We departed on another egg-pic road trip from our budding new homestead in Orrington, Maine to pick up darkest Black Copper Marans eggs in addition to Ermine Ameraucana eggs in Columbia, Tennessee with a stop in Westport, Massachusetts on the way back. Our incubator is full of Black Copper Marans, View Article
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A long strange journey back to selling hatching eggs in 2027
Yes, all the rumors are true—I’m hatching eggs. If you have been following our journey over the last few years, you know that our lives have been anything but stationary and ordinary. Life is too short to be bland and stay put. We are hearty Mainers that aren’t afraid to View Article
A Life on Chesuncook Lake
Being the fourth generation to live and earn a living in the outdoors in Maine, the state is dear to my heart. Logging runs in our veins. Logging was a way of life on both sides of my family. The Moore side logged along the shores of the Chesuncook Lake View Article
Eolian Homestead in Oakland, Maine
There are so few things not to love about the last weeks of summer leading up to the first days of autumn here at the Eolian Homestead in Oakland, Maine. Fruits and vegetables are abundant, there are heaps of garlic to clean, and the freezer is starting to have its View Article
Our one-year anniversary of our brush with death in a sailboat
I know many of our followers asked about what happened that day on the boat, so here’s the full story—although words can’t truly express the horror in the moments leading up to what I was sure was the end.This happened on July 29, 2023, and I wrote this on our View Article
Our Wedding Gift: Grampa Grant’s 1952 IH Farmall 350 Tractor
On the day Kevin and I married down by the duck pond on Hobbit Hill, by his sister, we were gifted this 1952 Farmall 350 by my grandfather. That was in April 2018, and as of writing this is within days of when we moved to Hobbit Hill in August View Article
Treating Cough and Wheezing in Chickens
Sudden changes in weather in Maine with cold snaps below zero one week and heavy rain the next can take a toll on flocks. A few days back five pullets came down ill. The first sign of a heath issue was lethargic behavior, loss of interest in hopping around, no View Article