Seeds to Harvest

06/16/2026

I'm both excited and nervous to stat a new adventure to our small scale backyard "farm"! After talking to the wonderful people at A Bees Closet in Arkansas in Conway, and standing/ starting at our backyard, we decided to go to the stores. We will be trying our hand at bee keeping and provide these stowaway bees a new designated bee garden and hive! Eek!
Photo of how far we got and ai photo to give idea what will look like. Follow for more updates!

06/14/2026

Any guesses what are weekend/week project is we are buzzing about?

06/12/2026

So this year, I've decided to invest in and actual greenhouse! This will probably be 10x12ft?? Ish?? Where we want to put it may mean further behind the garden (north side) but there is no power. Do i really need to move it closer for power? Heat in winter and fan in summer etc? Needing tips and recommendations!
Primarily use for seed starting and over wintering a few, may do gardening if high tunnel type? Idk.

06/08/2026

Gotten some new chickens from someone local here in Greenbrier. They are healthy and already laying! My chickens are just mean .. thankfully using my puppy play pen get more use for chickens than anything and they pretty well have it figured out whats communal and return to their side of the fenced area. Hopefully they will all be friends sooner than later. My other younger ones are still on quarantine after a mth and now being treated for cociccida and responding well. After seeing how aggressive my flock is, Im glad these young little ones have had some extra time to grow.

06/07/2026

Another friend in the garden ❤️
(Fyi, i forgot i was standing over the bees til later, no bees harmed in making)

06/07/2026

06/07/2026

Honey bees? In ground? Well this is a first
But at least they like my garden! Save the Bees!

06/03/2026

Its 430am and checking on my kitty. She frequently goes to her litter box but has not pooped since Fri and stopped eating again yesterday. So making a call to vet in the morning. She is still up and active and drinking a lot of hydrocare and peeing.
I also have a sick chicken im trying to nurse back to health. After a month of quarantine, and they have been super active, i placed their enclosure in the fenced run to acquaint with the flock and now she is sick 😫 i have no idea whats wrong. Lethargic and just fading. P**p is eh. Just watery with not much content from not eating so im basically reseperated both babies and pulling out everything i have. She did drink and eat again last night... we will see.
I also helped rescue 3 dogs yesterday on my day off. Got them vetted and to a foster. I just wish i realized my Casey hadnt pooped yet and stoped eating or i would have taken her in too.

06/02/2026

We're kicking off a monarch biology series, where we're sharing more about the monarch life cycle, anatomy, and other fun facts!

First up: the monarch egg.

Monarch eggs are tiny (smaller than the size of a pinhead), creamy white, and shaped like a miniature football. If you look closely, you’ll notice ridges along the egg and small structures on one end called "micropyles," which allow fertilization to occur.

Female monarchs lay their eggs on milkweed plants, and in about 3 to 5 days, a tiny caterpillar will emerge from each egg. One of the first things it does? It'll turn around and eat its own shell!

Stay tuned for the next post in our monarch biology series!

Photo credit: Rebecca Wagner

06/01/2026

Yuck

MONDAY UPDATE: 100% chance of needing to take a couple of showers today