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I'm Cassie - a wife + momma to 2 +we are currently building our homestead on 14-acres in Coastal Georgia. We are living "tiny" while raising backyard chickens + ducks, growing a fruit garden, learning new skills like making sourdough and water bath canning. I love helping families find + create home. Thanks for stopping by!

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Wouldn’t trade it for anything 👩🏻‍🌾

Wouldn’t trade it for anything 👩🏻‍🌾

#farmstead #georgiafarm #homesteading #homesteadfarm #homesteadfamily

Remembering those who served + sacrificed so much

Remembering those who served + sacrificed so much through the annual #MURPH workout. @patlong24 and I have been doing this for 6 years together + every year had looked a little different.

This year might have been my favorite 🇺🇸

#memorialday #murphchallenge #memorialdaymurph

This is your sign…. Start today 👩🏻‍🌾

This is your sign…. Start today 👩🏻‍🌾

#gardening #homesteadingfamily #homestead

Our first round of ducks eggs!! 🦆 Hidden under

Our first round of ducks eggs!! 🦆 Hidden under the coop with a few chicken eggs… it’s always an egg hunt out here 🪺

#backyardchickens #backyardducks #duckeggs #chickeneggs #homesteading

POV: you buy the property + start raising chickens

POV: you buy the property + start raising chickens 🐓

#backyardchickens #homesteading #raisingchickens

Dinner time is real fun on the farm 🦆 #muscovy

Dinner time is real fun on the farm 🦆

#muscovyducks #ducklings #backyardducks #georgiafarm #homesteading

Hey dads, daughters, sons + friends - need a last

Hey dads, daughters, sons + friends - need a last minute Mother’s Day gift? Take her to your local nursery + let her pick out a peach tree… by next summer she will have an abundant harvest 🍑

This is an especially great for first year mama’s as you can name them after your children and as you harvest for years to come, you’ll always remember that special first Mother’s Day! 💕

While this one wasn’t given to me on my FIRST Mother’s Day, it is my Charlotte tree + this year we got me a Cooper tree which is a pear tree 🍐 Happy Mother’s Day! 💕

#gardeningideas #fruitfarm #fruittrees #peachtree

gardening while listening to a podcast is GREAT, b

gardening while listening to a podcast is GREAT, but gardening while listening to NATURE is even better. Create space and silence to LISTEN. And hey, you never know what the Lord will tell you in those moments 🪴

#gardeningtherapy #whatilearnedinmygarden #homesteadmama #homesteadmamas

Giving them the SPACE + TIME to be a child >>> Ge

Giving them the SPACE + TIME to be a child >>>

Getting outside with no rules, talking about what we hear, see + smell, allowing her to lead + sometimes just giving her quiet space to play. 🌸

#freerangekids #freerangekid #homesteadfamily #homesteadlife #homesteadfarm

If this is your vibe, I wanna be friends! 🌸hom

If this is your vibe, I wanna be friends!

🌸homesteading
🌸growing food
🌸cooking from scratch
🌸raising animals
🌸raising free range kids
🌸loving Jesus
🌸creating HOME (it’s a feeling, not an aesthetic)

#modernhomesteading #homesteadlife #homesteadmama #homesteadmoments

Farmer Pat in action + I ain’t mad at it 👨‍

Farmer Pat in action + I ain’t mad at it 👨‍🌾 Zinnia row is prepped + seeds will go in hopefully today 🌸🌸🌸 We have decided to do a #notillgardening method - using this tool causes less soil disturbance but allows aeration + the ability to break up some of the roots/weeds.

#homesteadgarden #homesteadfamily #homesteadfarm #homesteader

HOMEMADE PECAN BUTTER … it’s just better. My

HOMEMADE PECAN BUTTER … it’s just better.

My parents moved this past year and ended up with TEN beautiful pecan trees 🌳 so naturally I googled what all I could make with pecans. Turns out pecan butter is super simple, healthy + oh so tasty 🌰

-dry roast your shelled pecans at 400 for 10 mins
-grind in a food processor (this will take several passes)
-add in maple syrup + cinnamon
-continue chop/grind until blended and consistency of nut butter

Store in a repurposed glass jar 🫙

#cookingfromscratch #homemadefood #pecanbutter

Baby chick check 🐓 these girlies are getting bi

Baby chick check 🐓 these girlies are getting big! Thinking of adding the bigger girls in with our big mommas within the next week or so. Also hoping all 3 of our hatched babies are girls… we did a “test” the other day and it seems we have 2 hens and 1 rooster BUT I’m not sure of the test’s accuracy. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’ll share it on stories tomorrow!

#raisingchicks #chickenmama #backyardchickens #babychicks

POV: you finally start baking bread from scratch 🍞 #sourdough #homesteading #cookingfromscratch

grow in grace 🌻 #modernhomesteading #organicga

grow in grace 🌻

#modernhomesteading #organicgardening #homesteadmama

The girls are loving their new shed turned coop! C

The girls are loving their new shed turned coop! Can’t wait to dress her up for Holiday’s 🥰🐓

#homestead #chickencoop #backyardchickens

Scratch that. Don’t be looking for me 😝 trans

Scratch that. Don’t be looking for me 😝 transplanted my volunteer Easter Lilies + we should have blooms any day now! 🌸

#gardening #zone9 #homesteadgarden

Choosing to fill my days with only the things I lo

Choosing to fill my days with only the things I love. Nothing more, nothing less.

#modernhomesteading #homesteadinglife #modernhomesteader #georgiafarm

It is SO HARD to save money when plants are always

It is SO HARD to save money when plants are always FLIRTING with me 🤣

Here’s what we’re growing right now👇🏼

🫐blueberries
🍓strawberries
🍑peaches
🍇blackberries
🍌bananas
🥑avocados
🥒zucchini
🍊oranges
🌿various herbs
💐various cut flowers
🌸 edible flowers

We’ve got a few more on the horizon, so follow along as we expand and grow (pun intended) our garden! What are you attempting to grow this season? 👇🏼

#zone9 #gardening #gardeningforbeginners #permaculturegarden #notillgardening

A couple of weeks ago we moved our ducklings from

A couple of weeks ago we moved our ducklings from the coop to the pond and they are thriving! We are loving having ducks 🦆 and cannot wait for them to start laying delicious eggs.

In a few short months we are going to be overflowing with eggs, so keep your eyes peeled for when they’re available again! 🍳

#raisingducks #ducklings #ducklife #homesteading #modernhomesteading

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