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Family photo 2020 — Our family values include nonviolent communication, self-directed education and gentle parenting. We strive to implement permaculture principles in all areas of our lifestyle.

We Love Thyme

Thyme and rustic scissors — We love thyme. With seemingly endless varieties of this aromatic, delicious, medicinal, flowering evergreen ground cover we thought it was a perfect namesake for our farm. We especially loved creating a play on words that reflects our values of hope, regeneration and abundance.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. -Lao Tzu

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Ameraucana ~ Bresse ~ Cream Legbar ~ French Black Copper Marans ~ Lavender Orpington ~ Silkie ~ Silverudd’s Blue Isbar

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We love thyme. With seemingly endless varieties of this aromatic, delicious, medicinal, evergreen, flowering ground cover we can’t think of a better namesake for our farm.

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Day 21 / Gratitude / #fallhomesteadshare The last

Day 21 / Gratitude / #fallhomesteadshare

The last four days have been rough for me, but not as rough as they could have been.

I started getting migraine headaches often in my teens and twenties. I could usually mostly deal with them with OTC migraine pain killers if I caught it early.

But then in 2010, I had a migraine after a shoulder surgery and something seemed to have changed with my body. The pain kept getting worse.

The pain medication I was on for my shoulder had a potential side effect of brain swelling so I went to the ER and had some kind of scan (no swelling) and they kept upping the migraine medications they were giving me, but ultimately said there was nothing they could do and sent me home still in excruciating pain. The migraine lasted for 4 days.

I made some changes in my life that helped me reduce the number of migraines I had. There was one in 2015 and another in 2018, and each of them was four days of horrible, pounding pain in my head, nausea and extreme light sensitivity.

I am so grateful that I now have a new set of tools that helps me take care of myself and my family in addition to all the healthy lifestyle choices we have made in the last ten years that helped me (such as our nutrient dense, allergen-free diet, clean water, time outdoors everyday etc).

The last four days could have been spent in bed waiting for a migraine to pass and not being able to do anything with or for my family. Instead, the therapeutic grade essential oils I have from Young Living knocked the unbearable pain back to just a woozy, uncomfortable feeling. And I was even late to recognize it coming on - it was a full blown migraine headache before I tried to deal with it. For me that usually means nothing will stop it from running its course.

I was so thankful that I had received the M-Grain oil as a free gift with my order last month, and now I’m also going to keep the full stash of products to accompany it for the future.

Have you ever had a migraine headache? If you need the details on all the relevant products to help, let me know and I will forward the information to you!

#farmhousekitchen #farmhouse #betterwiththymefarmhouse #passivesolar #gratitude

Day 20 / Farm fail / #fallhomesteadshare Our goa

Day 20 / Farm fail / #fallhomesteadshare

Our goal with our sheep was to rotate them behind the cows so they could eat the weeds that the cows left behind and mow a bit shorter.

When we had some cattle minerals spill early in the summer we were worried about copper poisoning with the sheep, so we moved them in a different direction.

They ended up not following the cows for most of the summer and they all got too fat on the tall lush grass that should have gone to the cows.

Thankfully we got them back in a better rotation this fall and they are not over fed anymore!

#babydollsheep #babydollsouthdown #sheep #rotationalgrazing #farmlife #homesteadmama #oldeenglishbabydollsouthdownsheep

This is the story of my favorite summer memory fro

This is the story of my favorite summer memory from earlier this year.

One of my childhood friends came to visit us with his family. As soon as they arrived our kids excitedly started showing them where to hunt for wineberries and how to find the ones that were the most ripe. This was the third time that our kids had shown friends how to do this and as I watched them I remembered the time I visited a farm with my family when I was a child.

I’ll never forget riding on top of the flatbed trailer behind the pick up truck slowly working its way through the field as the men walking alongside threw on square hay bales and us kids helped to push them into straight rows. I’ll also never forget the mama cat with her kittens in the barn.

Back to this summer; later in the day after dinner we were all back outside and our friend’s three year old was picking flowers from the fields and bringing them to me. I told her one of them was field chamomile and it could be used to make tea.

Her response was “right now?”

I hesitated but I’m so glad that I said yes; she and our two daughters (who had been really enjoying making up their own tea blends from the garden) started collecting more flowers and herbs from the field and our garden, including lavender, hibiscus, calendula, rose and tricolor sage.

The girls carefully picked each petal from the flowers they chose and tore up the sage while they waited for water to warm.

