Hi! Welcome to The Shady Coop. I would love to share stories of creating my family’s own little “house of dreams” in the woods of North Carolina, including adventures in raising a flock of backyard chickens, our two adorable ponies and trying to garden in Carolina clay!

Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;

let the sea resound, and all that is in it.

Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;

let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.

Psalm 96: 11-12