Happiness is…
In this season of thanksgiving (by the way, is anyone else totally blown away by how this year has flown by? I think my brain is still in early September!), I have noticed several things around Cockamamy in the last … Continue reading
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Fresh Laundry
This time last year, I thought if I ever had to haul six loads of dirty farm laundry to the laundromat ever again, I’d scream! At the time, our washer and dryer were not yet in the house … Continue reading
Second Floor Updates
Recently, the master suite has received its fair share of remodel and furniture updates, thanks our friend Holly and our favorite retailer, Costco. Our friend Holly alerted me to a giveaway of laminate flooring that had been used for a … Continue reading
It’s GROW time!
Spring at Cockamamy is a busy time for everyone on the farm. The seeds sown directly in the garden are coming up thick and needing to be thinned. The greenhouse is proving a success, with tomatoes, squash, beans, and herbs … Continue reading
The Ladies Have Arrived!
Kung Pao, Cockamamy Farm’s rooster, is a happy man. After almost six months as the farm’s only chicken, Kung Pao finally has some friends of a feather. And these friends are of the female persuasion. A big thanks to our … Continue reading
Let the Garden Begin!
Farmers, start your engines! Spring is officially here! And Cockamamy Farm is getting under way, thanks to our fabulous little greenhouse and some crazy-warm temps that have thawed the ground and allowed us to prepare a garden plot. Inside the … Continue reading
From Palette Project to Plan B
We’ve been hinting for a while now, via the Cockamamy Farmer Facebook page and Instagram feed, about a big palette project we’re working on. Well, ladies and germs, it is time for the big reveal! Nope, not a fence (as … Continue reading
Home Work
Since day one, we’ve been talking and daydreaming about outbuildings on the farm—a barn to replace our pile-of-barn (or POB as a friend recently called it), a workshop for Ben so he can move off the back deck and into … Continue reading
Billy Bookcase—Hacked
The additions of storage and organization in our hardest-working room, the pantry/laundry, continue with a trio of IKEA‘s Billy Bookcases. But, in our ever-cockamamay way, we didn’t use the pieces with their intended purpose. Instead, we performed an IKEA furniture … Continue reading
Smart Storage for the Pantry/Laundry
The last few weeks, Ben and I have been working on the pantry/laundry room. We have covered the walls and ceiling in bead board panels, and installed shelf brackets with pine planks as floating shelves on the wall above our … Continue reading
