Category: Animals On The Homestead

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Day 64: Homestead Happenings

We had a few storms pop up around us today, but only a light sprinkle here at the house. It was however, hot and humid. We broke 80 degrees Fahrenheit!

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Day 63: We’re in the Honey!

So, 2 years ago we had 1 bee hive at the edge of our woods. It didn’t survive the winter. When we opened the hive, they were soaked, so we

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9:18 pm | |

Day 62: Odds and Ends

It was warm, breezy, and rainy today, which means we went from freeze warnings to holy humidity basically overnight. Talk about arthritis flares! We have hens going broody, the Dove

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10:32 pm | |

Day 60: Homestead Cleanup

Today we had a friend come over to breakdown our beehives. They died over the winter, and we hadn’t cracked them open yet to see what was going on. Each

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10:03 pm | |

Day 59: Little Updates…

Our mama Robin is still holding strong! I really hope that no stray cats or raccoons happen upon the nest during this process. Ms. Holly’s hobby class: Bird Edition –

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9:46 pm | |

Day 56: Finding a Balance

Apparently Mother Nature and I have a similar problem. Finding balance in our lives. The snow stuck overnight! For my life though, it’s more of a not falling into bad

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10:08 pm | |

Day 55: Snow?!

Yup. It’s May 8th, and it snowed. Between the quarantine and this weather, Ohioans are going to lead a revolution against Mother Nature! I worked today for a few hours,

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8:00 pm | |

Day 54: A Day Off

Today was an actual day off this week. No work, no appointments, no plans! I binged Lost a little bit, and decided that after doing my 5k app for 5

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9:23 pm | |

Day 53: Introducing Ms. Holly’s hobby classes!

So, first off, today was a LONG day. I had to be up early to take my mom to a doctor’s appointment. Needless to say, I was dragging all day,

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9:06 pm | |

Day 52: Birdwatching

I worked another mid/close today, but I wanted to get the webcam on the Robin nest by the backdoor. She has 3 eggs already laid! It’s not the best quality,

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