Once the tea was ready the visiting three year old excitedly offered cups to her parents and grandparents, so proud of what she had made.

That day my love for our farm and my heart expanded. This was it! This was the moment for her like I remembered when I was a little girl visiting a farm. These magical moments really make for such a special childhood.

Day 19 / Favorite summer memory / #fallhomesteadshare

#homesteadlife #homesteadmama #childhoodunplugged #freerangekids #growyourown #floraltea
#permaculture #permaculturegarden

Frosty sunrise today, right on schedule for the #f

Frosty sunrise today, right on schedule for the #fallhomesteadshare day 18 frost or dew. This is our third frost this year, though the average first frost date for our area isn’t quite here yet. Did you see dew or frost this morning?

#sunrise #homestead #homesteadinglife #homesteadmama #mintofbetterwiththyme #greatpyrenees #akcgreatpyrenees

Day 16 / By the fire / #fallhomesteadshare Usual

Day 16 / By the fire / #fallhomesteadshare

Usually we make a lot of fires outside, because we’ve been slowly burning pieces from the brush piles that were made when we put a perimeter fence in through an overgrown hedgerow.

We also like to make fires outside to burn cooked bones so we can keep the minerals here on our property. We add them to our compost and spread them in our pastures.

Today we finished installing the soapstone around our wood stove and made a small fire in the stove for the first time.

We followed the instructions in our manual and opened windows since we expected the paint to smell for the first fire. It’s not nearly as noticeable as I expected and the fire is sooo cozy and warm.

I’m so thankful that we have a working wood stove for the coming winter!

#betterwiththymefarmhouse #woodstove #woodfire #homesweetfarmhouse #simpleliving #fireside #sustainableheating

Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for

Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for all your kind words after my post yesterday about supporting our small family business. It is truly a blessing to be connected with so many thoughtful individuals!

Since several of you mentioned that you would like to support us but don’t have a need for hatching eggs, I thought I would share another way you can support our business that would also be of great benefit to you.

You may have noticed that I’ve been sharing recently about how we have been incorporating essential oils into our family and farm life. Did you know that it is another part of our business? We are building a team of people who are interested in using essential oils for their physical, mental and spiritual health and wellness. Some of our team members are also building a businesses of their own.

You can support our family business by purchasing your essential oils through Young Living with me as your enroller. My job is to support and guide you through learning everything you want to know about oils and how you can build your business too if you chose to do that.

One of the things that drew me to Young Living was the spirit of cooperation and focus on abundance which is very much in alignment with our permaculture ideals. When we work together with nature and each other we can achieve more abundance for everyone.

Our long term goal is financial freedom and every member that joins with us helps us reach that goal for our family. While buying a half dozen hatching eggs would help us now, joining our Young Living team would help us for life!

If you’re interested in building your Young Living business, check out my stories later today for more details on how it works!

If you would only like to purchase oils, send me a message and I’ll walk you through it or check the link in my bio for step by step instructions.

If you have a small business have you asked your Instagram followers to support you? Please feel free to comment below about your small business or post for your followers and tag me, I’d love to know how we can support you too!

#familybusiness #smallbusinessowner #smallbusiness #smallbusinesssupport #abundancemindset #teamwork

Day 13 / Farm Attire / #fallhomesteadshare My war

Day 13 / Farm Attire / #fallhomesteadshare

My wardrobe is fairly simple. Give me anything that’s cotton, linen or wool in solid colors and I’m good to go. Just about all my clothes are fair game to be worn around the farm, even dresses on occasion. I do love my silkie hat and I guess this is my only farm related attire.

One thing I need help with is new undershirts for the fall/winter. Most of mine are ten years old and worn out. Does anyone have a sleeveless wool undershirt they love?

#silkiechicken #silkiemama
#farmlife #farm #homestead #homesteading #homesteadinglife #homesteadmama #permaculture

I saw a message about Prime Day that really resona

I saw a message about Prime Day that really resonated with me. There are a lot of small businesses that would love to receive your order today and tomorrow. Your order from a small business makes a difference in a real person’s life.

We pour our love and attention into all of our animals, feed them well and keep them safe, healthy and happy so that we can provide the highest quality hatching eggs possible.

If every person that follows me bought a half dozen hatching eggs from us, we would earn more than my husband makes in a whole year working from home as an accountant. That would be life changing for us. Each order truly makes a difference to our family.

