• While we may farm, we have other things we love just as much.❤️ . We are also bikers. Paul and I like to ride this vintage bike (Paul restored it from a bucket of bolts) on the weekends when we need a break from the land.🏍 . I was riding a dirt bike by nine years old, my dad got my brother and I a little Yamaha 50. It was dangerously fun.⚙️ . Then my first legal vehicle was a blue moped. I rode it to my summer job every day from 15 years old to 20 years old.😂 . Paul proposed to me on this bike. He drove us to a spot on Lake Michigan and pulled out a ring. Less than three weeks from our wedding, here we are.💍 . It actually runs in the family, that leather jacket is my mom’s from when she started riding with my dad. Growing up, there was at least five motorcycles in the garage at one time. 😬 . It’s #iamyourfarmer Thursday with @wildrosefarmer and I want you to know farming is just one of the many things we love. Variety is the spice of life! 🌱 . #farmher #homesteading #womeninag #coupleswhofarmtogetherstaytogether #vintagemotorcycle #femalefarmer #homesteader #greenwillowhomestead
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    While we may farm, we have other things we love just as much.❤️ . We are also bikers. Paul and I like to ride this vintage bike (Paul restored it from a bucket of bolts) on the weekends when we need a break from the land.🏍 . I was riding a dirt bike by nine years old, my dad got my brother and I a little Yamaha 50. It was dangerously fun.⚙️ . Then my first legal vehicle was a blue moped. I rode it to my summer job every day from 15 years old to 20 years old.😂 . Paul proposed to me on this bike. He drove us to a spot on Lake Michigan and pulled out a ring. Less than three weeks from our wedding, here we are.💍 . It actually runs in the family, that leather jacket is my mom’s from when she started riding with my dad. Growing up, there was at least five motorcycles in the garage at one time. 😬 . It’s #iamyourfarmer Thursday with @wildrosefarmer and I want you to know farming is just one of the many things we love. Variety is the spice of life! 🌱 . #farmher #homesteading #womeninag #coupleswhofarmtogetherstaytogether #vintagemotorcycle #femalefarmer #homesteader #greenwillowhomestead
  • Hi I’m Kelsey and I’m an animal lover. 🐱 . Our barn cat, Maggie (pictured above), is the absolute sweetest cat I’ve ever owned. When her brother got hit by a car, I couldn’t bear to risk losing her too. So now she’s an indoor cat. 🏠 . I think it’s hard for people who haven’t had the pleasure of farming to understand how you can be an animal lover (like let your barn cat live inside) but also butcher your own livestock.🍗 . Honestly, I think I have more respect now for the food that I eat than when I was a vegan, and that my love and understanding of animals has actually deepened thanks to farming.❤️ . I’m proud that my heart has expanded to experience fully the nuances that exist with raising animals. 🐓 . This is #womensworkwednesday with @love_and_lavender be sure to tag her and share something you’re proud of!👩🏻‍🌾 . #farmher #regenerativeagriculture #homesteading #regenerativefarming #growyourownfood #greenwillowhomestead #animalhusbandry #livestock #womeninag
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    Hi I’m Kelsey and I’m an animal lover. 🐱 . Our barn cat, Maggie (pictured above), is the absolute sweetest cat I’ve ever owned. When her brother got hit by a car, I couldn’t bear to risk losing her too. So now she’s an indoor cat. 🏠 . I think it’s hard for people who haven’t had the pleasure of farming to understand how you can be an animal lover (like let your barn cat live inside) but also butcher your own livestock.🍗 . Honestly, I think I have more respect now for the food that I eat than when I was a vegan, and that my love and understanding of animals has actually deepened thanks to farming.❤️ . I’m proud that my heart has expanded to experience fully the nuances that exist with raising animals. 🐓 . This is #womensworkwednesday with @love_and_lavender be sure to tag her and share something you’re proud of!👩🏻‍🌾 . #farmher #regenerativeagriculture #homesteading #regenerativefarming #growyourownfood #greenwillowhomestead #animalhusbandry #livestock #womeninag
  • Let’s talk about emotional labor. ❤️ . If you’re in a relationship, does one of you carry the overall emotional well-being of the pair? Like making sure there’s self care being done consistently for both of you, healthy habits are being implemented, etc? ⚖️ . In our relationship, that person is me. In most heteronormative relationships, I think it winds up being the woman.🚺 . As the wedding edges closer, I find myself working overtime to set firm boundaries with others. All the while I’m carrying Paul’s self-care needs, reminding him to write his vows, take his magnesium to fall asleep at night, and get a massage because he’s super sore from dirt biking.🏍 . It can be exhausting at times and I wonder if I do it because I enjoy doing it or if it’s because what our culture expects of me. 🧐 . I’m trying to take things off my plate so that the emotional labor isn’t at such a fever pitch, but I’ll admit that asking for help is extremely hard for me. Hi I’m Kelsey and I’m so independent it’s ridiculous.👋🏼 . Anyone else out there struggling with this and if so, how do you work through it?💕 . #farmher #womeninag #selfhealing #homesteading #regenerativeagriculture #homesteader #greenwillowhomestead #emotionallabor #coupleswhofarmtogetherstaytogether
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    Let’s talk about emotional labor. ❤️ . If you’re in a relationship, does one of you carry the overall emotional well-being of the pair? Like making sure there’s self care being done consistently for both of you, healthy habits are being implemented, etc? ⚖️ . In our relationship, that person is me. In most heteronormative relationships, I think it winds up being the woman.🚺 . As the wedding edges closer, I find myself working overtime to set firm boundaries with others. All the while I’m carrying Paul’s self-care needs, reminding him to write his vows, take his magnesium to fall asleep at night, and get a massage because he’s super sore from dirt biking.🏍 . It can be exhausting at times and I wonder if I do it because I enjoy doing it or if it’s because what our culture expects of me. 🧐 . I’m trying to take things off my plate so that the emotional labor isn’t at such a fever pitch, but I’ll admit that asking for help is extremely hard for me. Hi I’m Kelsey and I’m so independent it’s ridiculous.👋🏼 . Anyone else out there struggling with this and if so, how do you work through it?💕 . #farmher #womeninag #selfhealing #homesteading #regenerativeagriculture #homesteader #greenwillowhomestead #emotionallabor #coupleswhofarmtogetherstaytogether
  • Rhubarb has officially joined the party! ❤️ . I planted 8 rhubarb roots when we first moved here. Two never came up, one died, and the other five have said hello to me every spring. 👋🏼 . They are the gatekeepers of the growing season. When their stalks turn red and ready for picking, I know it’s time to get my corn, beans, and squash in the ground. 🌽 . I’m making eleven pies for my wedding so I need to start picking and prepping!! 🥧 . Does rhubarb make anyone else feel nostalgic and ready for pie? 😂 . #farmher #homesteading #regenerativeagriculture #gardeninglife #homesteader #rhubarb #greenwillowhomestead #growyourfood #regenerativefarming
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    Rhubarb has officially joined the party! ❤️ . I planted 8 rhubarb roots when we first moved here. Two never came up, one died, and the other five have said hello to me every spring. 👋🏼 . They are the gatekeepers of the growing season. When their stalks turn red and ready for picking, I know it’s time to get my corn, beans, and squash in the ground. 🌽 . I’m making eleven pies for my wedding so I need to start picking and prepping!! 🥧 . Does rhubarb make anyone else feel nostalgic and ready for pie? 😂 . #farmher #homesteading #regenerativeagriculture #gardeninglife #homesteader #rhubarb #greenwillowhomestead #growyourfood #regenerativefarming