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Raising hens with pretty eggs!

Entertaining in the barn

Raising livestock as pets

Modern Farmhouse Decorating

Raising hens with pretty eggs!

Entertaining in the barn

Raising livestock as pets

Modern Farmhouse Seasonal decor

Read more about the article New life for a “Rookie Farmer”  …first five years.   part 2    Post 49
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New life for a “Rookie Farmer” …first five years. part 2 Post 49

Starting a Farm for retirement? With zero experience, no less, lol! This is part two of  the first five years in our lives as "Rookie Farmers", as we start a…

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February 12, 2024
Read more about the article New life for a “Rookie Farmer”    First 5 years   part 1              Post 48
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New life for a “Rookie Farmer” First 5 years part 1 Post 48

A look at our "First Five Years" as Rookie Farmers Five years ago, my husband Ken and I, moved from a subdivision, where we had lived in the same house…

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January 29, 2024
Read more about the article Helpful tips and tools for a Gardening Rookie  Post 33
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Helpful tips and tools for a Gardening Rookie Post 33

Gardening Rookie Four years ago...at age 64, I planted my very first tomato plant. My dream of having a pretty vegetable and flower garden had to wait until I retired…

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June 3, 2023
Read more about the article Comics in the Apple Orchard?   Post 27
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Comics in the Apple Orchard? Post 27

Never too late... The fact that I didn't have any experience gardening...didn't stop me from dreaming and planning for one. This week, March 6, 2023, I took advantage of a…

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March 13, 2023
Read more about the article Starting a farm for retirement…are you crazy?   Post 26
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Starting a farm for retirement…are you crazy? Post 26

Facebook and Instagram Pages... Hello friends... Well something exciting happened on the farm since my last post. Before sharing the news, here's the back story. When I'm on Facebook or…

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February 27, 2023
Read more about the article How to start a Garden from Scratch.
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How to start a Garden from Scratch.

My dream of a garden ... Even at my old house, I had wanted to have a vegetable and flower garden, but we had over 100 trees around the perimeter…

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August 9, 2022

About Me

About Me
Hi my name is Sandy and this is my husband Ken. After living in a subdivision for 40 years, we moved to start a hobby farm for our grandkids and begin an active retirement. We had ZERO farming or gardening experience, lol! Follow our adventures as we host barn suppers, hay rides, cookie exchange parties and more...all the while learning to farm, garden and tend animals. My parents grew up in the south, I was raised on Southern food, Southern Gospel and Southern Hospitality but I grew up in Northern Illinois and that is where our farm is. So I guess you can call me a Sweet Tea Yankee!

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  • Hens with special needs …meet Betty. post 41
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