I’m convinced that broodiness is contagious. I knew it was bound to happen. I’d have a broody hen eventually. I didn’t expect to have 8 of them compete for the cutest chick/best momma hen within the same 3 month period. But here we are…killing it.
Read MoreIf you know me in real life, you know I love to sing. Often to the annoyance of The Inventor and The […]
Read MoreI’m sure this comes as no surprise to any of you reading this, but it’s cold outside. Stupid cold. The main goal this week on the farmstead is to keep my animals alive through the onslaught of this polar vortex. Here’s how we’re doing it.
Read MoreI nearly killed my baby chicks yesterday. I had them for less than two hours, and I nearly killed them. Yesterday was […]
Read MoreA few observations on the benefits (and drawbacks) of heating our home with wood.
Read MoreA year end review to catch you up on the happenings of WayMaker Acres. A lot has happened in the last 7 months. Buckle up, friends…here we go!
Read MoreIt’s been a rough couple of weeks for the animals here at WayMaker Acres. My heart aches, but I know that God is always good.
Read MoreIf you had told families across the nation last week that they’d all be homeschooling this week, you would have probably been […]
Read MoreThe point is that you learn how to learn. The point is that you be able to think critically through all the messages you receive in life and understand it through a biblical lens, being able to differentiate Truth from lies. The point is for you to be able to formulate a solid position, opinion, or argument, be able to understand why you hold it, and be able to articulate it clearly.
Read MoreOnce we ordered our chicks, we knew we’d need to set up a brooder for them. Without a momma hen to care […]
Oh friends! I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I have been for this day to arrive. The baby chicks […]
Something happened this weekend that made me do a lot of thinking. We had to turn off the water supply to our […]
The Firefighter and I throw together some easy compost bins.
The Inventor was supposed to start part-time at the local high school day. He really wants to learn to weld and the […]
I love the idea of naming things. In college, I had a red Ford Escort wagon I called Frederica (after Frederica Von […]
This may be one of the longer posts you’ll find here at waymakeracres.com. You might want to pour yourself a hot beverage, […]
I have a lot of friends who chose a word at the beginning of the year to serve as a theme for […]
It’s long been a dream of ours to have a little piece of land in the country that we could call our […]
