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Category: Homestead Expansion

Falling for Chicks this Autumn

November 7, 2022Leave a comment

Hello from the HillTop! Life has been very busy this year and has gone faster than expected this year.  I see the signs of fall coming in quickly and I feel as if I'm rushing against an ever ticking timer.  The leaves are beginning to change, the weather is cooling off, the days are shorter, … Continue reading Falling for Chicks this Autumn

Ready to Spring Into Action

April 29, 2022Leave a comment

Hello from the greening HillTop! Spring is here! Although it is a typical Western Pennsylvania spring, one day we have seventy degree weather and the next we have snow. The great outdoors cannot seem to decide what it wants to do. Spring is underway based off the garlic growing my raised beds, not to mention … Continue reading Ready to Spring Into Action

Post Pandemic Homestead Changes

April 4, 2022Leave a comment

Hello from the Hilltop! These two past years have been some of the most unexpected years with the global pandemic. In the beginning, the unknown was so scary that it changed how many people handled normal life. People looked for ways to deal with childcare, schooling, work and managing a new way of doing simple … Continue reading Post Pandemic Homestead Changes

How to Get Started

March 24, 2020March 14, 20221 Comment

Hello from the Quarantined HillTop! How are you fairing in this crazy time of quarantine? Personally, life has not changed too much for us, other than my husband is home full-time currently. We're still doing our normal things this time of year: prepping garden beds, clearing brush, growing from seeds and repairing areas that harsh … Continue reading How to Get Started

That’s Quack-tastic!

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020Leave a comment

Hello from the HillTop! Did you ever feel like you've heard a saying for so long that there is no way it could be true? Funny enough, the saying is typically true. The last few years I've heard that chickens are gateway livestock.  I thought, meh, I grew up on a farm, there is no … Continue reading That’s Quack-tastic!

Consider Canning This Year

April 24, 2019Leave a comment

Good morning from the Hilltop. As I began my day today, I tried to determine what I was going to eat.  Today is a day I'm home with my son.  After making sure my daughter got on the bus for the day and the little man was playing, I began the thought process of what … Continue reading Consider Canning This Year

Two Bunnies… Seven Bunnies… How Many More?

March 20, 2019February 1, 2020Leave a comment

Being a farm kid growing up, we had a variety of animals on the farm.  One animal we had a variety of times over the years were rabbits.  They were a friendly, easy pets that were great for kids to learn the importance of carrying for animals. Our daughter had a "pet" rabbit in her … Continue reading Two Bunnies… Seven Bunnies… How Many More?

HillTop Eggs

We have 18 chicken breeds and 4 duck breeds. Our flock totals of 36 birds.  While we wish we could, we are not accepting new customers currently.

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Recent Posts

  • Shopping From Your Own Pantry to Save Money – Part 2 January 20, 2023
  • Shopping From Your Own Pantry to Save Money – Part 1 January 2, 2023
  • Falling for Chicks this Autumn November 7, 2022
  • Head on Down to the County Fair! August 12, 2022
  • Garden Extras June 27, 2022
  • Ready to Spring Into Action April 29, 2022
  • Post Pandemic Homestead Changes April 4, 2022

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