Millennial homesteaders pursuing a compassionate & connected life on a plant based hobby farm
This post contains Amazon affiliate links, I receive a small amount of compensation if you choose to purchase from any Amazon links. I only link to products that I know and love. We are almost two years into living on our little farm and we are learning new things every day. Recently, we learned all…
Continue reading ➞ Adding Barn Cats to the Farm | An Adorable Method to Pest Control
Hi Everyone! This week I’m going to share some tips on photographing animals. I’ve always enjoyed photography, but have found a special interest in photographing animals. Here are a few of my favorite photos that I've captured over the years: I remember as I was growing up I would have photo shoots with my bunny…
Continue reading ➞ Beginner Tips for Photographing Farm Animals
Hi Everyone! Happy New Year! I want to start off the New Year by sharing with you the newest member of the Sunshine Farm, Noel. Noel was born on December 18th, 2017. We knew her mother was going to deliver any day, but had no clear idea on when that would be. I shared…
Continue reading ➞ Baby Goat Born on the Farm | The Story of our Little Noel
So I thought we would share with all of you a little glimpse at what it has been like watching Willow's baby belly grow. In the beginning we didn't know she was pregnant so I wasn't actively taking photos of her belly... but once I started noticing some growth, I began snapping pics every week…
Continue reading ➞ Willow’s Growing Belly | Our Rescued Goat is Pregnant
Hello again! It has been a little while since I have posted, and a lot has happened here at the farm, including three new adorable additions... rescued goats! A few months ago I read about a massive rescue through Lollypop Farm Human Society, where they took in 27 goats, 3 horses, and a llama from…
Welcome to the Sunshine Farm TJ! He is a 9 yr., 15.3 hands, Solid Paint bay gelding with four white socks, a heart on his forehead, and a completely lovable personality. He is one of two horses on our farm. Justin is the other one, and he is a 3 yr., 39 inches tall, miniature…
Continue reading ➞ TJ’s Debut! | Bringing Home My Paint Horse
Hi everyone! I know it's been awhile since I've posted on the blog, life has continued to be a bit crazy on the Sunshine farm. I do have a sad announcement to share, although I've been hesitant to do so. This past week Faelynn left the Sunshine Farm to go back to Lollypop Farm where she will find a new home as a companion horse.
Today we are celebrating Mother's Day here at the Sunshine Farm. We started the morning caring for all of our animals and then preparing the house to host Chris' family. Chris' mom, dad, and sister came over for a Mother's Day Brunch, and to visit with all the animals. After finishing brunch we went to…
If you've seen any of our Instagram or Facebook posts over the past 24 hours you may have noticed three tiny ones that we discovered in the loft. Here's the story: First I'll back up a couple of weeks... back when we were prepping the barn for Justin and Faelynn. About 2-3 weeks ago a…
So over the weekend Chris spent hours outside in the rain tightening the electric tape fencing and clearing away weeds. This made it possible for us to turn out Justin in the big pasture while Faelynn, our new Thoroughbred mare, is turned out in the small pasture. We wanted to do this in order to…
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