Wild Hope Homestead

20/10/2025

“The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family.”
― Mother Teresa

13/10/2025

Spoilt for Berry Choice 🍓🍇

I have berry plants on my mind, even though the weather has other ideas! The hanging strawberry planters get put up and I'm trying to decide whether to plant...

07/10/2025

A Bone Broth of Two Halves
-- There's nothing like good homestead food. -- 🍲🍗🥦🍠🎃

I'm making chicken bone broth - two versions, planting the first pea plants in the garden and using the chicken meat with some delicious veggies for dinner.H...

07/10/2025

The White Carpet Premier
-- We're rolling it out! -- 🕺

It's back to the garden after a busy week: checking on the veggie seedlings, rolling in the grass and laying out the white carpet, also known as the giant ta...

27/09/2025

A Party, a Powercut and a Procedure
-- It was a looong week! -- 🎂🐿️🫠

It was a long week with a lot going on but we got through it! We're preparing for a birthday party, with me making apple pie, cookies and muffins, plus the w...

21/09/2025

Spring is Coming... 😃🌱

Today is a good day. Spring is almost here so I'm potting up tomato and pepper seedlings, sowing seeds, planting flowers and taking a Raised Bed Garden tour....

11/09/2025

Now He Wants a Waterfall! 🏞️🎂

Winter is starting to turn into spring and the crops in the veggie garden are popping! We're burning things, dealing with awkward w**ds and making our own na...

10/09/2025

A Heartwarming Return to the Garden
-- This was good for the soul. 🌿

Today I'm feeling well enough to do some gardening and boy, it feels good to be back in my garden! The kids are helping to w**d and prepare the veggie beds f...

10/09/2025

Peas & Parkour Goats 🫛🐐

I hate peas, so why am I growing more? And what's with the crazy goats? But first, we need to check on the pepper seeds in the hot water cupboard...|:-- Vis...

26/08/2025

Health Update: A Raw Chat
What's been going on and where to from here. 🫤

I'm enjoying the beauty of late winter and feeding the chickens their monthly worm treatment, but I also have a tough health story going on and decided to si...

23/08/2025

Starting Tomato Seeds - Who's Counting?

I'm sowing tomato seeds for the coming season. Using old seed packets is risky but it's not like I've counted how many plants I want anyway! I'm also putting...

23/08/2025

I Didn't Forget my Peppers 😁

I'm recovering from a minor procedure but I didn't forget to check my pepper seeds germinating in the hot water cupboard! I get them potted up and on another...