The Redheaded Homestead

“We're gonna need a bigger basket." 🦈

My harvest basket tapped out in about five minutes, so I commandeered this bucket my son brought home from the hardware store for a completely different project.

Row 1's first picking of the season and she's already showing out. Beans are one of my favorite things to grow— the plants are loaded, we've got several more pickings coming off this row alone, and two more identical rows are staggered two weeks apart behind this one. When your bucket runneth over on the FIRST pick, you know it's gonna be a good summer. 🫛🪣 🙌🏻

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We don't have a "back forty." We have a fence line, some blackberry canes, and a neighbor's deer that treats our yard like a stop on her evening walk. Whatever I don't pick by sundown is hers. I've made peace with it. Mostly.

👍👍👍

Meet Houdini… 😐

If you saw Brae and I chasing him through the yard at 7am the other day in our pajamas and no shoes…

No you didn’t.

And if you DID…

Mind your business. 😂

Not only does Houdini escape in all new ways each time, but he also believes in bringing all of his littermates with him. Apparently if he’s making poor choices, nobody gets left behind.

He’s lucky someone in our house loves him (not me)..after the unexpected early morning cardio, his future was questionable. He clearly has zero remorse.