When your flower farmer neighbor needs peachy salmon zinnias YOU GIVE HER THE ZINNIAS!!!
No one told me that having a high tunnel would be the most joy and the most pain. Other people’s flowers are frosted out BUT MINE STILL NEED TO BE CARED FOR.
But also, if you live in western Montana (or anywhere else with a short season) let me help you get a tunnel up. All ya need is a Johnnys 12’ pipe tunnel. And you can grow so. much. more. Extend that season.
Time for real talk.
This is me. I’ll joke and say I’m a mess- but in reality we all are. We all have sh*t laying around. If you have chickens, and oh do I have chickens, they’re pooping on the front porch and destroying the garden beds. You stay in sweats when you’re at home all day. And my hair may be the biggest mess, but we all have messy hair.
Farming isn’t glamorous. There’s a lot of poop. A lot of laundry. A lot of dirt. And dirt is made out of poop (if it’s good dirt!). Right now there is so much mud. Aka, liquid water poop hahahah
So yeah. I 100% stocked the stand with some CUTE fall stuff. Come and check it out. There’s gonna be a ton of flowers fresh here soon too 😂 no frost in sight and weddings are tapering off!
The farm biz can be romanticized for the internet. Remember that. In reality, we’re here outing our heart into something for minimal pay and lots of hard work.
Walking a hungry hippo of a cow just might be crazy 😜
Luci goes back and forth between this paddock and the big pasture daily for a week, then hangs out in the big pasture while this grass is growing.
And the goats spend the day in my backyard eating grass and weeds. Until it’s all mowed down.
All this extra work may seem crazy, especially when I could just feed them some hay and be done with it. But- it takes less time to walk the cow twice a day than it does to mow that area down!
Although… Luci is kinda bossy and sometimes gives my arm a big jerk 😂 She’s worth it though. Spoiled girl. And her milk shows just how spoiled she is. This past weekend she gave three cups of cream per half gallon jar of milk!!!
I’m crazy, but the animals are happy.
Just added to the stand! These hot temps are *perfect* for making yogurt and labneh 😘🤌🏼
The stand is stocked up, and more will be headed out as the yogurt strains. Labneh is great on sandwiches, on toast with jam, or as a dip for summer veggies from the market!!
Full of probiotics and good for you fats, this cool treat is sure to make everyone happy!! And it’s CHEAP. Seriously. Good food and easy on the pocketbook. You can’t afford not to try it!!
Piggins and Piggie Smalls enjoying a nice warm bowl of milk on these 90°+ days 🤣
My friend Katy pointed out that if a human was making these sounds during eating, she’d slap them. But animals eating is so cute 🥹
This is your reminder to get a drink and stay hydrated!!
Juniper figured out that when I call her name, there’s usually food involved 😂 It’s too hot to move fast, but watermelon helps keep her hydrated and happy!
Me too.
What’s your go-to in the heat of summer? I love eating half of a watermelon for a meal hahahaha I’m sure Juni would like that too 🍉
100% Pure Farm Fresh Eggshell Fertilizer for your vegetable or flower garden, and even for your indoor plants!!
🌱 Orchids
🌱 Hoyas
🌱 Spider Plants
🌱 Tomato Plants
🌱 Squash Plants
This feeds your plants and helps stop blossom end rot! It will give your indoor and outdoor plants a natural dose of Calcium, Magnesium, and Phosphorus.
Grab a bag at the farmstand, from pop up markets, and soon coming to @wildlyrooted.shop at the @montanaantiquemall 🙌🏼
To use, add a tablespoon to a quart of water and let sit overnight, then water your indoor plants. Or sprinkle on top of soil. For tomatoes and squash, you can put a spoonful in the hole you transplant into.
Friday afternoon at the farm ✨
Birds Chirping ✔️
Flowers in a gentle breeze ✔️
Maebel mooing about something ✔️
Have a great weekend, my friend.
NO BABY GOATS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS VIDEO 🤦🏼♀️
This girl is a wild child!! My guess is that she went from the dogloo onto Lucille’s back 😂
She was out for milking time with mama, and eating hay with the other animals after this.
If you thought having a puppy was a lot- don’t get a baby goat 😂 They are insane!! The cover photo on my grid shows just how sweet Clementine is 🥹 Those blue eyes let her get away with anything and everything! Hahaha
Unbox some baby chicks with me 🐥
A record 50/51 arrived alive 🙏🏼 And they’re settling in nicely under their heat lamps.
The Midnight Marans went in with the babes from yesterday, and the Cornish Cross are in their own tote, and will make their way to the chicken tractor sooooon!
This was my first year ordering from @tractorsupply + @hoovershatchery 👏🏼 A seamless process! There’s still time to order chicks! I was sure to grab chick starter from @mossyacresfeed this week too! Get ready for more chicken content 🤣
BEE PARTY 🎉 This time of year is so much fun because the warmer temps have us all longing for spring and ready to grow our gardens! I had a friend asking about flower seeds to sow that would help reclaim dirt that’s all dug up from their septic tank adventures last fall. Poppies were my first answer. They’re deer resistant, and bees love them. Plus!! They’re fairly drought tolerant. I dug out this video to show her the bees in the poppies, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. So here you go. Enjoy the busy bees with me while we dream of spring.
Sound on 🔈 if you like bees 🐝 Morning harvesting in the verbascum patch 🙌🏼
