Hello All, I'm Katie Sue!
Wife, Mom, Sister, Aunt, Daughter, Aspiring Gardener, Hobby Farmer, Animal Lover and Outdoor Enthusiast. These are just a few of the many parts that make up who I am and the roles I play in my country life.
FIRST A LITTLE ABOUT ME… I grew up on a hobby farm in a 150 year old farmhouse. Participated in the local 4-H program and over the years I have had the opportunity to learn from and raise a variety of farm animals. It was because of my love for animals and the outdoors that I couldn’t have imagined living any other way.
Building my own Country Life began in 2013 when my husband and I bought our 150-year-old farm. Every year we have different ideas, gain additions and have new experiences (good and bad). With each idea, experience or addition comes a learning opportunity where finding useful information is important.
I have learned that the search for the right information can be painfully overwhelming and time consuming. From my own personal experience and overwhelm, Katie Sue’s Country Life was built. Katie Sue’s Country Life is a place where others can learn where to start building their own dream country life. The information and inspiration found on Katie Sue’s Country Life is from years of personal experience, asking questions and hours of researching.
What does your dream country life look like?
Being self-sufficient, living outside city limits, wanting that farmhouse feel? Do you want to homestead, garden, or hobby farm? Whatever your goals, ideas or dreams might be Katie Sue’s Country Life has something to help you find the information and inspiration needed to build your country life.
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Hatch Eggs at Home
You want to hatch your own eggs? Tired of buying hatchlings year after year? Learn how to have a happy
Super Simple Vanilla Extract
With vanilla prices on the rise, more and more people are finding ways to make their own vanilla extract. I
Learn All About Vanilla
Everyone has heard of vanilla, usually when it is called for in a baking recipe. What is vanilla exactly, where
Heirloom Vegetables for Beginners
A vegetable garden is just a vegetable garden, right? For some that may be true, but others that are digging
Raising Ducks for Beginners
You have made it past the fuzzy duckling stage or added some adult ducks to your homestead. Now you need
Baby Duck Care for
There are many different poultry choices that can be raised on your homestead or hobby farm these days. If you
Know Your Hay Bale
HAY! What is it? Anyone that has grazing animals on their farm knows how important hay is. A Hay Bale
Simple DIY Herb Garden
A few years ago, I found myself using more and more fresh herbs in the kitchen . When buying these
When Roosters Attack
Picture farm fresh eggs, cute hens pecking the yard while a beautiful rooster stands guard. The reality ends up with
Raising Baby Chicks For
Happy Spring! It's that time of year, when everyone is greeted by the Cheep! Cheep! of fuzzy irresistible baby chicks
10 Reasons, Why Ducks!
When you decide to build a country life, their will be others that don’t really get it. They will ask
What is a Nigerian
Growing up I always had large breed goats (Alpine, Lamanchas, Saanens etc.) on the family farm. I had never heard
Baby Goat Season Prep
Are You Ready for Baby Goat Season? On our farm springtime means it's kidding season (baby goat season) and time
What is a Broody
A Broody Hen is nature’s best egg incubator, she will sit for days waiting for her eggs to hatch (or
Baby Goat Care Timeline
Your baby goats have finally arrived! Now What? There are things that will need to be done after your baby
7 Meat Animals For
You have decided you are ready to add a meat animal that will provide you with quality homegrown meat. Which
What is a Wether
When searching for goats to bring home, you may notice that you can choose from a doe, buck or a
3 Ways to Store
It's Harvest Time! You started planning in December, worked hard and patiently waited all summer, now its time for your
10 Needs for Farmhouse
Living in an Old Farmhouse Living in a 150-year-old farmhouse with 3 dogs, 2 kids and a husband, I have
7 Farmhouse Living Truths
The idea of country living or the dream of owning a farm wouldn’t be the same without the stereotypical old
Waiting Out a Country
A Country Winter can be hard to endure when there are so many things that must be put on hold.
Bacon Wrapped Venison Jalapenos
These Bacon Wrapped Venison Jalapenos are an easy appetizer or main course that are great anytime of year. If you
How to Start Building
Dreaming of Building a Country Life? When thinking of building your country life it's easy to see the finished picture.
How to Pick Your
Happy Fall! In Northern Michigan this means the leaves have started changing, you pick orchards and pumpkin patches are opening
How to Start Planning
My garden planning for the next year usually starts before my current garden has been harvested. Through out the season
3 Reasons You Need
If some form of country living is what you are looking for, the place to start is a garden. I
How to Start Seeds
Transplants Depending on what zone you live in there may be some vegetables that you will need to be transplant
What is Your Garden
Traditionally a vegetable garden is a large plot where vegetables are planted in neat single rows. This traditional way of
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