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About Our Family — We are passionate about intentional living and wellness. Our family values include holistic wellness, 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.

Our Heritage & Rare Breed Poultry

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

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Colorful Egg Basket Hatching Eggs
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Colorful Egg Basket Hatching Eggs
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Bresse Hatching Eggs
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Bresse Hatching Eggs
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Lavender Orpington Hatching Eggs
Rated 5 out of 5
by Cathy
Colorful Egg Basket Hatching Eggs
Rated 5 out of 5
by Shari G.

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This Giving Tuesday I would like to make a donatio

This Giving Tuesday I would like to make a donation on your behalf.

This month we’ve blown past our $10k goal. We’re at $13,250 with one day left in the month!

I am going to donate all of my commissions from purchases made today to the Young Living Foundation. The Foundation champions education, enterprise and ending exploitation around the world. Swipe through the images above to learn about the Foundation’s work in the Navajo Nation.

And if you’re purchasing with my link for the first time today I will donate double my commissions on your order.

Send me a screenshot of your order so I don’t miss it and check out my stories for more details.

Are you donating anywhere on this Giving Tuesday?

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Yesterday was sunny and almost 60 and we had a gre

Yesterday was sunny and almost 60 and we had a great day with family inside and out and we met our newest niece for the first time. 🥰

It was so rewarding to have turkeys that we hatched, raised and butchered right here at home and have them turn out well! 😅

My feet hurt by bedtime yesterday from being in the kitchen so long for two days in a row but I think this is the first time I remember that everything turned out sooo good and looking forward to eating all this for days! 🤤🙌

I didn’t realize that a lot of my extended family liked my stuffing so much! The recipe is on my website and I’m going to keep adding a few more recipes each year. http://betterwiththyme.farm/tag/thanksgiving

Hard to pick a favorite this year, but I think it was the cranberry sauce with oranges and star anise. It’s the first dish that’s almost gone too.

What was your favorite dish this year?

Yesterday kicked off the Black Friday week-long s

Yesterday kicked off the Black Friday week-long sale, and my business jumped by $2,500 in the first hour! By the end of the day it was $3,500. 🤩

I am beyond thankful for each and every dollar spent on my business. Thank you to everyone who has supported me! It makes a huge difference in our lives. We’re getting closer to Peter being able to jump in full time too!

As always, I am here to support you with getting the most out of your oils! I have lots of fun things planned to share once we all have our orders in our hands.

The sales today are a testament to how much people love Young Living products. It never registered on my mind that people were so into their oils until one day it clicked for me that I needed to try them. Now I know - they change lives!

If you’ve been thinking about trying YL oils, this week is a great time! You can get 30% off on so many favorites. The ladies on my support team who have been with YL for 8 and 12 years say this is the first time they’ve seen 30% off. 😳

I’m excited to see how the week unfolds for everyone, I bet we’ll have a bunch of businesses with goals reached this month. If you’ve been waiting to start this as a business - go for it! It is such a good opportunity!

Let me know if I can help you get started or answer any questions! ❤️

PS Isn’t the November sunshine magical?

Our older cat is named Chiky (her personality but

Our older cat is named Chiky (her personality but spelled like the cookies we loved in the town in Costa Rica where she’s from).

I joked that we should name these two kittens Sneaky and Squeaky and the kids actually loved the names.

So now we have Chiky, Sneaky and Squeaky! 😂

Swipe for a cute video and to hear Squeaky in action.

#barnkittens #futuremousers #kittens #homesteadinglife

Counting down the sunrises until Black Friday, Sma

Counting down the sunrises until Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday sales!

Only three more sunrises until the huge, week long Young Living sale! And I have something planned for our farm for Small Business Saturday too.

I am offering a $10 account credit to anyone who creates their free YL account with my referral link during the sale. Be ready to snag the sale items before they sell out!

I’m also giving away a Mini Aria this month. Check out my stories/Black Friday highlight for the details.

Who’s ready for next week? What sales do you have your eye on?

Baby is 5 months old and looking like she’s goin

Baby is 5 months old and looking like she’s going to be bigger than her mama. Her bark is already deeper too. She’s still sticks close to her mama’s side a lot of the time.

