Open House on the Farm Saturday 10/22/11

We would like to invite everyone to visit the farm, meet the animals, and enjoy some (hopefully) great fall weather Saturday 10/22/11. Beef and pork will be available for purchase at that time also. Hope to see you then!

Local Harvest

Almost everything in this picture was grown on the farm. The cheese and wine were purchased from local producers; the pork, sage, beets, and spinach are all from Hickory Field Farm. Even the gourds were unintentionally grown by the goats. A dinner like this is what inspires us to continue farming!

One of my favorite times of the year! Coming back from the butcher with plenty of delicious grass-fed meat to get us through the winter.....as an added bonus, it requires plenty of list making and organizing.....another two things I love!

Porktober

Pork prices and availability will be posted shortly!

Porktober

This is our first year raising pigs. We purchased these four locally as weanlings at about 8 weeks. They went to the butcher this weekend at about 8 months; he told us they are some of the biggest he has seen! However, after comparing feed costs, we learned that our pigs went through much less feed than younger, smaller animals. All the foraging they did in our woods has really paid off! Not only were they healthy, happy animals, but they cost less to raise, and did a phenomenal job of starting to clear the woods....we are now several steps closer to "silvopasture".

September Chicken Processing

The last batch of chickens for 2011. Although Hurricane Irene threw a wrench in our well laid plans we were able to get everything done in one day. Thank you Mary for ALL your hard work...and for getting together some herbs from the garden for our customers to roast their birds with!