Happy Homestead News
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Quitting My Day Job
Last month, I took the biggest leap of my life (to date) and left my day job to work on the homestead full-time. From this point forward, I’m devoting my time and energy to our gardens, animals, bees, Salves & Such products, and my energy healing practice. Working full-time on the homestead has been my dream since we moved here in 2016, however, until now, I wasn’t ready to cross the chasm that stood between my dream and my reality. -
A Sad Farewell
Our Buff Orpington rooster, Mr. Orpington or Orps, lost his life protecting his flock this summer. Mr. Orpington had to have been one of the kindest roosters to ever walk this earth. -
Life's Too Short for Fake Butter
Dan has fond childhood memories of his mamaw churning fresh butter on the front porch of her Appalachian Mountain home. As soon as we started homesteading, Dan added butter churning to his short list of projects for the homestead. With things a little slower around here during the winter months, we decided this would be the perfect time to try our hand at butter making. -
Dancing Shoes
We're getting anxious for Spring's arrival at the homestead. Actually, we've been impatiently waiting for Spring since we attended the Central Michigan Fall Seed Swap in October! -
Arrival Day
We moved from our suburban "American Dream" home to the 10 country acres of our homestead on a rainy Spring day in 2016. We were so excited to get started on our homesteading adventure that we began planning gardens, gathering beekeeping equipment, and picking out chicken breeds as soon as our offer on the property was accepted. Our planning, though, moved quite a bit faster than the purchase of the new place.
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Welcome to the Happy Homestead Farm!
In the Spring of 2016, we bought a log home on 10 acres near Kalkaska, Michigan and began turning it into our Happy Homestead.
