Magnolia Bend

Magnolia Bend Academy & Homeschool

Well hello there! Welcome! We  are a homeschooling family in southwest Florida. Follow along as we homeschool, attempt gardening, and aim to raise our kids to work hard and love their creator. 

Homeschooling

In 2018, we been homeschooling in Florida. Now we're doing it in Pennsylvania. I'll talk to anyone about our journey and what has worked and not worked for our family. Beware though,  it'll change tomorrow.

Homesteading

Milking Nigerian goats, raising chickens, raising Kune Kune pigs, making non-sourdough bread, making soap, canning & preserving, hydroponics and whatever we do ( or have done) at home. 

Home

Home Home Home. We love being home. Being home means being together. Baking, cooking, decorating, organizing (or lack there of), games... Life over the last few years has proven  family is what matters most, at Home.

Rabbitry

Fluffle Farm is our Holland Lop and Netherland Dwarf rabbitry that we started in Bradenton, Florida. We raise buns for pets, breeding, 4H/FFA and cute husbandry with a touch of science and genetics, now in PA!

Keeping a Tally

Each year that passes I am reminded of the fact that I do NOT have a green thumb and my husband takes all projects and explodes them instantly. When I said I wanted a garden, he tilled 1/4 acre. We started an aviary of parrots, and quickly had a 12x24 tack room full of them with two incubators, huge buckets of bird formula, and hundreds of needle-less syringes. A few bunnies multiplied to 4 12x12 stalls of two rows of cages and over 2000 website views a month with a waitlist over 300 submissions long. A pair of pregnant dairy goats to help get our daughter with Cows Milk Protein Allergy a different source of protein turned into me with my arm elbow deep in the hooha of a goat hooking a hoof to help her deliver. It's amazing sometimes to see just how much has come from the last few years, and I'm excited to see what the next hold -- no matter what they look like. Jesus be the center of it all. 

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Bunnies Born Here
About Magnolia Bend Academy & Homestead

Recent Post

From a teenager that hated touching raw chicken to a mama of 3 who helps process chickens -- life has a way of changing you. With God's hope we can only believe that it is changing for the better. 

Fluffle Farm

Fluffle Farm is our rabbitry in Northeast Pennsylvania. We specialize in Holland Lops, Netherland Dwarves, Lionheads and Lionlops. Established in 2021 in Bradenton, Florida, we've had hundreds of baby buns born on site and hundreds of happy hoppy families. Each bunny is loved and cared for as each bun starts off as part of our family before they join yours. If you are looking for a holland lop bunny, netherland dwarf bunny or lionhead bunny near Northeast Pennsylvania, let us help you find your fluffy friend! Visit us at FluffleFarm.com or reach out to us at 941-877-1132 or 570-580-4139.

Nomad Wash & Detail

If you are local to Southwest Florida, we also have a mobile detailing business. Our crews currently service Manatee, Sarasota, Polk counties and south to North Port. We provide mobile car washing, custom ceramic coating for all vehicles, boat washing and waxing, RV wash and wax and RV ceramic coatings, buffing, mobile smoke remediation, paint correction and a few other mobile detailing services in Bradenton and surrounding areas of Southwest Florida. Visit us at NomadWash.com or call 800-983-2571.