"Knock, Knock! Who's there? ME!" Here's what has been happening over the last year on the homestead.

I'm sure you might be wondering, "What the heck'n'bob happened to Peaches and Pigs Homestead in 2025 (and most of 2024 - let's be honest)?" Have you been living in utter suspense? Or maybe you don't even know who I am, or what I am talking about? Fair.

I was pretty shocked when I finally circled back to my long-lost creative outlet and saw that my last post was in November 2024. Wowza... crickets chirping. Well, as you can imagine, life got to life-ing, and things on the homestead don't slow down. On Christmas Eve 2024, we lost my Papa, which was heavy to deal with. This, of course, incited a bit of family drama, and in the middle of that, my eldest and most cherished dog, Remington, passed away. So, 2025 kicked off to a rough start. It was one of those years where I just had to keep my head down and focus on what was really important to me.

You may be thinking that since I wasn't posting, not much was happening. The opposite couldn't be truer! We expanded the homestead to include chickens, ducks, turkeys, a new dog, and possibly a new goat, depending on what we had back in 2024. And this month, we even had two piglets that joined the crew.

We did a lot of learning. Which, for anyone who is starting as a homesteader, I will tell you, you never stop learning! There is always a new technique, new process, new breed, new seed, new whatever, that you can learn to grow your homesteading knowledge. Now, with all of that learning comes failing. And we did that, too. But we learned almost as much from our failures as from our successes.

I have so much to share from last year, and I hope you will stick around for the tales. I am happy to be back and share this space with you all.