Please, from the heart of this small business owner, shop small and local, today and every day, whenever possible.

#smallbusinesssupport #familybusiness #familyfarm #chickenmama #hatchingeggsforsale

Day 12 / Harvest / #fallhomesteadshare This was o

Day 12 / Harvest / #fallhomesteadshare

This was our second year in or current garden, so we have been able to harvest a little bit every day from each of the young perennials we planted last year - including many herbs, flowers, walking onions and berries.

We also planted a small amount each of several annuals, such as lettuce, radishes, chard, green beans, peppers, cantaloupe, watermelon etc.

I let way too many volunteer plants grow, including tomatoes and ground cherries. Next year I will definitely thin them a lot more.

We also grew garlic for the first time this year, but have eaten most of what we harvest already! This week we will be planting 3 pounds instead of just one pound for next year.

And of course we are harvesting eggs and milk daily.

Overall it has been a great year, and next year I plan on learning to grow higher calorie crops that we buy a lot of, like sweet potatoes.

#harvest #growyourownfood #permaculturegarden #homesteadmama #perennialgarden #perennialedibles

Two weeks ago we had a scary experience, but it en

Two weeks ago we had a scary experience, but it ended with us feeling empowered.

Early one morning Peter came in from outside and I could tell something serious happened. His face was white and he was pacing and shaking. He told me he had been bitten by a dog.

We have been on a journey to learn about wellness and supporting our bodies naturally for many years, but this was the first time we were faced with a serious acute trauma.

I started by getting him calm and out of shock. Then I checked all his injuries and cleaned and treated them.

I was relieved that we added helichrysum to our last YL order. I had been starting to think about #prepping not realizing we would need it right away!

I used helichrysum and lavender on Peter’s head to support his body’s calming response. I talked him through slowing down his breathing and letting his body relax. Though I applied the oils to his head, oil molecules reach every cell in the body within 20 minutes!

Next we washed the wounds with Thieves, and layered on helichrysum for the bleeding, clove for pain, lavender and lemongrass to support wound healing and reduce scarring. We covered everything with gauze and he rested all week.

There were two deep punctures that took several hours to stop bleeding (a small amount). I watched those carefully and one of them did start to look infected after a few days.

Luckily the additional oils and the Animal Scents ointment we needed arrived in the mail that day.

When we changed the bandages we washed with Thieves again and added Melrose and Purification to the oils we applied.

I put on a thick layer of the ointment and then covered everything with gauze. By the second day the puncture I was concerned about was clear and closing along with all the others.

It took several more days for the bruising and soreness to heal but by day 10 Peter was almost back to his previous capacity.

We felt so empowered by our ability to support Peter’s body in healing these injuries at home without using toxic products and without a stressful trip to the ER or urgent care. Peter got to focus on getting calm and starting the healing process right away.

#wellnessjourney #naturalfirstaid

I’m loving the fall colors on the sassafras tree

I’m loving the fall colors on the sassafras trees (first two photos) and the tiny little white oak trees we planted last year (second two photos).

The oak trees didn’t grow much during this very dry year but hopefully they put down some good deep roots.

I’ve always noticed that when we plant trees and shrubs they spend the first year or two developing their root systems and then start to take off after that.

We’ve planted a lot of trees and plan to plant more throughout our pastures so we can head in the direction of silvopasture.

I’m also always encouraged when I visit my parents and see the towering trees that were babies when I was 8 years old.

Day 11 / fall colors / #fallhomesteadshare

#fallcolors #sassafras #falltrees #fallonthehomestead #silvopasture #permaculture #homesteadmama

Piles of seeds and squash, drying herbs and this o

Piles of seeds and squash, drying herbs and this one little ceramic pumpkin I’ve had for years are the extent of our fall farmhouse decor.

I’m definitely more into keeping decor simple so there’s less visual stimulation in our home. Ask me again when I’ve finished decluttering and I might change my tune. 😉

But it sure does feel like fall in our home with the aria pumping out delicious fall scents all day long. Check out my fall blends highlight for ideas and if you still don’t have your own aria it is currently in stock. Dm me if you have any questions or check the link in my bio for step by step instructions.

Day 9 / fall farmhouse decor / #fallhomesteadshare

#cozyhomedecor #fallvibes #kitchendecor #farmhouse #farmhousekitchen #farmstead #homesteadmama #nontoxichome #betterwiththymefarmhouse

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