I've been going through a season of doubt. Doubting the homestead, doubting this way of life, and doubting myself. I've had several blog...

You know the saying "When it rains, it pours?" That seems to be the motto on the homestead lately. Everyone here has been sick for weeks....

I have had a time keeping my plants from being eaten this spring!! I moved my mom's piney (peony for you fancy people, jk) last fall, and...

Ground Ivy or Creeping Charlie Ground Ivy or Creeping Charlie, as you may call it, was one of the first tinctures I ever made. I have an...

It's been a rough few weeks here at the Quirky Homestead. I had all kinds of posts planned about foraging and preparing and planting our...

Exciting news!! We have 2 new members on the homestead! Say hello to our goat kids! Welcome Posey! Welcome Violet! Lily had them sometime...

Who hates busting frozen water multiple times a day for your chickens? The answer is everyone! This is my second winter with chickens and...

Today started like any other day except for the single-digit temps we're having at the moment. Around noon I got a call from my...

Here at the Quirky Homestead, we've had a few inches of snow. We're in southeastern Kentucky so we don't get a lot of big snow and this...

Chickens were supposed to be the one thing I planned out and did the right way. It was January 2023, I had a small coop that a friend of...

Did you know goats were herd animals? I didn't. Seems like something one should know before buying goats but I've never been good about...

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