The Magic Land Homestead

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Gardener, Treehouse on The Magic Land host, self-care queen, nature lover, animal collector, writer and nuerodivertent lover of life on The Magic Land Homestead & Spiritual Retreat.

Mom is on hospice and this in the only place I want to be holding her hand.She is slowing less responsive as these photo...
09/19/2025

Mom is on hospice and this in the only place I want to be holding her hand.

She is slowing less responsive as these photos were several days ago.

My extremely busy homesteading life on 70 acres, mowing and brush hogging, and w**d whacking, with a huge organic garden with 18 raised beds and my Treehouse on The Magic Land must wait.

The garden has 4 timers going in every directions to water without me. The tomatoes rotting on the vines. The cucumbers larger than life and hopefully a random rabbit is eating my watermelon.

I am watching the sunrise in Kansas with my 4 dogs in my tiny RV parked on a friend's farm an hour from my Mom.

My brood of foul with
lots of chickens, geese, quail and a turkey are temporarily housed at another friend's barn.

Life can change in an instant to reveal our true priorities. Family means the most to me and I am so grateful for my amazing friend who have stepping in to impersonate me.

What are you dreaming about that would make your heart full?

Dog lover's love all dogs.
08/03/2025

Dog lover's love all dogs.

People always ask me why we don't have kitties on Treehouse on The Magic Land? I love cats and kittens and just had the ...
08/02/2025

People always ask me why we don't have kitties on Treehouse on The Magic Land? I love cats and kittens and just had the opportunity to be with them everyday for a few weeks. They are sweet, affectionate, adorable, funny, cuddly (some of them) spookie, hungry and curious.

They hung out by my RV. I did make the mistake of feeding tuna to the little tiny one who needed more for his itsy bitsy body. And then I became the cat lady to a group who knew they had my number.

And attempting to load my friend's truck from my RV to leave was almost impossible with them all over the steps, popping into the RV whenever I opened the door. Climbing on the screen and my legs and weaving between my feet as I carried bags and boxes of too much stuff I brought.

I was sure a couple of them would stow aways and would pop out when I got home from the bed of the truck.

Okay maybe secretly that sounded fun. And there are some no cat factors I navigate.

Allergic.
I love song birds and feed them.
I love baby chicks.
My dogs are sure cats are squirrels and meant to be chased, exept Skeeter.

And when I visit my sister's house and my friends farm, I get to soak up all the cat cuteness to last me between visits.

I see why there are crazy cat ladies.

07/20/2025

I got over 100 reactions on my posts last week! Thanks everyone for your support! 🎉 You are the best!!!

The hardest part of being a homesteader is getting away. On The Magic Land Homestead I have a huge garden, 16 raised bed...
07/20/2025

The hardest part of being a homesteader is getting away. On The Magic Land Homestead I have a huge garden, 16 raised beds and 2 in ground beds that must be watered 2 times a day because of the daily heat warnings. 3 sprinklers set on individual timers so as not to lower the water pressure for all.

We are not speaking of w**ds please.

Gratefully, I have amazing friends who can navigate my Treehouse on The Magic Land guest's and my funky farm A-Frame people who come to enjoy 70 private acres in the woods.

Did I mention 15 chickens, a turkey who can spot a snake 20 yards away, 4 adorable dogs that are wondering where their Mom went? And now 2 less quail because I did not secure the bottom of the hardware cloth property in the cage that used to have 6 of them. I just built it with my friend at 10 pm at night dripping in the sweaty summer humidity before visiting my 92 year old Mom with Alzheimer's 5 hours away.

I am exactly where I want to be.

Getting away for more that 6 minutes is extremely challenging when the responsibilities are grand.

Yet from where ai sit in the nursing home with my dear sweet Mother, I cannot brushhog 20 acres of w**ds and grass, nor mow with the riding mower (because it is currently broken), or w**d whack a zillion sidewalks that are part of my "should be" weekly routine.

I trustingly lay that in the hands of others. Ones that should wear sashes and crowns and shoulder pins for showing up for me.

All these things are left to the crew who is also making sure the 2 frog ponds have water and the tiny wrens nest with 5 little babies is safe from predators.

