Kindred Acres

09/03/2026

Hanging out with my feathered friends

09/03/2026

I’m so impressed with these gorgeous hazelnuts and the trees are already loaded with new catkins. The ground is littered with these beautiful delicious nuts!! Time to get a basket!!

09/03/2026

Every once in a while, a song reaches into a place so deep within you that you don’t simply hear it….you feel it.

This song brought such an unexpected release that the tears began to flow… but it was beautiful. Chills moved across my entire body as I listened. It touched something in me that nothing else has been able to reach in quite a while.

It grounded me, reminded me of my foundation, and reconnected me to my roots, and something ancient within my spirit. It reminded me of the time I spent learning to live from the land, grow food, and learning traditions, honor, and respect for all living things. It brought up memories of my time in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, etc. and the travels I did there with the communities we stayed with. All the people we met and the lessons we learned.

The artist sings it with such beauty and power. If you can listen to this on loud, do so! When that deep bass hit it resonated within my chest, and I FELT every single beat move through me. It was as if my body recognized something my mind couldn’t quite put into words.

Sometimes, we need something that brings us back down into our bodies. Something that reminds helps us feel our roots and reminds us of where we come from while it reconnects us to the deepest parts of ourselves.

This song did that for me, and I wanted to share it in case it reaches something within you, too. 🤎

🎶 “Water Song”

Album · 2024 · 1 Song

09/01/2026

Yay! The shiitakes are waking up again. :)

09/01/2026

We got our new category “Live Plants” up and running on our website and slowly adding inventory! Check it out and check back often as we will continue to add! While you’re there, check out the other categories to see what else we have available! 😊

https://kindredacreshomestead.com/shop/ols/categories/live-plants

08/31/2026

Happy girl… 😍

08/31/2026

She’s collecting up pollen while also sipping nectar

08/31/2026

A fellow veteran and homesteader, Tim - from The Four Hounds Homestead offered to do a work exchange with us! He came out to lend a hand in our big project! Here is a little more of a sneak peak! Stay tuned for more details! Four Hounds Homestead

08/29/2026

Four Hounds Homestead

08/28/2026

The answer to yesterday’s “Hot or Not?” pepper question is…

🔥 HOT! Definitely hot. Painfully hot—but also wonderfully flavorful! 🔥

The orange habanero is known for its bright color, intense heat, and wonderfully sweet, fruity flavor. Coming in at anywhere from 100,000 to 350,000 SHU on the Scoville scale, these fiery little beauties can be around 40 times hotter than a standard jalapeño! 🌶️🔥

These will be dried and blended into our yearly batch of Kindred Acres Hot Pepper Powder!

And just for the record, habaneros are officially the hottest peppers we will grow here at Kindred Acres. I don’t see the need for anything hotter—nor do I want that kind of responsibility! 🤣🤪

Now for a little story… 😂

I had a very strong feeling these were going to be hot, so there was absolutely no way I was taking a bite. Justin, however, decided to eat an entire sliced ring. He chewed it up, swallowed it, and quickly began sweating from everywhere—even his chin! 😂 He reached for anything he could find, including ranch dressing, in a desperate attempt to calm the fire. The intense heat lasted for around 10 minutes and then it chilled to a more bearable heat for a few more minutes before finally subsiding. Even through the pain, he said the pepper had a really good flavor!

Then Kaliah decided she wanted in on the fun…for a crisp $20, of course. 🤣 She convinced Justin to pay her $20 if she ate a ring too. She chomped it up, swallowed it, and within a second was guzzling milk kefir to cool the burn! She said the heat was painful, but hers seemed to calm down much faster than Justin’s….probably because she never stopped sipping that kefir. 😂

Needless to say, she decided the pain was completely worth those 20 crisp buckaroos! 🤣😂🌶️🔥