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I am really enjoying the challenge of education outside of repetition with a pencil and paper. I find that though I love making and creating worksheets that are interesting for both Julz to learn from and me to teach her with, I actually am trying harder and harder to create a home based education that [...]
We rented a tractor from a local rental shop in town and it was a great choice to help ourselves smooth out our land. Jason and I have wanted to do this project since we moved into our home 2 years ago. We wanted to clear out the ruts that were left from when an [...]
We had our first real snow as Oklahomans in Oklahoma yesterday! That means we can officially say we had a White Christmas this year. Yesterday was a lot of beautiful things and were filled with all the necessities for the best snow event ever: family, love, constant snow fall, snowball fights, snowman building, sledding, warm [...]
What a beginning to July we have had. We had a wonderful opportunity to go visit family in Colorado and had a fabulous time! The kids and I have not left the farm since we moved in last March. However, my husband Jason has, with his having to go on work trips, we have set [...]
This week we had really great weather here in Southeastern Oklahoma. The sun was shining all day and the weather was comfortable enough to wear a light jacket or a t-shirt with jeans. A lot of this was attributed to the fact that the wind was low and it took the chill off with the [...]
The other day we were at Lowe's looking for supplies for a project in our queue and decided to look at mailboxes because we were in desperate need for a replacement. We were getting an idea of what we would like and what was practical for living where we live and the weather we have [...]
The weekend after we let our chicks out of the coop for the first time we were forecasted to have about 3 days of lows at night ranging between 19 and 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Our mature chickens had been sleeping in an outside chicken coop day and night. The coop was closed in on 2 [...]
On November 9th we let our Rare Breed Chicks from Meyer Hatchery explore outside of their coop for the first time. The birds were exactly 2 months old and they seemed totally ready for their Maiden Voyage. They have been inside their coop with complete ventilation and room for a heat lamp almost their [...]
We are rounding out our first complete Fall in Oklahoma and what a beautiful Fall it has been this year. There are so many understated things in Oklahoma, Fall is one of them. Before we get any further let me give you some helpful background information on my experience with Fall. I grew up in [...]
A lot has been going on with our chickens over the last few weeks. A lot of things have changed and my love for caring and raising chickens has only intensified during this time. First of all, all of our mature female chickens now produce eggs. So we get 2 white eggs, 2 brown [...]