The Sunny Pelican

10/10/2026

Bees on our compost tumbler! Any ideas what they are? Can we leave them there? 🐝 𝐍𝐎𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐀𝐑 𝐀𝐏𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 maybe you can tell!?

09/07/2026

Day one, no meat: Breakfast and lunch prep for tomorrow. The egg is from our backyard chickens. I’m also adding overnight oats w/ protein powder. Not sure what we’ll do for dinner, but we have more tofu & a handful of meat substitutes, plus lots of greens from the garden.

08/30/2026

08/26/2026

Thank you all for being so supportive!

06/28/2026

The farm stand is on hold for a while. We had a family emergency that shook things up for May/June, and I am now focusing on spending time with family, getting things on the homefront taken care of, and tending to my mental health. Thanks for your support! ❤️

04/28/2026

Made these from scratch using recipe…so so good, and SUPER easy! Excited to add one more item to the list of things we don’t need to buy pre-packaged.

04/28/2026

Full disclosure: I did not order these caterpillars. Personally I chose not to because they are not and it felt like some weird “playing God” experiment to order caterpillars through the mail & have them shipped, only to watch them crawl around a tiny plastic cup for a week before forming a chrysalis, then watching them morph before releasing butterflies into a habitat that may not be right for them. But there was a miscommunication and they were ordered & delivered to me anyway. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I researched what they eat and luckily, I have a few of those items in my garden. My students loved watching them grow and change, and voted unanimously to release them in my garden at home (as opposed to at school, where there is nothing for them to eat), as long as I took a video. That made me proud and gave me hope for the future.

04/27/2026

This documentary absolutely shook me. I knew a lot of our foods are being poisoned by chemicals and pesticides, but I had no idea it was to this extent — seeds are everything and they are taking those away, too. Also I thought GMO seeds meant cross-breeding two different types of the same vegetable…but it’s actually the result of a plant being injected with actual pig DNA, human DNA, etc. I am glad we are growing a lot of our own vegetables, and am committed to continuing to learn more and grow more independent of this system.

04/26/2026

Trying out jumbo chocolate chip cookie recipe — yum! 😋 🍪

04/21/2026

One of my favorite things: Hand-picking flowers from our garden to bring to family and friends. This is a small bouquet I put together to complement a gift for a friend. I just love to add something homegrown with a personal touch.