About Us

We are a local, family farm that began in order to provide quality food for our family and we were keeping animals for our children to enjoy and learn responsibility.  That grew to become the large number of Heritage breed animals we have now to provide food and fiber and protection to our family and beyond.  We feed our animals a primarily grass fed diet.  Any grains we feed are all organic, non-GMO.  Our source for grains are Modesto Milling, a fairly local non-gmo, organic granary and Azure Standard, also organic and non-GMO supplier.

Our eggs are gathered daily. Our fruit is picked fresh from our newly planted trees and vines.  Our vegetables are all seasonal.  We also grow herbs, flowers and have plans to expand to a lavender and fresh flower farm.  Guarding it all from the deer, raccons, and more fierce predators are our beautiful and loyal Great Pyrenees.  We couldn't even grow a simple rose without the deer eating it to nothing, without our ever watchful guardians!   

 

Farming has been in my family on both sides.  My Dad's family has farmed in Kentucky for generations on a large scale with crops, cattle and pigs.  My Mom's family farmed in Utah and then Southern California on a smaller scale.  My grandparents, on my moms side had a small plot of land they would travel to from their home, where they grew fresh flowers that they sold to local florists.  In addition, they raised their own chickens, turkeys and eggs in their small neighborhood in Torrance. 

I suppose most people have stories like that in their family history.  In this century, we've stepped away from agrarian society with the industrial age (both my grandfathers worked in the oil industry) then this current  computer and electronic age, where people not only shop at large  big box stores, but do it online!

The dream to farm has been my strongest desire (next to having a horse) since I was a young girl.  I credit my mom with starting that dream.  She used to tell us we were going to sell our house and move to the country and buy a farm.  I guess she had a dream, too.  I had this picture in my mind of all of us kids out in the farmyard, surrounded by animals, feeding them every morning.  As I got older, that dream expanded to include growing crops.  

Later after getting married, my husband and I eventually moved to the mountains, though that dream was never lost. It did seem, a bit more challenging in the mountains!

Finally, in 2012 we purchased 40 acres in North Fork of rolling land, but heavily tree covered.  It would require a lot of work, and would be years before we could actually move here.  In addition, if you know anything about mountain areas, you can't plant anything when you are not living on the land.  Deer, raccoons, rabbits, gophers, etc. will decimate whatever you are growing.  It is hard enough to grow when you are living on the land.

Long story short, we have overcome many obstacles such as power, water, and a place to live....So, one year in to our move, we have half an acre already planted with fruit trees, a large flock of chickens, feeder pigs, turkeys, goats and sheep.  Our livestock guardians were in place long before our move in our Coarsegold home.   Farming in the mountains in a drought state is not for the faint of heart.  In the meantime, we are thankful for the beauty around us and the work before us.

Oh, and just in case you were wondering...my Mom and Dad live on some of the richest farmland in California and are vineyard owners.  They've retained an acre or so where they have surrounded their home with trees and flowers that could be a tour garden.  My Dad loves to grow tomatoes and nuts and my mom grows every flower imaginable.  My kids call it the "Secret Garden".  I also have two sisters that farm on their properties as well and a brother who is planning.  So the legacy is living on in our family.

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