From the farm…
-
Posted by –
Posted On –
Baby Chicken Update
We have been so busy with our new addition that I haven’t been able to update the blog about our new chickens! We have 25 meat birds and 10 new layers. We ordered a wide variety of egg layers this time and you can read about their breeds here. Our meat birds are now…
-
Posted by –
Posted On –
Introducing Harrison Andrew
On May 15th, we welcomed a sweet little addition into our family. Harrison Andrew was born after 20 long hours of labor and 2 1/2 hours of pushing! He weighed 8lbs 10.5oz and was 20 1/2 inches. We are so in love! Here are a few pictures, but I’m sure he will appear often on…
-
Posted by –
Posted On –
DIY Nursery Closet Dividers
We have a small closet in our nursery that we will be storing our baby clothes. In order to organize the clothes by size, I made up some cheap and easy closet dividers. I used some Martha Stewart scrapbook paper, circle cutting tool, and cardboard. Using the cutting tool, I cut a 4″ circle…
-
Posted by –
Posted On –
Gender Neutral Nursery Reveal
Today I put the finishing touches on the nursery, and I am so excited to share the final pictures. (You will notice that we still do not have trim in this room. It was part of the plan to get trim and new ceiling tiles put up before baby arrives, but I’m not sure that…
-
Posted by –
Posted On –
Transporting Chickens
Since we live in a small town and have a baby on the way, we thought it would be best if we didn’t have a rooster. When we ordered our 15 egg layers from McMurray Hatchery, they threw in a free rare breed chick. They don’t guarantee male or female with that free chick. We…
-
Posted by –
Posted On –
Master Bedroom Progress
We have been making quite a bit of progress on our master bedroom. In fact, we are ready to share it with our little one (as soon as he or she decides to make an appearance). We have a nursery set up, but the baby will more than likely sleep in our room for the…
-
Posted by –
Posted On –
DIY Adjustable Crib Skirt
With less than 5 weeks left until my due date, we have been scrambling to get things done on the nursery. We are almost there and will update with final pictures soon. This weekend I worked on making a crib skirt. I picked up some woodland themed fabric from JoAnns a while back, but we…
-
Posted by –
Posted On –
Spring Chicks
When we built our coop, we built it to fit 20-24 birds. The run is built for a few more than that. We also have the opportunity to free range the chickens in the evening. They do a great job staying in the yard, with a little help from our blue heelers. Ryan probably never…
-
Posted by –
Posted On –
Master Bedroom Updates
It has been a long time since I have written an update! We have been traveling out of town almost every weekend and have not had much time to work on the house. Last week we really started to get moving on the master bedroom upstairs. Prior to last week, we pulled up the old…
-
Posted by –
Posted On –
Easy DIY Roman Shade
Lately I have been seeing roman shades in a lot of design articles. I wanted to attempt one for our kitchen door to increase the privacy if we want it (especially because the kitchen door is right outside the bathroom door). This is a short tutorial to DIY a roman shade for a door. You…
Recent News
All Categories
- DIY Projects (58)
- Family (48)
- Homesteading (69)
- Renovations (61)