Summer break is over, the grass is beginning to brown, and we just spotted a few of our Aspen leaves changing color. Come on fall colors, we’re ready for you! Crosby’s going to have to get used to wearing clothes again soon. It was chicken processing day this past week. At one point Johnny glanced [...]
Category: homestead
Surprises on the farm
Boone went out to feed the ducks the other morning and was greeted by two freshly hatched ducklings that came waddling out from underneath the duck house! We knew we had a broody mama but didn’t think much of it. Apparently we need to give her more credit in the future. I mean, we did [...]
Gillespie Farm Animal Update
The baby ducklings that we incubated and hatched were just introduced to the pond and welcomed by their mamas! Lots of happy duckling noises over here these days. We sheared the sheep! And be “we” I mean Johnny had help from Uncle Jim and neighbor Jason. The turkeys are getting HUGE! They are very gentle [...]
More Babies
Our mama bunny Faye makes some pretty cute babies. These eight little guys are Flemish Giant + Rex mix. I spy Lincoln snuggling with our ferocious (eye roll) Pyrenees princess guard dog.
Spring Has Sprung and Now We Have Turkeys!
The big four spent a week with Uncle Jim and Aunt Peggy who spoiled them rotten! They then took them swimming at the local hot springs pool. They didn’t want to come home! This girl loves her chickens. She carries them around like dolls and they let her! We had to pick up a few [...]
Photo memory dump!
It’s another one of those times when I realized I haven’t blogged in awhile. Let me try and catch up with a little photo memory dump of the past few months... Merry Christmas 2020! Post Christmas snuggles with Papa! What a magical day! Perfect weather and exquisite views of the Royal Gorge. Cheesin’ Someone doesn’t [...]
Snow Villages and Roasting Pheasants
I am getting real creative at these blog post titles, I know. For the past 36 hours I’ve been brining two of the pheasants the boys brought home from their hunting trip in preparation for my most intimidating meal to date...This coming from the girl who recently made rabbit stew! Oh. My. Gosh. So. Good. [...]
Fall 2020
It’s been one helluva season. Homeschooling has been going great, the kids are really thriving and I’m definitely enjoying all the quality time. Not going to lie, it’s not always easy. I’m learning how to extend a lot of grace, not only to the kids but also to myself. The two hour window of “play [...]
October so far…
Summer might be over, but you bet we will soak up the rest of these 70° days with neighbors, friends and family! Crosby helping dad build the sheep’s “pen-demic.” Neighbor/Auntie lets Lincoln come help with the goats often. Trying to get someone excited for our Sunday morning walk...he currently wants to be carried everywhere. We [...]
Loafing Shed pt. 1
I may have been a bit eager to start collecting farm animals. I put the cart before the horse, or in our case, the sheep before the shelter. The past two weekends we've had the privilege of hosting birthday parties for some dear friend's kiddos! It was so fun seeing the kids playing with the [...]
Phoebe Gillespie 