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Vegetables Available
I knew this year was going to be a bit of 'trial and error' with expanding the vegetable and flower growing area from just the raised bed...
Jun 25, 20232 min read
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Racoons and Diabetes
While there's been lots of positive and fun things going on at the farm the past couple of months, we've also had a couple of setbacks....
Jun 24, 20232 min read
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G.O.A.L.S Homeschool Visit
On May17th, we welcomed students, parents and the teacher from 'Get Out And Learn Something' faith-based Hybrid Homeschool to the farm...
Jun 23, 20231 min read
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The Piglets Are Here
On June 4th, Rachel and her daughter Cali made the five-hour round-trip to pick-up the farms four new piglets. They also managed to...
Jun 22, 20231 min read
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Things Are A-growing!
Between some warm weather and a decent amount of rain, it's been good growing weather. The 1750 corn and sunflower seeds planted 9 days...
May 14, 20231 min read
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Our First Quail Eggs
Earlier this week the Italian Quail started laying! We've only got a dozen so far, but we're off and running!
May 14, 20231 min read
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1750
Thats how many seeds I planted today. - 750 corn of 5 mixed varieties - 1000 sunflowers or 12 varieties I basically did 1750 squats...
May 5, 20231 min read
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NPIP Testing Day
NPIP - National Poultry Improvement Program. Getting NPIP certified has been on our 'To Do List' since we made poultry a major part of...
Apr 27, 20231 min read
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Spa Day for Rocky and Stella
Rocky and Stella, the farm's Great Pyrenees Livestock Guardian Dogs, turn a year-old April 26th. So, they got an early birthday Spa Day....
Apr 19, 20231 min read
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Apr 18, 20230 min read
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The Piglets are coming, the Piglets are coming.....
One species I have long wanted to add to the farm is pigs. And this week I put a deposit down on that dream, for four Old Spot (British...
Apr 15, 20232 min read
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A Little Spring Spruce-Up
While everyone that comes to visit the farm comments on how tidy and clean it is, I guess I see ALL the things that either need to be...
Apr 13, 20231 min read
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Apr 12, 20230 min read
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Sand and Water...Sounds like Southwest Michigan.
Drumroll please....the Irrigation Project providing water to the Hoop House and Raised Garden Bed is complete! Thanks to the farms...
Apr 12, 20231 min read
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We Have Quail...Everywhere!
Playing catch-up on happenings here on the farm - I honestly didn't realize it had been nearly two weeks already since it looked like...
Apr 12, 20231 min read
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Got Milk? We Do.
I have to be honest. I've never been a big milk person. I would rather have coffee or tea with my cookies. BUT then I tasted Nigerian...
Mar 24, 20231 min read
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Our First Chicks Have Hatched
Between Tuesday evening and Thursday morning, 18 chicks hatched. This is an 80% success rate. These are our 'Barnyard Mix'. Number 18 was...
Mar 24, 20231 min read
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We Have a Herd Buck - And Those Eyes!
Last Summer we leased Tater from Dandy Hill Farm to 'service' our three Nigerian Dwarf does. I fell in love with his easy-going...
Mar 22, 20231 min read
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Some Like It Sweet - Meet Sugar
Sugar is joining us from Dandy Hill Farm, in Ada, OH. She is a purebred Nigerian Dwarf, will be four in May. She recently gave birth to...
Mar 22, 20231 min read
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We're About to Have a 'Quail' of a Time
Yet another longtime item on the wish list has just come to fruition on '2Chicks And A Farm' This Week - QUAIL! We have a mix of Coturnix...
Mar 12, 20232 min read
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