Beau is in a fence with the chickens, our plan is to keep them in one place for the winter.

Beau is really good at escaping the portable fencing. We’ve been using a double fence with sheep fence on the inside and a 3-4 foot moat with chicken fence on the outside.

We’re trying out adding tall posts and an extra strand or two of electric above the chicken fence so we can take away the double fence.

I’d love to figure out a more portable option that will contain both the fence jumping dog and chickens so that we can have them follow the cows around the pasture instead of having the chickens free-range.

Check out my stories for more details/videos in the fencing!

This young roo came back to us today from a family

This young roo came back to us today from a family that can’t keep roosters right now. We’re keeping the name they gave him - Okra. Isn’t he handsome? 😍

He was a bit apprehensive to jump in with the flock when I fed everyone but then his mom found him and kept him company. 🥰 I have a feeling she remembers him! We’ve been surprised a few times with chickens showing us they remember things from years before.

#silkiechickens #silkierooster #farmlife #homestead #homesteadlife #homesteadingmama #permaculturechickens

Would you mind if I just fill all my squares with

Would you mind if I just fill all my squares with the sweetness of this calf?

I didn’t think anything could top the affection the kids had for our lambs but this might just do it.

I feel my heart opening up again today after the fear of not knowing if she would make it yesterday.

Have you ever snuggled a newborn calf?

Seconds after I took this sunrise photo, a noisy f

Seconds after I took this sunrise photo, a noisy flock of geese flew over, all our ducks started quacking back at them, the kids started excitedly yelling and I saw the pigs were out. (See my stories for video evidence.)

Shortly after that two of our dogs got out of the perimeter fence when a car was coming through the gate. And a third dog got out when the kids left the gate open going after the first two. 🙈

What a morning. Animals sure do keep things lively sometimes! 🤪😂

#farmlifeisthebestlife #thepigsareout #sunriseclub #sunriseonthefarm #sunrise #permaculturefarm #homesteadlife #homesteadfamily

I struggled to grow dahlias the first couple of ye

I struggled to grow dahlias the first couple of years I tried, but these dahlias have made it through two winters successfully!

I’ve been growing them in black fabric pots that I tuck in between shrubs so the pot disappears into the background.

The roots can make contact with the ground and keep growing through the fabric so they get water almost the same as an in-ground plant. (When they’re set out early in the spring the roots grow before the tops get too big and I do not need to water them unless we get a long drought.)

At the end of the season the whole pot gets pulled and moved to our insulated garage. (The in-ground roots just break away when you pull the pot up.) This way I don’t have to remember to dig them on time and I don’t have to worry about how to store them.

We also have two other favorites in the garden right now with similar beautiful sunset like colors. 😍

In the photos: Cafe au Lait Dahlia, At Last Rose and Golden Raspberries.

Have you grown dahlias before? How about golden raspberries?

#perennialgarden #perennialedibles #permaculture #permaculturegarden #homegrown #growyourownfruit #growyourownfood #growyourownflowers #mamashappyplace #fallgardening

Meet “Baby!” We decided to stick with B names

Meet “Baby!” We decided to stick with B names and named her after our cat that passed this year.

Baby is sticking close by her mama’s side and learning more every day. Her bark is getting deeper and more intentional too.

If Baby ever startles one of our birds or gets to rambunctious with our toddler, her mama comes running to discipline her. (Bria’s primary discipline method is to get ahold of her ear and gently hold/tug down to stop her from continuing to do what she was doing.)

Bria did the same thing to her siblings and Blossom when they were puppies - she learned what we expected very quickly and took on the role of role enforcer in our pack.

We’ve used this technique sparingly with our dogs when a voice command isn’t sufficient (gentle but firm). This is the way of Pyrenees. They are sensitive and don’t respond well to harsh discipline. I love that we can teach our dogs what we expect and learn from them too.

#ackgreatpyrenees #pyreneespuppies #greatpyrenees #livestockguardiandog #lgd #naturalrearing #naturalrearingbreeder #rawdietfordogs #briaofbetterwiththyme #babyofbetterwiththyme

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