What was supposed to be a calm staycation quickly turned into a whirlwind of repairs, feathers, spiders, and toads. Between molting chickens, truck troubles, and growing roach demand, it has been chaotic but full of laughs and lessons.

Life on our Florida homestead is never boring. Between chickens clucking, turkeys strutting, bees buzzing, and roaches scuttling, there is always something going on. At first glance, you might not think those four belong in the same story. Chickens give us eggs, turkeys act like they run the place, bees keep the flowers blooming, and roaches… well, most people think roaches are only good at showing up where they are not wanted. But here, they all have something in common...