So, I spent the day tearing down our barn.

But, if you want to read about it, you have to go to my fancy new blog.

So there. :P

P.S.--I will still be posting to my LiveJournal. It will be my spot for stuff that's going on in my life and things I'm thinking. The Rye Wolf Farm blog will just be our homestead stuff, farm progress, gardening, etc. And ( Read more... )

So, I find myself here again. It always happens in February, when the long cold gray days finally catch up with me and I find myself sick, my body desperately telegraphing a message of "Wait! Stop. What are we doing? Stop. STOP! Stop ( Read more... )

So, this will be brief since I'm making this post from my phone. However, I felt this year deserved some sort of commemoration, because it's been...wild ( Read more... )

So, our DCFS licensing agent called me today.  Our meeting with him is set for September 17th.  I am incredibly nervous.

So, I have harvested the very first produce of our garden, four little cherry tomatoes.  It's the first food I've ever eaten that I have grown and nurtured and then prepared.  Just four little cherry tomatoes, but you know what?  Last night with supper, those were the best darn cherry tomatoes ever!


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So, I bought three goats.
Well, I guess for now it's two new goats. *sigh* You'd think I'd be a little ahead of the sharp farming learning curve since I grew up on a farm. But, I still keep making mistakes.

We brought home our new goats. The goats' former owner assured us that the goats would be fine being transported on collars and leashes, so ( Read more... )

...and the living, if not exactly easy, is deeply, deeply satisfying ( Read more... )

Yesterday, we planted the majority of my vegetable garden. We're doing a lasagna gardening-style system of raised beds, all organic, so I'm thinking that I might add another bed or two and a few more veggies. We planted 8 heirloom tomato plants ("Hillbilly" variety, a big beefsteak type), 4 Roma tomato plants, 4 cherry tomato plants, 8 sweet green ( Read more... )

Ohmigosh!  We are moved!  We are finally, finally moved ( Read more... )

So, as someone who experiences crazy-bad hormonal health issues, I'm always interested in reading about environmental issues that affect our hormones and health.  This was something I hadn't thought of, though.

Warning:  The sea animal pictures will make you sad and you might have to consider changing the way you shop.