Spring is here!

Well things have been busy here at our little homestead. Lots of planting going on! I have the raised beds filled with green beans, potatoes,peas ( which are already poking through the ground),cucumbers,cauliflower and lettuces. Everything is starting to show their heads already! Yeah I know I was early getting the seeds in but the weather was calling me! hahaha

An update on our worms... We are proud parents of more worms! hahah they are producing babies! They are doing a great job with eating everything and making nice poopy for our garden hahah. Here are some pics....

We made a run for Happy to give her more of a "condo" then a one bedroom apartment. hahaha She is loving it! I see her in the mornings laying out enjoying the quiet and the sunrise. I admit I love it too! haha

News on the basement it is coming together great! the 2 coats of primer are done and we have some color on three of the walls and hope to have the rest on by the end of this week. Then the second coat and then the walls are done! All that is left is painting the ceiling, the floor and the barn doors we are making! yay!

I am still working on being content with where we are living. Every day I grow impatient on why we are still here when there is somewhere else we could be doing something so much bigger. But for some reason God still wants us here, so here we shall stay until He wants us to move.

Here are some pics of our homestead so far this spring! Hope you all are doing well and sorry this is so short the computer is acting up and I atleast wanted to get something posted since it has been so long!

Have a wonderful week!
~Katie

Lots Happening!!

Well alot is going on here on our little homestead. We finally have dry wall up and it is getting spackled today and 2 more times during the week. We should be able to paint by this weekend!!!! yay!! Here are some pics to show the progress

Other news, I have been wanting raised beds but since the Farmer has been busy with work and things he just hasn't had the chance to build me any. And with this weather I am getting pretty anxious to get them made. Well at his work he found boxes they used for shelving and they can be stacked on each other, they were perfect for raised beds and best of all they were free!Added benefit if we move they can be folded up! So I ran to the hardware store with little farmer and little Hoss , got a gallon of white barn paint, and now they look great! I have two more to put second coats on, but all in all they are ready to be filled. Farmer and I went on a date night while mom-mom and pop-pop watched the boys for us. Thank you! So while we were out we went and picked up 10 bags or topsoil. Then went and picked out the flooring and paint for the basement.

Here are before and after pics. of the raised beds,

We also made a run for Happy to hop around in, so she has more room to move around during the day. She loves it and we used all scrap materials around the house which we enjoyed and so did our wallet hahaha

New in the garden: The seedlings are doing great! I have about 5 roma tomatoes coming up , I have about 10 or more pepper plants , broccoli, cauliflower, lavender, celery, oregano,leeks,cantaloupe, and many more. since this will be our last year with the big garden we are wanting to put alot in to preserve.

Well that is about it for now.Lots to do today. What is going on on your homesteads? What are you growing in your gardens this year?

Have a wonderful day!
~Katie

Bunny hutch makeovers and seeds sprouting!

Well I painted the bunny hutch yesterday with the first coat of paint! It is looking great! I am hoping to get a second coat on it today. :) I will be planting flowers around the bottom when it is warmer of course :)

Other good news some of my seeds have sprouted!! My iceberg are the first to pop through! So exciting! Now if only spring would get here! haha

Sorry so short again but a gorgeous day today and there is laundry to be hung out! :)

What is going on around your homestead!? I would love to hear! Have a Wonderful Day of homesteading! :)
~ Katie

Our bunny

Today was the day we brought home our newest member. "Happy". She is a rex/holland mix rabbit, about 10 weeks old now, and just adorable. She is very friendly and deals with the boys well.
We are all excited about our new addition especially the little farmer and little Hoss! :)

I have been doing some sketches to see where we want the hutch placed and things I want to add to it. I will be painting the outside barn red to match our shed and have white accents as well. I will also be planting flowers around . I will post pics when I have started! :)

Sorry such a short one :) Have a great evening!

~Katie

What a beautiful day!

It was almost in the 60s today! yeah I am loving this winter. Every winter could be like this :) Today we did alot outside to clean up a little. I did hoe up a bit of the garden ( little farmer and Little Hoss helped me with their tractors and diggers). I then got the itch to plant some seeds inside. So I have Roma tomatoes, Iceberg lettuce, spinach and green peppers in my window sill. I know I am early but I couldn't help it! hahah

Little farmer , Little Hoss and I went to the pet store to also get things we would need for our new addition! yes I am very excited. We will be adding a little black and white bunny to our family on Friday, whom little farmer has dubbed as "happy hoppy". We will call him happy for short . I love seeing him get so excited over having a pet he is taking care of "by himself". We are also looking into getting him into a 4-h sometime. Bunnies for now and when we get the land he can work his way up to larger animals.

I am writing this while making snicker doodles ( yes they are my weakness along with oatmeal raisins) While listening to blue grass and enjoying the peace until tomorrow morning. I hope you all have a peaceful evening and enjoyable rest of the week!

God bless,
~ Katie

P.S.
I hope to have a review written up about what I thought of the book Calm my anxious heart by Linda Dillows. So stay tuned! If you have read it I will love to know your thoughts on it!

Kids, chores and rabbits

As a parent do you have chores for your children to do? Do you have chores that your children get money for doing? How do you determine which chores they got payed for and which ones they didn't?

I am wondering this because the little farmer wants a rabbit(s) (deep down so do I ) haha . We are trying to think of chores for him to do for money to save up for the food for this rabbit. (not a definite we are getting it, because there are still some factors we are figuring out.) But I am curious how you choose which chores they get paid for and which chores they do not . The little farmer does have chores, but these are chores he does on a daily basis with out getting payed.

Also, wondering those who have bunnies. What do you like and dislike about them? What is something you would tell someone who is getting a rabbit,that they have to know before doing it?

Thanks for any input!

~ Katie

Learning on being patient and compost worm bin !

On saturday the little farmer and I made a compost worm bin for inside. We had a lot of fun together. Here is how we did it:
What you will need:
2 plastic tubs ( one of the lids from the tub)
Screen (from an old window or screen you have bought) ( or from a father in law who had some he wasn't using :)
Duct tape
newspaper
cardboard
coffee grounds
food scraps
Leaves
2 bricks or rocks

We started by drilling 1/8 inch holes around one of the plastic tubs.

Then we lined the tub with the holes with the screen and secured it to the tub with duct tape.( the screen is there to make sure the worms don't crawl out but also to strain all the compost tea that will come out and go into the bottom tub.)

Next we cut up newspaper into strips and tore cardboard up into pieces then we wet those with a spray bottle. Only get them really moist not dripping wet.

Then we added the coffee grounds, the food scrapes and leaves.Then you mix it all together. I have read to leave it sit for a week. Which is when our worms are suppose to arrive so that will be perfect!

I will keep you updated on the progress of our compost bin :)


For about a month now I have become very bitter about not having a farm. I have prayed about it a lot. But my mind keeps wondering why God has us on hold here. We are so ready and passionate about farming yet he keeps us in a place where we can't do it. I have to remember the verse I use for the journey we are on , that is at the top of my blog. Jeremiah 29:11- "For I know the plans I have for you", declares the Lord... " Plans to give you hope and a future."
I know he has a plan for us and will use our passion for farming some how . I just need to keep praying for patience and wait for the plan to come through. But this is so hard when you have no patience! hahah
Well that is all for today! I will post again this week , not sure on what yet. Whatever is on my heart :)

Have a wonderful day!

~ Katie