Fastest month ever. August flew by! The garden is winding down although the tomatoes continue haunting me. The pepper plants were late bloomers and are booming. I cannot believe how much we harvested from our little garden.

I have enjoyed staying home. The little man has been doing well. We are approaching his 3rd birthday and he continues to make progress.

Tuesday I am attending a bread making class and chicken butchering class. I am excited.

We have not tried mating rabbits yet but I may attempt putting them together this week and seeing how it goes. The man of my dreams has covered their hutches and their new home rocks.

The chickens continue to do well and we are up to 14 hens and 1 studly rooster. We only bought 6 but we continue to acquire strays. I sold my first dozen eggs last week, that was pretty exciting.

I traded some jam and peaches for a sewing machine on Friday and am excited to teach the Princess how to use it.

This weekend was jam packed. Friday I met a couple that I was trading with, I traded eggs for some peppers and a few other odds and ends. Saturday morning we traded two laying hens for a breeding pair of Californian meat rabbits and $10. They are beautiful! Saturday evening I got to spend some time with the man of my dreams and he listened while I rambled about my plans.

I have been trying to get with someone to purchase a used tiller from them but no such luck so far, we coordinate and he drops off the face of the Earth.

Sunday I met someone that I traded a laying hen that a friend gave us because she wasn't fitting in her flock. I  traded her for two brand new cases of canning jars.

I also found a local grocery store that will give me their produce discards for $1. Everything for $1, I brought home three grocery bags full this past week :-)

Two years ago I started a job that was what I thought I wanted. My son who was born 10 weeks premature was doing well and his Dad managed the house and medical issues my son encountered. I was in school finishing a degree in healthcare administration and life seemed to be taking us down a path that I was okay with traveling.

We had a series of events that led us into a new home and coupled with extra time, extra land and a desire to live more naturally for our sons benefit we began gardening and raising chickens. My youngest son is allergic to red dye and has a fructose intolerance. He is disabled and developmentally delayed due to his prematurity.

He is making tons of progress and the changes we have made in lifestyle are positive ones. I finished my degree and quit my job to become a stay at home Mom.

Sometimes in life it is the little things that make the biggest impact.