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Farm Life Vlog Week 2: Surviving the 70MPH Winds & Snow Storm

April 16, 2018

The April Fool’s joke of weather can end anytime now right?! Last week kids in our area were on Spring Break. The weather forecast was horrible. One that should be for Winter break. I know here in Western New York it’s not uncommon to get a couple random days of snow but the weather this …

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VIDEO: I’m Making Over Our Outdated Kitchen & Barn Building Progress!

April 1, 2018

Hey Friends! We’ve lived in our farmhouse for two years now and the kitchen cabinet color is starting to bring me down! I knew that there were other priorities in the house, but now it’s time. We aren’t going to do a full gut right now in the kitchen, mainly because my husband is building …

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Farm Life Vlog Day 2: DIY Barn Building Progress & Kittens

March 26, 2018

Hey Friends! So we had a very productive weekend. Great progress was made in our barn and we have five new additions to the farm. The sun was shining which means our dog and pig got to run and play together. Check out our brand new Vlog below! ( If you missed our first post …

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Why We Choose to Free Range Chickens- Even After a Raccoon Attack

March 2, 2017

  We have an old barn. One that I fell in love with despite its crookedness. There is just something about old barn wood. It was built in the 1850s. We started the spring of 2016 with over 30 chickens and are down to 23. We pasture raise our chickens from the sun up to …

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How the Weather Affects the Look of Your Eggs

December 8, 2016

The first real thunderstorm at our new farmhouse had quite an affect on our little ladies. The next morning when I went to the nesting boxes my eggs looked like a wrinkled old mess. There was for sure something funky going on just before that egg came out. So could I still eat this egg? …

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