This is an exciting week here at Sugar Maple Farmhouse because we are getting new animals! I’ve shared the news over on Instagram @rachelquenzer and @sugarmaplefarmhouse but I’m going to wait to share here until they get here. But…
A goodbye to my best friend, Frenchie
Just over 16 years ago, I was a younger reporter in the middle-of-nowhere Illinois who thought she might someday change the world with her words. I thought I might be on the front lines of a war covering heroic tales…
DIY Chicken Feeders From PVC
As soon as our offer was accepted on the farmhouse last fall, I started researching chickens. In doing so, I kept coming across a lot of negative things that might come along with the chickens – chicken poop, bugs, rats,…
Walk-in chicken coop tour
Okay, the time has come for my baby girls to move out of the house and into their gorgeous chicken coop from Horizon structures. Our 12 little chicks have grown up so fast into chirpy teenagers and I’m ready for…
Farm kids and chickens
A year ago, I would have never imagined we would spend afternoons after school outside with our chickens. I cannot impress enough how ridiculous the idea would have sounded to me just 12 short months ago. Yet here we are….