Let’s start this post off by talking about personal strengths. Mine fall along the lines of 1.) tearing apart a house I’m living in, 2.)…

After two incredibly exhausting weekends installing the new kitchen counters, and the subsequent recovery from that adventure, I finally had to pick myself up off…

Yeah. That’s all I have to say about the 22 hours of counter-installation I did this past weekend. Holy. Shit. Looking back on it, it’s…

The good news about spending 20 hours in my garage last weekend with a couple bottles of wine, approximately 700 lbs of butcher block, and almost…

I’ve been posting about a lot of smaller, fun projects lately, but rest assured most of my focus (and anxiety) is still centered around the…

Most of the time when I’m building things around the farm it’s just me, my tools, some loud music (and, if we’re being honest, also…

Years ago–probably back before I started building my last house–I had this vision of what my “ideal life” would look like one day, and the gist…

One of the things on my list for 2017 was adding a few more chickens to my flock. In my head I pictured that happening…

If there is one point in time that sets the tone for the year to come, it’s probably this one… The one hour a year I…

About this time last year–when I was looking back and reflecting on what I’d gotten done–I called 2015 “the best year yet.” I got so much…

So many parts of this year have been a blur. It’s been a lot of work, a lot of good times, and– every once in…

It’s been about a month since I made an epically bad decision that led to the loss of two of my three beehives, and I’m…

It doesn’t feel like I’ve been sharing a lot of good news on the blog recently, so– spoiler alert– my two most recent farm stories…

I almost hedged my bets and titled this “The Worst Mistake I’ve Made Yet” but I genuinely hope this is the worst beekeeping mistake I’ll ever…

I did not grow up in a world that told me I could do or be anything I wanted. Quite the opposite, in fact. The…