We do have chickens, yes! Silkies, leghorns, ISA browns, and Jersey giants. The silkies are my favorites – they are so sweet! My partner is the main caretaker for them though, and they are more his thing than mine. But it's fun to have them, and wonderful to bake with fresh eggs.
Gardening continues to feel both exciting and totally overwhelming?? Which I think is normal :) To be honest the garden got pretty neglected this year though, since my dad was diagnosed with cancer in May and then he and my mom and my partner were all hospitalized (for totally different reasons) in June, and then in August my dad died and I had to move my mom up here and and and – not a lot of energy to tend the plants, you know? We grew delicious lettuce and arugula though, earlier in the year, and had a banger crop of potatoes.
The hope for 2026 (especially since my plan is to not travel outside of the northeastern US at all) is to really focus on the garden, and then also on learning different food preservation methods. I'd also love to build some kind of simple, outdoor, off grid summer kitchen. The list goes on and on! So yes, definitely plans to increase subsistence living efforts.
We do have chickens, yes! Silkies, leghorns, ISA browns, and Jersey giants. The silkies are my favorites – they are so sweet! My partner is the main caretaker for them though, and they are more his thing than mine. But it's fun to have them, and wonderful to bake with fresh eggs.
Gardening continues to feel both exciting and totally overwhelming?? Which I think is normal :) To be honest the garden got pretty neglected this year though, since my dad was diagnosed with cancer in May and then he and my mom and my partner were all hospitalized (for totally different reasons) in June, and then in August my dad died and I had to move my mom up here and and and – not a lot of energy to tend the plants, you know? We grew delicious lettuce and arugula though, earlier in the year, and had a banger crop of potatoes.
The hope for 2026 (especially since my plan is to not travel outside of the northeastern US at all) is to really focus on the garden, and then also on learning different food preservation methods. I'd also love to build some kind of simple, outdoor, off grid summer kitchen. The list goes on and on! So yes, definitely plans to increase subsistence living efforts.