Roots and Soil Homestead

03/07/2026

After spending the week on the Las Vegas strip it was time to stretch our legs a bit. Headed out to Pahrump for a Tractor Supply stop and some lunch. It’s not always about the destination. Can’t wait to get home to our little homestead. My animals have been in great hands but I sure miss them! One week until round 2 of lambing begins!

02/28/2026

Today we have a mulcher in cleaning up the scrub brush in part of the pasture. We are trying to utilize our space the best we can and protect the health of our trees as well. A lot of our poplars are very large and old, we seem to lose more every wind storm. John went in and cleaned out the dead trees and brush. This will allow the grass to grow and smaller growth to come in. Our sheep, goats and pigs will rotationally graze the pasture this year to help bring it back to a lovely, thriving ecosystem.

02/01/2026

When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of growing up and having friends that I could go on adventures with. I am truly blessed! I am surrounded by girlfriends that are always up for an adventure! Today was no different! True to adventure fashion, we got a flat tire on the side of the road and required rescuing by Jody’s Dad and Brian. Thankfully this was the shortest adventure we’ve ever gone on.
Now Reba, Juniper and Olive are home and settling in. Jody’s new trio of friends has been safely unloaded and tucked away at her little homestead as well. Now let’s hope we have March/ April babies!

12/30/2025

First set of lambs on the ground! Dasha was the last ewe to lamb last round and the first this round. The white lamb is a ewe and the chocolate lamb is a ram. These are our only Sawyer lambs this year it looks like. His other ewe must've slipped her lambs early on and was rebred by Perry.

12/26/2025

12/20/2025

This year I have been trying not to obsess about my sheep as they near their due dates. Dasha is due by the 29th and Vienna looks to be very close. Today we brought 3 ewes in. Once Dasha and Vienna lamb we'll bring in another that im still not convinced she's not due soon rather than March.

12/19/2025

BIG bread bake day! 25 loaves since 6AM.
Regular sourdough, jalapeño cheddar, rosemary olive and cracked pepper, parmesan oregano, and cranberry orange. Busy day! Need 1 more big bake day Sunday.

11/12/2025

What a beautiful day to hang out with the babies. ❤️

11/10/2025

Batch 1 kunekune lard soap made!! Not going to "lye", I had a bit of anxiety when it came time to mix the lye solution. Next time it will be easier. This round, I made apricot peach basil daiquiri with apricot shells, lavendar woods honey, iced coffee, and satsuma. Cannot wait to see how they turn out in 30 days!

11/08/2025

Batch #2 of our pasture raised kunekune lard into the crock pot for rendering. Yesterday, I rendered a batch as well. Tomorrow, I will make my first ever batch of cold processed lard soap. So excited to see how it turns out!

11/02/2025

Yesterday, I took a cold process soap making class with my good friends and
It was not the most informative class, but it was a beautiful day out with friends. It also inspired me to research cold processed lard soap from our kunekune lard. Supplies will be ordered this week, and hopefully, next weekend, I can try to make a batch!

11/02/2025

Sawyer has been at the neighbors since September 28. Today we picked him up and brought him home. He looks great. They took very good care of him. Hopefully, they get some beautiful lambs out of him. I only used him on 2 ewes this year. 1 caught for sure. The vet said the other did as well, but she was re-marked by Perry. I'm hoping she wasn't actually rebred. We will know soon enough. She should be due in December. I have another ewe that was marked open at ultrasound as well, but she must not be. Perry has been in with the girls for 23 days and she has not been remarked. She looks pregnant to me. Again, we will soon see. Fingers crossed!