Wanna Be Homesteaders

Just a little family
Learning to farm
in the desert

 

Join us on our journey as we embark on this adventure of raising our little family and learning to farm in the desert!

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Who knows what I will write about... but all fun, crazy and interesting stories about our journey here on the farm.

Kids 2021

These are the days

 

 

SIlas 2021

Isaac 2021

Willow

John Luke 2021

Levi 2021


Boys 1 2021

Boys 2 2021

 

 

 

 

I know it won't always be like this
Eyes are open I don't want to miss

These ordinary days
These ordinary days
In a million little ways
You make me want to stay
In these ordinary days

It's the way you feel the music
Spinning like the falling leaves
You are poetry in motion
And you want to dance with me

I know it won't always be like this
Eyes are open I don't want to miss

These ordinary days
These ordinary days
In a million little ways
You make me want to stay
In these ordinary …

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Layer Food Blog Post

Sarah's Gluten Free Chicken Layer Feed 

My dear friend Sarah has been helping me on this Chicken journey! 

We recently started mixing our own Layer Feed.   It's so incredibly easy.  And, just like we know eating whole foods as humans is better, its better for our animals too! 

This is where we started...

We buy most of the food through a Co-Op Food share called Azure Standard (Affiliate Link). 

We also buy some other items from CAL Ranch or Tractor Supply depending on price and availability.  


 

Check out the ingredients for Sar…

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Chickies Blog Post

Starting with Baby Chicks

After the food shortage of 2020.... we decided we needed to be better prepared.  Living in the city we do, there isn't much we can do if the stores don't have food.  It's a few hours to any major city in any directions. 

While we are fairly prepared for a major food shortage, we also realize it's time to make a change.  We decided that it was time to start working on some type of food sources we could personally produce.  Over the summer my husband worked on building a chicken coop at his paren…

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