This is a lot of pressure.. Writing my first blog post.  But since I have not decided if this blog should be entertaining or business like ( mullet anyone?) I will start by explaining what I'm working with here.. I have 9.4 acres (that's 0.6 acres from tax credits..) and a house that is in constant repair.  Walls have been knocked down, concrete floors covered... I have a fancy new bedroom sans stinky carpet and a worm bin in a trash can.  I have a garden that is small by most standards, but feels huge in July.  I feed 18 chickens, some of which are very old.  The neighbor across the way gave them to me after they kept crossing the road and others came from a birthday present with too many chicks in the box.  I took 8.  Six turned out to be roosters.... Thank you Mary April. My compost bin has been depleated for the season.. and it's January.  But I've started new piles, as I always seem to do, and am learning as I go. 
I picture so many things happening here.. But for now I will be (hopefully) providing for about 8 folks this spring.  Vegetable and herb seeds are going in this week.  I have tilled up an additional 20x30 area for the garden and will be recruting friends with trucks to caravan to the county compost pile :)  I'm thinking mid-February? I'm expanding the apiary up to 5 hives.. have visions of a baby goat, and pigs, and apple trees..  I am so excited that my stomach truly does feel like there are butterflies flittering around in there.. I'm nervous and God, I really hope I don't screw this up.. But I can't help but smile.. I'm hoping I'll have the steam to keep writing about what I experience here and that we'll all learn a little along the way?