Author: Amy Dingmann

120: RAQ #8 – who should cook dinner, the future, death on the homestead, competitive frugal living, and buying baby chicks

120: RAQ #8 – who should cook dinner, the future, death on the homestead, competitive frugal living, and buying baby chicks

Today I answer your questions about who should cook dinner, a teen worried about the future, death on the homestead, competition in frugal living, and buying baby chicks.

119: Three Things We Need Right Now

119: Three Things We Need Right Now

As the world collectively holds its breath right now, let’s talk about 3 things: deciphering truth from fiction, operating underground, and resiliency. Listen to the podcast episode by pressing the play button on the black bar above. All episodes are linked under the podcast tab that you 

118: RAQ #7 – missing the city, working fulltime, too many roos, meat bird terms, life is nuts

118: RAQ #7 – missing the city, working fulltime, too many roos, meat bird terms, life is nuts

It’s another random audience questions podcast episode (and blog post) where I pull five questions from my giant mason jar of topics you’ve sent in. Today I answer your questions about: a significant other struggling with country living, suggestions for getting things done when working 

117: 25+ tips to help you get through winter

117: 25+ tips to help you get through winter

After the buzz and energy of the winter holidays are over, people can sometimes fall into a slump and get stuck in the darkness of the season. Here are 25+ tips from myself as well as readers/listeners of A Farmish Kind of Life to hopefully 

this year (itty bitty thoughts)

this year (itty bitty thoughts)

2020 was a bully of a year, wasn’t it? Or was it? I mean, was 2020 just a group of numbers written on the top of a calendar, a group of numbers that we turned into a demon and started expecting it to behave like 

116: The 7 Gifts You Forgot

116: The 7 Gifts You Forgot

As we spend time finalizing gifts for the holidays, I got to thinking about seven gifts we should imagine are wrapped up under the tree. Gifts we probably already have, but sometimes forget about in the hustle and bustle of a hectic holiday. Listen to 

115: Sometimes you have to wait

115: Sometimes you have to wait

There is a balance to be struck between striving to do all the things, and realizing when you’re at a stage in your life that you’re already busy doing other things. While it’s important to dream, make goals, and draw up plans, today I want 

114: I Worry and I Forget

114: I Worry and I Forget

Today’s podcast episode is a mash up of two previous itty bitty thoughts, as well as a continuation of them. I hope you find today’s thoughts inspiring and motivational as we maneuver our way through 2020 and beyond. There’s also some homework, if you’d like 

the thing we keep forgetting (itty bitty thoughts)

the thing we keep forgetting (itty bitty thoughts)

So many people are content to just wait. To sit in the corner until all of this (waves hands wildly at all that is 2020) blows over. But I offer this to you: What if it doesn’t? What if all of this doesn’t blow over 

What I Worry About (itty bitty thoughts)

What I Worry About (itty bitty thoughts)

I’m not against “rules” per se. I just think most “rules” for how people should behave shouldn’t need to be explained. You don’t fill a car with kids and then drive around drunk. You don’t stab your neighbor because they didn’t mow their grass. You