1Year

A little late but ...here goes.

One year. 365 days. It's been a busy year.

We've gone from living in a 240 sq ft camper - life on the road back to life on a farm.

We've purchased a farm outside of Boise, Idaho in Kuna. We've made Idaho our home and then decided that it would be our "retirement" home state after we put in a few more years of work in Washington.

We lived in the little farm house and worked on it. Blood, sweat and tears of ours are permanently imbedded in that house.

We've moved off the farm to share a home with grandma & the oldest. And traveled thousands of miles back and forth between WA & ID.

We've worked hard on our farm in Kuna trying to make it similar to what we've created at our Bothell farm. It's not even close yet. It IS, however, far safer now than it was when we purchased it. It has far less weeds and the soil is regaining it's health with real fertilizers being added (read: manure).

We've made new friends. Great friends actually. We've worked on maintaining our friendships in WA while traveled back and forth.

In the meantime have found a few other projects to eventually help fund our farm vision & the lifestyle we want for our "retirement farm".

All of this and yet there are days I still feel confused about that our future holds and how we'll get there.

Gorgeous Farm Fencing

This is a photo taken at a farm in Kuna, ID. Round rock and pipe - super solid.

Roast Chicken or Turkey Broth

Don't ever toss your pan drippings or the carcass! They make for exceptional broth and soup base. Take your drippings and carcass and toss it in the largest pot you can find (OK, within reason) and add some chopped carrots, onions, celery and 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar (it helps pull the minerals out of the bones but leaves no flavor behind) and let it simmer for 6-24 hours. Strain and you can either can the broth or freeze it. It is amazing! Chicken noodles soup anyone?

Body Wash

For those of you with sensitive skin, I feel your pain. We are a farm with sensitivities and it doesn't end with the food. Dry, itchy skin that doesn't like much on it and yet, you still want to be clean and fresh.
So we keep on trying new things. Yes, I've made some of my own that worked. I've also decided that I'd like to try and find an alternative...And we have a winner! Nature's Gate makes a great body wash that doesn't make our skin crawl. As a bonus, we've tried it on our hair and not only does it work, but smells nice too.


We've bought it online (as in the 2 pack above) as a cost saving alternative, as it just isn't close to our budget in the stores. Yet.

One of those "finds" I wanted to share with you. Have an awesome day!

A Boy and His Dog

There's something amazingly special about the relationship between a boy and his dog. And we think Miss Abby is completely the most amazing dog ever. (Sorry Miss Sophie, we do love you too!)