In addition to being on pasture, our pigs are on a diet consisting of vegetable scraps, chopped corn and other grains, bread, and milk/whey. They are not fed any soy. Fattened hogs are available by ½ or whole delivered to the butcher. Buyer pays all butchering costs.
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We have lots of plants for sale right now. The greenhouse is crowded and spring has sprung. It’s time to get these seedlings outside!!
We grow all heirloom varieties and have several different kinds of tomatoes and peppers as well as broccoli, cauliflower, red and green cabbage, and herbs.
Tomatoes:
German Red Strawberry
Igignoli Gigante
Brandywine
Chadwick Cherry
Principe Borghese
Striped [...]
We do! Today is the day we can start saving Daisy’s milk. We will be making lots of cheese and have a bit more raw milk for sale to the general public.
Whole milk is for sale for $6 a gallon, bring your own jars. For more information you can contact [...]
Why Grassfed Butter Is Better
Because living grass is richer in vitamins E, A, and beta-carotene than stored hay or standard dairy diets, butter from dairy cows grazing on fresh pasture is also richer in these important nutrients. The naturally golden color of grassfed butter is a clear indication of its superior nutritional value. (Searles, SK [...]
We put up a greenhouse this year. Partly as a source for some additional farm income, and mostly so that I don’t have to start my seeds inside, where I have no room.
It went up fairly quickly but getting the heat plumbed in took a bit longer. We are using our Central Boiler wood furnace [...]
We had a new little heifer calf born this morning to our smallest Jersey girl, Daisy.
She is bouncing all over the pasture already. It is unclear if she will stay here on the farm at this point. If she does end up going to a new home, she won’t be far away. [...]
