The Magic Land Homestead

04/26/2026

Last night one flew up to let me know they had returned to The Magic Land Homestead. In 15 minutes my feeders were out and they were visiting. It is time for a Treehouse on The Magic Land stay!

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04/26/2026

04/26/2026

Year ago I added some tiny feeder goldfish to my frog pond. One big goldfish survived and was sadly swimming alone. I added a 15 more goldfish and suddenly she was happy again on The Magic Land Homestead.

04/26/2026

Who knew you could buy goldfish at a local BP gas station?!? My poor solo big goldfish girl who has been in my frog pond for years was very lonely. The other fish immediately found her and I could tell she was so thrilled to be in a school again on The Magic Land Homestead.

02/11/2026

Can you believe a real live armadillo out in February in Missouri acting like a squirrel in the yard? So glad the dogs didn't see the oversized rolly polly.

10/26/2025

MEET COMFREY

When it is time to harvest herbs for dehydration, I start with the wonder plant Comfrey. Also known as 'knit bone' for its ability to heal bones.

I will make a salve that can be used on aches and pains, sprains and bruises just not open wounds.

Comfrey is a powerhouse plant great as a fertilizer because it pulls up nutrients from deep in the soil. Chop and drop around plants, bushes and tomatoes, anything that likes NPK.

Comfrey is super to plant next to fruit trees at the drip line to chop and drop and it is a fabulous pollinator too.

You can cut the entire plant back to the ground to harvest the leaves and viola it grows right back!

Bocking 14 is the variety of comfrey that does not multiply by seed, but by roots that are super easy to propogate. Cows, sheep, goats and chickens love it too.

Be sure to add comfrey to your garden but wait before you do.... Choose a corner or a fence line where you will want it for life because eradicating it is almost impossible. But you won't want to because of all it wonder gifts.

It makes a perfect liquid fertilizer when chopped and squeezed into a 5 gallon bucket with water. The smell will keep anyone you don't like out of your garden and your plants, veggies and fruits will thank you.

Meet comfrey.

10/22/2025

Livestock Guardian Dogs (LGD) are designed to bark away predators. They have done so for thousands of years watching sheep from times before time. This quality is why and how a homestead can have other animals. They stand their ground and announce to the world, this is my space and you dare not enter it. Usually they work in pairs to defend coyote, and depending on what region of the world you live, wolves, bear, mountain lion and leopards.

Their joy is wrapped up in their service. While it is not a quiet nightly endeavor when you add 3 additional little wanna be pups, I can say that whatever thought it could dig up the yard upon our temporary absence shall not even ponder doing so ever again.

The dogs traveled with me when my Mom went on hospice, something one never knows the timing of. They journied in my tiny car to camp out in my tiny RV, with a tiny yard like normal dogs and ones who live in apartments or cars with their owners.

They were more peaceful I think, not more purposeful. Did they bark? Oh yes, but more so at my absence when I left our encampment or at the cats a plenty. Sure they responded to the Kansas plains of coyote packs but my 747 AC unit deafened their capacity to hear the need for their 24/7 watch.

Which one brings us happiness? Purpose or peace? I shall ponder the idea of a dab of both.

09/19/2025

Mom is on hospice and this in the only place I want to be holding her hand.

She is slowing less responsive as these photos were several days ago.

My extremely busy homesteading life on 70 acres, mowing and brush hogging, and w**d whacking, with a huge organic garden with 18 raised beds and my Treehouse on The Magic Land must wait.

The garden has 4 timers going in every directions to water without me. The tomatoes rotting on the vines. The cucumbers larger than life and hopefully a random rabbit is eating my watermelon.

I am watching the sunrise in Kansas with my 4 dogs in my tiny RV parked on a friend's farm an hour from my Mom.

My brood of foul with
lots of chickens, geese, quail and a turkey are temporarily housed at another friend's barn.

Life can change in an instant to reveal our true priorities. Family means the most to me and I am so grateful for my amazing friend who have stepping in to impersonate me.

What are you dreaming about that would make your heart full?

08/03/2025

Dog lover's love all dogs.

08/02/2025

People always ask me why we don't have kitties on Treehouse on The Magic Land? I love cats and kittens and just had the opportunity to be with them everyday for a few weeks. They are sweet, affectionate, adorable, funny, cuddly (some of them) spookie, hungry and curious.

They hung out by my RV. I did make the mistake of feeding tuna to the little tiny one who needed more for his itsy bitsy body. And then I became the cat lady to a group who knew they had my number.

And attempting to load my friend's truck from my RV to leave was almost impossible with them all over the steps, popping into the RV whenever I opened the door. Climbing on the screen and my legs and weaving between my feet as I carried bags and boxes of too much stuff I brought.

I was sure a couple of them would stow aways and would pop out when I got home from the bed of the truck.

Okay maybe secretly that sounded fun. And there are some no cat factors I navigate.

Allergic.
I love song birds and feed them.
I love baby chicks.
My dogs are sure cats are squirrels and meant to be chased, exept Skeeter.

And when I visit my sister's house and my friends farm, I get to soak up all the cat cuteness to last me between visits.

I see why there are crazy cat ladies.