Welcome to Peaches and Pigs: Our Homesteading Journey

Hey y’all! I’m so glad you’re here! Welcome to the inaugural post for the Peaches and Pigs Homestead blog. I wanted to introduce myself and the blog before we start into the normal content for PPH.

I decided to start this blog primarily as a creative outlet for myself, to detail our homesteading journey and because so many people ask about our pigs. I mean, who can blame them? So even if only one person reads this, (thanks, Mom!) that is a-ok! But honestly, the Pigs have quite the fan club going on already.

Louis practicing his best Eeyore impersonation.

So, a little more about me: I’m a wife and mom of three kids (four if you include the husband, which there are some days I do). I’ve been working my 9-5 job remotely from home for over two years now and recently moved to a rural South Georgian town. Hello, solitude. Driving the highway around here means passing endless rows of cotton fields and pecan orchards and lots of cows. It is the perfect farm town for homesteading.

The driver behind this move was to have a piece of land where we could enjoy nature and give the kids plenty of room to explore and play. We are looking forward to working the land to provide some sources of food and sustainability for our family.

One of our first plant purchases after moving here was a peach tree, which is fitting for a new Georgian family. Hopefully, by now, the name of the blog is making sense to you.

So, if you’re still here, what can you expect? Be ready for stories of my successes, and inevitable failures around the homestead, as I learn how to garden, make canned goods, and raise some chickens and goats and pigs, and anything else I can convince my husband to let me bring onto the “farm”.

As a mom of three kids, there will be stories of shenanigans, proud moments, and them being involved around the homestead. Close to my heart will be sharing tips and tricks that help me get by daily. Whether it is hacks around the kitchen or different tips I've learned along the way - we all get by with a little help from our friends. This is a passion project, and I am so excited to get started and share it with whoever may come. Without further ado, welcome to Peaches and Pigs.