Elaine did it again! We asked for a peek at the front of the house – just to help visualize how things flow together. Her response was this total stunner. Excuse me – what?! This is our house?! I’m over the moon dreaming about sipping coffee on our front porch while watching the sunrises. The real beauty is the incredible dimension and …
A Snake in the Garden Shed
There is a massive python-style snake in the garden shed. Ask me how I know. Do it. Ask me. Today, I ventured to the garden shed to get my tree trimmers. Innocent enough – I just wanted to clean up some of the ridiculous limbs hanging from the trees in the backyard. What I was greeted with – however – was not …
Double Rainbow in the Pasture
This morning, we were greeted with a pretty spectacular sunrise. The grass in the backyard is freshly mowed and the warm sunshine creeping over the farm was the perfect way to wake up. And then, about the time we decided to drive into Lawrence, a double rainbow appeared over the pasture. The misty sprinkles of the day were completely weird …
Harvesting Sweeties
While some aspects of the garden are a bit worse for wear – the Sweetie tomatoes are doing their thing and we couldn’t be luckier. They’re freaking delicious. What started as a handful here and there has quickly evolved into a nice few salads worth of tomatoes every day or two. They’re perfect fresh little things and are totally helping to …
Chore Training
Have I mentioned that, at the peak of mowing season, we have about 8 hours of lawn mowing to handle every week? Just the two of us. Aaron and I take turns cutting what we can in the evenings and on weekends. Of course, with the bouncing baby thinking he needs to be into everything – that keeps the other …
Sunny Sitting with a Sick Og
Very rarely do I have a chance to write in the moment, but here we are. The grass is far too tall as far as I can see. We haven’t mowed in a couple of weeks and the number of weeds in our side yard has become much too obvious. The wind is blowing through the trees all around us. …
The First Peek at Our Home Renovation
For months, we’ve been trying to iron out floor plans on this crazy house. We have plenty of ideas, but finding a crew to turn them into reality has been tough. Enter Brasstacks. Aaron has followed @brasstackskc on Instagram for quite awhile. We constantly share their dreamy shots back and forth. For whatever reason, it took us forever to realize …
Clucker Check-in
The chickens have been living THE LIFE lately. I’m honestly a bit jealous. I’ve gotten more brave about feeding them random bits from the garden. Where I used to hand them handfuls of clover, they now get lettuce, nasturtium flowers and even a bit of watermelon. They love sampling the mint from the herb pots. We’ve even gotten a new …
Laundry Room Re-style
Rainy days on the farm always seem to launch a new round of projects. When stuck indoors, we’re a pretty stir-crazy crew. That’s the general story behind how I ended up on a mission to give our laundry room a new look. We’ve been quietly working on a full home remodel for months. We’re still in planning stages with architects …
The Tomatoes are Coming
The tomatoes are coming! The tomatoes are coming! For real, just get excited with me here for a minute. After all of the fails and flops we’re navigating in the garden – I could not be more excited that we still might just pull this off with real, fresh, amazing tomatoes. I mean, just look at these not-quite-ripe suckers! Granted, we …
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