My sister suggested/requested a soap subscription so I went with it. Make some soaps and see if anyone wants to sign up for a box. My little paper and pen list of interested people has reached the max for the amount of soaps I’ve created. My goal was to get all five of the varieties…
Sue recently had her second litter of piglets. We’ve been enjoying their growth and seeing her rock pig motherhood. She’s the best. Sassafras and Princess were great mamas too. We’ve been extremely fortunate when it comes to great mamas around here. XO, Melissa
3 more ewes are coming to the farm on Saturday. They are pretty girls from the Canoe Lake flock and are being sold by a neat couple who raises dexter cattle in TN and wanted to have sheep as sort of a novelty addition on their farm. They brought the sheep home and soon realized…
The shearer came, she saw and she absolutely conquered. Since this is our first experience with wool sheep and we had zero point of reference for what to expect from a shearer, with the exception of our personal experience ‘shearing’ two of the ewes when they arrived on the farm, I must say that I…
Every winter Andy takes inventory of our unoccupied beehive boxes and frames and repairs, cleans and assembles them to prepare for the Spring honey flow. Some frames need to have propolis scraped off or wax moths parts removed (we don’t fumigate and they don’t survive in empty boxes) or boxes just need a good dusting. I…
Words mean more to me than I care to admit. A compliment will have me floating on clouds and a criticism can ruin my day. I know that my ‘love language’ is words of affirmation and boy was I feeling loved this morning. You see, we are beekeepers and farmers and homesteaders and grow-your-own-fooders and…
Hey. My name’s Melissa. I have an amazing husband and some pretty awesome little kiddos. This little spot on the web is devoted to my life as a farmer’s wife, mama, gardener, beekeeper, mozzarella maker and so much more. Thank you so much for coming.
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