Next time someone says they want to start a homestead and get back to a simpler way of life, I'm gonna tell them about how I just started my morning fist fighting a goose because after she lost her own ENTIRE BROOD of babies, she decided to attack the broody chickens and try to kidnap their kids.

Have you ever looked very closely at a flower and realized it was actually made up of dozens of much smaller flowers?

step one: plant sweet banana peppers step two: patiently wait for peppers step three: harvest first pepper, chop it up, and put in salad. step four: NOT A SWEET PEPPER. NOT SWEET. ANGRY. VERY ANGRY.

The feral urge to quit my job and run barefoot through the woods, eating wild berries and pantsing hikers.

Haven't been posting much because I've been sick. Please accept this photo of an approaching thunderhead over my shed:

Lazy day in the shed #tinyliving #cats

My mushroom friends from yesterday have come and gone, but new ones have emerged. #fungifriends

Having coffee with my bestie. #cats #FeralLife

I went to my hidden coffee nook among the stumps and discovered some new mushroom friends had moved in. #FungiFriends #Mushrooms #FeralLife

Agatha escaped her tether yesterday, and this is what she decided to do with her newfound freedom: Stand on the same rock she stands on most of the day. #goats #FeralLife

Cornflake vs Nimbus These two usually don't mingle. Nimbus is supposed to be in his own coop, but he escaped yesterday and I haven't been able to round him up yet. After a brief kerfuffle, Nimbus won, and Cornflakes shuffled away to nurse his wounded pride. #Chickens #FeralLife

Bright and early, before it was even 7 AM, I went out to do chores, and some hitch hiker in the sleeve of my jacket took issue with that. Stung me good twice, never saw what it was. I treated the sting sites with broadleaf plantain and feel much better now. #FeralLife #NaturalRemedies

This is how I keep the birds out of my strawberries. Painted rocks and red polka-dots all around the bed. The birds get used to seeing red things that they already know aren't food, so they ignore it when the strawberries start to ripen. #gardening #GardenHacks #FeralLife

#selfportrait #goblingirl

My husband bought me a goat. It's not even our anniversary. 😍

Russell Crow says hello #backyardchickens #chickens

I sure own a lot of #chickens for someone who doesn't even like eggs.

The view from my shed today. Weather is brewing.

My favorite weather, and lucky me, I have had a lot of it lately.

This is Appa's window. I put a shelf in front of it just so he'd have a place to sit. I originally thought I would sit at this window, but I was mistaken. It is Appa's. #cats #tinyhome

I bought a couch for my shed. It is small and not very soft, but it is mine and I love it. Making a cover for my ottoman so that it looks like a tree stump. Contemplating what to do about the walls. Sipping a latte. (hazelnut) #ShedLife #TinyHome #Feral