I am many people and in reality there should be 20 mini me's.

If you are envisioning this incredibly magical life in the country focusing on self sufficiency, and living a sustainable lifestyle with animals and growing your own organic garden, ponder for 7 minutes before you leap. Better yet, book a week in my Treehouse or A-Frame and tag along with my chores.

Exhaustion will follow and you will either be more excited to accplosh your big hairy arse goals, or you'll toss away your pipe dreams of homesteading.

Treehouse link:
https://airbnb.com/h/treehouseonthemagicland

A-Frame link:
https://airbnb.com/h/a-frame-on-the-magic-land

And let me know in advance by sending a message and we will make sure you experience it all!

Life's lessons are hard.

There are few things more fun, yummy and rewarding than potatoes. They are their own food group right? Do you grow tator...
07/14/2025

There are few things more fun, yummy and rewarding than potatoes. They are their own food group right? Do you grow tators?

What would we do without Wildlife Rescue Center? Yes, please send some well wishes or a donation to help their non-profi...
06/22/2025

What would we do without Wildlife Rescue Center? Yes, please send some well wishes or a donation to help their non-profit. I got to drop off the poor male box turtle that I found last night that was injured and to pick up the sweet female turtle who had a growth on her neck removed from their amazing vet. Sge a ll be released exactly where I found her. We are a turtle friendly place on The Magic Land Homestead!

Homegrown means everything on the plate I grew from a seed, including the chickens, lol. It was a delicious breakfast. N...
06/17/2025

Homegrown means everything on the plate I grew from a seed, including the chickens, lol. It was a delicious breakfast. Nothing from the store is a fun game. Although I admit the butter was not from a seed on The Magic Land Homestead.

Zucchini
Yellow squash
Nasturtium
Oregano
Purple basil
Genovese basil
Onion
Parsley
Red Norland potato
2 fresh layed eggs

What are you growing this year in your garden?

Be sure to tag me in the photo of your homegrown meal!

As amazing as honeysuckle smells, it is too bad there are invasive types. I always wonder if this isn't one of them in M...
05/17/2025

As amazing as honeysuckle smells, it is too bad there are invasive types. I always wonder if this isn't one of them in Missouri because it looks different than the normal ground vine or bush type.

This is so funny, I wrote this and thought it disappeared, so rewrote the story and now I see it saved them both. Pick w...
02/06/2025

This is so funny, I wrote this and thought it disappeared, so rewrote the story and now I see it saved them both. Pick which story you like better, then like, share and comment, lol.

I am a new Mom!

Imagine my suprise when we chopped a hole through the 6" thick ice on my little frog pond in January, and added some water 💧, only to have tons of tadpoles swim out of the hole on top of the ice!

Not 1 or 2 tadpoles, not 10 or 20, not 30 or 40, I am talking 100!!! And a goldfish the size of my palm! As a nature lover I could not sit back and watch them refreeze on top of the pond. Oh dear.

I quickly scooped them up into a bucked, and because I am nuerodivertent and have way too much stuff everywhere, I just happened to have a 20 gallon aquarium in my yard. Don't ask.

I scooted everything off my coffee table, because who needs coffee, and am now changing tadpole water daily and feeding these children cooked spinach and such.

I am a new Mom.

Although I delight 😊 😄 ☺️ in watching these funny floating friends, it is highly likely, as we have the next warm spell in February (if that happens) they may gently be integrated back into their natural habitat. I cannot imagine 100 frogs. 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸

For now, I am a new Mom!

Time to chit your potatoes 🥔! My Yukon Gold, and reds from last year I found growing out of their boxes in thr closet. ...
02/06/2025

Time to chit your potatoes 🥔! My Yukon Gold, and reds from last year I found growing out of their boxes in thr closet. When and how do you plant potatoes?

While this is not the dog that got this cool looking new toy, I will however give the BARK super chewer gnaw ness monste...
01/07/2025

While this is not the dog that got this cool looking new toy, I will however give the BARK super chewer gnaw ness monster toy a failing grade as within minutes the rubber gel bottom went down the hatch of the Cane Corso Mastiff.Now looking for green piles in the snow.

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