Author: Lauren
How to Start a Simple Backyard Farm
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You might be here because you want to be a little more self-sufficient. Or you are looking into getting a small flock of chickens so you don’t have to spend outrageous amounts on eggs. Or you might have seen our cute duck videos and are thinking, “I want to experience…
The Sitting and Dining Room – That 70s House
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When we remodeled the kitchen, we had to remodel our sitting and dining rooms. The dining room was on the same level as the kitchen, and the sitting room had a sunken floor. When we made the kitchen the length of the original sitting room, we knew we would have…
Kids Humble You, Period
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Having kids is humbling. From conception to adulthood, having kids will humble you. It’s not a matter of if but when. So far, I’m only 7 years in, but I’ve seen and experienced firsthand how each stage of a child humbles the parents. When a mom gets pregnant, doctors check…
Quick and Easy Homemade Cashew Milk
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I have been dairy-free for quite some time. As a little girl, I wouldn’t eat cheese or drink milk. I didn’t like the taste of them. To this day, if I don’t order a custom pizza for myself, I meticulously pick off all the toppings and then scrape the cheese…
Kid-Friendly Ducks for Your Homestead
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Whenever we purchase any animals for our backyard, we first consider whether the animal is friendly. If they aren’t, we don’t look any further. We want friends and family to feel comfortable at home, especially in the summer when we are outside- where all the animals are. If our friends…
How to Care for Chickens in the Winter
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Winter is a time of mud, snow, more precipitation, and a dirtier chicken coop overall. Every winter, I wonder how I can keep eggs cleaner, the coop cleaner and refreshed, and the chickens comfortable, fed, and watered. Feeding Chickens in Winter Grain We free-feed our chickens with my husband’s amazing…
How to Care for Babydoll Sheep in Winter
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Our backyard farm’s most fun, exciting animal is our sheep. When we purchased her, we asked, “What do we do in the winter?” Luckily, sheep have an amazing coat of wool that protects them from the harsh weather. The flock we purchased her from is said to not even go…
A Family Reading Round-Up
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Lauren’s Reads The Lake House by Kate Morton This is the third Kate Morton book I’ve read, and it didn’t disappoint. Full of family secrets and many different storylines in different time frames, I truly didn’t know how the book would end. So many possibilities went through my head, keeping…
How to Care for Ducks in the Winter
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When looking into getting ducks, I thought they always needed access to a pond. What I learned was simply that they don’t. I also learned that they are super resilient and are better at keeping themselves warm than chickens. Here is what they do need in the winter. Winter Dietary…
Why You Are Already Holy, Girl
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I’m not on social media, but in this digital age, it’s almost impossible not to see some influencers, vloggers, or Tik-Tokers (did I make up that word?) when I watch the latest clips of SNL. There are a lot of different vlogger-style videos that come up, begging to be clicked…