This has been a busy, busy, busy week. As the race begins with time, I’m overwhelmed some days. I had the opportunity to go to a local community college to hear & meet Joel Salatin on Wednesday. Joel is the owner of Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia. He deliberately lives below the poverty level. He [...]

Today, I mourn the loss of a friend. My friend and sister in Christ, Catherine Reynolds. I met Cat on a Yahoo grp which she later co-moderated; Discussing Nourishing Traditions. She was actually the first comment I ever got on my blog over 2 yrs ago. At the time is was something about suffering and [...]

When we were building the hoop coop, one of our hens was screaming while she was laying an egg! OMIGOSH, you’d of thought someone was….you know….cutting her head off. When I collected eggs this is what I found….now I’m not accusing her of anything…but do you think she was a first time layer? How on [...]

That seems to be my favorite saying this time of year. “Let the races begin!” I feel like I’m in a race for time. We wait all winter and try to rest up….then BAM! It’s spring! BAM all the work begins ALL at once. Don’t think I’m ungrateful. I am so grateful to be outside [...]