Nordic Shepherdess
Welcome to my little homestead!
It all started with this dreamers soul longing to live with the land and nurture the earth.
I've always been drawn to sheep wool. I knit clothing and blankets from the wool my "spinners flock" of Shetland sheep give me.
I brought my first dairy goats home and watched them graze happily in my yard realizing I would never go back. I love hand milking and making cheeses.
The garden is where I go to tend the earth and feed us what I can. It brings peace to my soul and food to my home.
Living in the Southwestern US definitely makes having a lush garden more than a challenge.
Living at 7,000ft above sea level brings some harsh weather with it.
Many people live in these rough garden conditions but there isn't much help online for our high desert climate.
Here is our lovely blossoming little homestead.
Sharing my knowledge and failures in hopes of helping others 💚
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Garden caught on fire during winter
garden musings || gopher-proof growbeds
Let's burn some sh*t //Easy fire starter method
Happy little houseplant rant
Breeding Goats | what to look for
Saving fruit trees from gophers
Useful Animals in the garden || small garden tour
Thrift Store finds for Houseplants!
Lambing 2023 || Shetland Sheep
Hand shearing Shetland sheep
Battle with gophers | trying the Gopher Heaven machine
Sheep sleeping under the apple blossoms
HIDDEN SOUTHWESTERN GEMS! | Shops in the Southwest
Enormous Ice block in Goat's water
Little piggies meet Sheep for the first time | adorable piglets
Knitting ||| mistakes were made
How to raise CHICKS ||| from CHICKS to laying HENS
GOAT CARE ||| How to Copper BOLUS a goat
Eggs are too EXPENSIVE || HOW TO keep CHICKENS for almost FREE
Am I the DRAMA || Goats and Cats thrive on drama
Egg prices are TOO HIGH || Get some Chickens
Too much focus on unrealistic || Homestead where you are
Improving the land ||| trying to make the Southwest lush
Shetland Sheep in the snow ||| farm musings
DOG WOOL YARN ||| Chiengora
So... we don't have running water right now
How to SPIN YARN ||| Schacht Matchless Spinning Wheel
How to MILK a GOAT
Albuquerque High School Mural
Christmas Tradition