Kiki & Co. Family Farmhouse

05/26/2025

Can’t get enough of watching the different groups roam the farm—picture perfect every time.

05/21/2025

Love the green this time a year, especially after a few days of rain and cooler temps.

Also, elevated my 1.5 arm, zero-turn mowing skills. 🤠 I’m also mowing more of the lower field to look like Dawn’s extended yard.

05/21/2025

Dawn has done such a beautiful job with the flowers outside her shed. Picture perfect—just like her. ❤️

05/07/2025

Difficult times require delicate planning. That was true for the Depression Era times. In history, when money was hard to come by, one made due with what they had.

This is the case with Dandelion Honey. When honey was not available or pure maple syrup, folks made their own with fruits/flowers, water, and sugar, which is how I made my honey.

Is it real honey? No. It’s like a real thick syrup with the flavors of Dandelion, lemon, and orange. To finish it off, I added a small orange wedge in each jar before sealing.

It’s great on toast, ice cream, pancakes, or in a drink of your choice—like a heavy simple syrup.

Well, on to my next light, one-armed project.

05/07/2025

Spent a little time in the yard with some of my closest friends. They always make everything better, especially the little ones.

03/02/2025

𝑮𝑶𝑳𝑫𝑬𝑵 𝑮𝑶𝑶𝑺𝑬
Egg production is on the rise at Kiki & CO Farm, thanks to the hard work of our hens and geese. Here’s a quick overview of our egg prices:

1 dozen chicken eggs: $6
1 dozen goose eggs: $300

Goose eggs are fertile, offering you the option to enjoy them for meals or incubate them to hatch adorable Sebastopol goslings. You got the power!

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12/29/2024

This is a morning ritual. What are we making?

It’s the chickens and geese breakfast. Must take care of your flock.

12/25/2024

09/21/2024

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗜𝗙𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗬
In class this past week, I talked with my freshmen about our pets. First, I established who has pets, who has their own pet(s), and, then, who would do anything for their pet.

I share about two of our pets that we had major issues with over the last couple of years: Pepper and Bun Bun (to name just a few). Then, I talked about the different kinds of pet owners that are out there, which led to me sharing about my wife—AKA Snow White.

I shared about the months she would sleep on the floor next to our sick pets with her hand on them to let them know that it was ok and they were safe during the dark nights. I shared about how she would bathe and blow-dry our pets when they could not care for themselves. I shared how she would be inside or outside and how all our pets—chickens, geese, cats, rabbits—would surround her. She just makes everything feel safe and loved.

I joked about my role—Bob-the-Builder. I build things to help our pets feel safe, welcomed, and loved while supporting Snow White.

Finally, I shared about the difficult times when we had to say goodbye to our pets.

It is this journey with our pets that “they” teach us one of the great gifts of life: 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐘.

We laugh when our pets laugh; we cry when they cry; and we love when they love. Our pets make us better humans.

The question that I proposed to them is this: Why don’t we treat each other the same way we treat our pets? We need to use our gift of empathy toward each other.

Could you imagine a world where we openly loved each other and cared for each other in the same way we do our beloved pets?

It was in these final questions of our conversation that I saw their heads nod and small smiles come to their faces.

I believe we all have a little Snow White in each of us. Though . . . there are only a few special humans like my wife that connect to nature in a way that can’t be taught or explained.