Our Maker's Acres Family Farm

Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you. - 1 Thessalonians 4:11

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Thirty Six Years

On October 20, 1990 Tricia and I were married in Corpus Christi, Texas. Hard to believe it's been 36 years!? We're kind of simple ...

Thursday, October 22, 2026

A Lot Of Things Different

Last Monday I turned 60. Sixty is a number that kind of wakes you up - jars you a little bit and makes you think. 60 trips around the sun....

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

2026 Meat Birds - Week Five

According to the normal plan of butchering after eight weeks, we're more than halfway through. This week we lost a bird. I arrived to ...

Monday, October 19, 2026

Saving it For Later

Canning. Pickling. Freezing. Lacto-Fermentation. Dehydrating. Some of the ways that we preserve the harvest when we can't eat it al...

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Fall Family Fun Day

I normally post Sunday night, Monday night, Wednesday night, and Thursday night. Last Thursday night, I was 'radio silent.' We had...

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

2026 Meat Birds - Week Four

We're halfway there. Cornish Cross Chickens take 8 weeks to mature for slaughter. They go from being a chick weighing an ounce or so t...

Monday, October 12, 2026

The Invisible Sign

One morning last month, Tricia and I were walking at the park. We normally walk three laps and that gives us around 4,000 steps. We talk, ...

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Kyle Sonnier: Jennings, Louisiana, United States; Join our family on our daily journey toward Biblical Agrarianism.

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