and little…
