In the background of some of my podcasts and sometimes running through some of my pictures on the farm Instagram occasionally you'll see...

If you get yourself a homestead....first make sure you have water. and then you'll probably want to start yourself a project. Maybe...

The title of this post is a misnomer because I guess I never actually wrote an entry specifically about calf-sharing ups and downs with...

The more I learn about cows, the more fascinated I am with these large, grazing animals. One might ask, what's so special about cows? And...

After you have a garden and start collecting some beautiful produce... or are able to collect beautiful harvests from other sources, the...

This August will be about 6 years since we moved to the farm; four years of actively homesteading. We still have a long way to go before...

I mentioned in the previous blog post that my husband and I have been talking about downsizing the farm. Not because we don't love this...

Something that homesteading has taught me is that life can fall into a predictable routine, a rhythm of working with the seasons and a...

In the Orthodox Church, when someone passes away, instead of saying, "May they rest in peace," or "God rest their soul," we say "May...

I think when we talk about homesteading there are pretty obvious roles that get meted out to the adult members of the family. My husband...

There's something about farm animal math that kind of defies predictability, at least for our farm. I suppose if you're a logical,...

I just got my 2023 Baker Creek Heirloom Seed catalog in the mail, and it made me squeal like a little girl. This is just their annual...

Homeschooling. It has been a journey, and continues to be one as we adapt with each child and their strengths and challenges, and my own...

When you start thinking about breeding animals (or not breeding animals) the question of castration inevitably comes up. It seems to be a...

Here's a blog companion for our podcase post about our Garden Journey, but with some extra thoughts and ramblings sprinkled in. Our...

Before we begin, here is some pig vocabulary (on the off-chance that you would like to have a more detailed conversation about hogs,...

If you follow us on Instagram (@silvergoosefamilyfarm), then you will have already seen the news. We have more cows! Dexter cows to be...

Disclaimer: This is not a happy entry. In fact, it is very difficult for me to write and probably for you to read. If you would like a...

Growing up as a teenager and then as a young adult, I suffered through the same body insecurities that so many girls and women go through...

I'm surprised that I haven't written a post about our pigs sooner, as pigs were our formal introduction to animal husbandry here on the...