Homestead Life

08/09/2026

Our piggies are growing more every day!
They are out to pasture now 🥰

08/09/2026

Journey/Business Update:
Hello All, I apologize for taking so long to give you all an update but it has been quite the journey.
I’ve gotta say that this was a tough road and I appreciate all the prayers, great thoughts and support from everyone.
So, quick recap…I have been battling Stage 4 Adenocarcinoma Lung Cancer after being diagnosed in February. It is inoperable and I had 2 masses in the right lung, cancer cells throughout my lung fluid and 2 masses in the left lung with several tiny masses also.
Our options were chemo to reduce cells, immunotherapy and/or targeted therapy to reduce and keep it from regrowing or starting somewhere new.
So chemo it was, 4 rounds of double chemo, 1 round of immunotherapy and then 2 rounds of single chemo.
Immunotherapy was a s**t show…sent my immune system into overdrive and I can’t have the steroids to keep it in check so that was not fun. Regrettably they did not have a good targeted therapy yet for my type of cancer.

Good news….the chemo has drastically reduced my cancer cells!!!!
Yes, take a minute and do a happy dance with me 💃 See, I wasn’t kidding when I said I was gonna kick cancer’s ass!
They currently only see activity still in the largest mass on the right and one mass on the left and both of them are much smaller than what they were.

I had a tough call to make at that point. My only option for treatment to keep regrowth/new growth at bay was to keep doing chemo until my body couldn’t tolerate it anymore.
Anyone who has had chemo will tell you how hard it is and how tough it is to get sicker and sicker after each infusion and seeing your body not bounce back in between treatments anymore. I can’t have steroids (they help with symptoms, give your body a boost and keep your immune system in check) so chemo takes a real toll on me. That is not the quality of life I wanted to have until my end of days.
So I made the decision to stop chemo before the chemo puts me in the ground, get myself to the best health I can so that I can spend quality time with my family and live life to the fullest until this wretched monster comes back to life.
Even better news….after making my decision, we found out that a brand new targeted therapy was just approved for my type of cancer!!!!!! Your prayers are working!!!!! 🙏

The new medicine won’t be available until approximately October but fingers crossed that regrowth holds off until then, my health continues to improve a bit and my cancer responds well to it! It could give me years vs months 😊

We are staying positive and hoping to feel well enough to get out in the shop and making product soon!
I’m not quitting yet. I hope to be able to open for a weekend in the Fall with a decent amount of products available 💗

So if you are still reading, list your favorite products in the comments and I will do my best to have them available.

Keep Praying and Thank You for being such wonderful customers and friends 💗
Brandi

06/20/2026

Piggly wigglies

06/03/2026

Stop in to get all of your plants and grab some of our products 💗

05/09/2026

05/07/2026

05/05/2026

Journey/Business Update!

We have some good news to share with you all. After 3 rounds of aggressive double chemotherapy treatments and one round of immunotherapy we have some improvement!!!
I'm definitely not out of the woods but seeing some improvement is the best news I've had in awhile.
Regrettably this has been a really rough road so far and I have not been well enough to get any product made or have the shop open. Chemo has been harder than expected, the immunotherapy did NOT go well and it created some additional issues to tackle but at least we tried!
This week will be busy. PET scan was Monday, Virginia Cancer Specialists for a 2nd opinion on Wednesday and a follow up with UPMC on Friday. Hopefully we get good news, more detailed info and a positive treatment plan going forward.
I'm staying strong, continuing to fight and moving forward with a great support system and hoping to get back to doing what I love soon.
Positivity is key! Our oldest son, DIL and grandkids have been down south doing what they love and working hard at a Motocross training facility and they surprised us with a visit this week which was amazing! We welcomed 7 new piglets to our farm last week and we are determined to get our garden in this year so our shelves can once again be full of delicious goodies.

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has reached out with words of encouragement and texts/calls full of support and caring. I appreciate you all!

Much Love,
Brandi

04/04/2026

We have eggs!
Message me for a pickup time 😃