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This week’s nice weather has brought out all the farm helpers pictures above: Noah, Ghost, and Rebecca! This past Saturday was a busy one at the farm store. Many people came by to see Lauren of Boot’s Shire Homestead and the chicks she had for sale! Remember she’ll be back with chicks and ducklings on […]

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Wind Damage We are thankful we had no notable damage from the significant wind that swept through the region this week. The worst we suffered was that a tarp tore on the rabbit hoophouse, and a small hoophouse feed area cover flipped over. Trouble is, when the small hoophouse flipped the goats walked on it. […]

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I thought it was time for another Friday on the Farm post! Here are some highlights from this week at Independence Homestead: Goats Enjoy New Goat Pasture Last Saturday we fenced in two more sections of our woods as goat pasture. The milking does moved to one of the pastures, and our buck Champ and […]

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For all the diversity in this world, some things are universal. Like how children rub their eyes when they’re tired. Or how the minute they see a flock of chickens, they’re chasing after the birds. We have ducks in the front, and the minute children step out of a vehicle they’re tearing after the ducks. On […]

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Crazy Barn Cats!

We love our barn cats! I thought I’d give you an update on the cats, highlighting their recent antics. As you can see from the pictures, they get into/under/on just about everything around here! They keep us from getting too serious on the homestead, showing that there’s always time to climb up on something or snuggle in […]

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Last summer was a crazy time. Summer is always a crazy time on the homestead, but last summer had the added aspect that we were expecting a baby in the fall. With juggling all this, we started having a mouse problem. With so much livestock feed, it was inevitable that this would happen eventually. Honestly, we […]

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