by Kit Caelsto | Jun 12, 2024 | Homestead Life
Our homestead is a sanctuary for fauna and flora alike. In 2015 we had a couple pregnant cats come to us, and our cat population blossomed from five to fifteen. All the cats got fixed, and though I found homes for a few of the kittens, most of them stayed here. This...
by Kit Caelsto | May 8, 2024 | Author Life, Homestead Life
Our property is a haven for deer here in the Ozarks. The county in which I live has one of the highest deer harvests during hunting season for all of Missouri. With large wide open grasslands (thanks to cattle farmers), bits of forest, or large tracts of forest in...
by Kit Caelsto | May 1, 2024 | Homestead Life
Happy May Day! It’s the first of spring and spring has really sprung here on the homestead. Previously I posted about my kitty litter container garden, and I wanted to provide an update. Using square foot gardening plans, I planted most of the containers with...
by Kit Caelsto | Apr 3, 2024 | Animal Companions, Author Life, Homestead Life, Horses
Last week I suggested to spouse that we walk down to get the mail. For context, our driveway is a tenth of a mile, and it was about six in the evening. I’d already fed the horses and they’d gone down to the front of the pasture to graze for the night. But...
by Kit Caelsto | Feb 25, 2024 | Animal Companions, Homestead Life, model horse hobby
Miss Skittes on Caturday wondering why I’m not paying attention to her. The most adorable note left on the box my rescue bearded dragon arrived in. A late afternoon moon above the bare trees. Jupiter (Roman Tufted Goose) periscoping between the chicken roosts...
by Kit Caelsto | Jan 31, 2024 | Homestead Life, Horses
After two weeks of being close or below freezing, which had me dealing with hauling hoses in and out of the hose and breaking ice on horse troughs, heavy rain bookending that cold weather, and in preparation for the cold snap bringing home some bug that gave me a...
