Homestead Life
1 year in!
This has been a year of growth. Learning what works and what doesn´t. Growing as a farm included bring in chickens, ducks, ponies and goats. Then in autumn 2025 we welcomed our first kids (baby goats) to Mabel and Lena. We did not know what to expect but it has been a wonderful experience, seeing our goats grow into homestead life
Growing food!
We set up 2 greenhouses this year, to experiment and grow fruits and vegetables. First we began by finding soil from different parts of the farm and mixing that with our chicken compost. We were then able to increase our compost from the ponies and the goats. We had a wonderful summer eating many different varieties of tomato, We harvested 5 buckets of potatoes, We had a great harvest in carrots, brocolli and sprouts. We also found that cucumbers grew very easily. 2026 is going to be about bigger yeilds, more fruit and lots of pumpkins to feed the animals over the winter months.
Farm Clean up!
From February 2025 we began our clean up of the old pig farm. Sorting out the barns, clearing old tools and making new spaces was a fun and challenging project. We had a wonderful time sorting through the history of the farm and repurposing the stables for our new animals. Watching the farm come alive with life again and finding new potential has been a wonderful gift to the family who once lived here and the local neighbours. We replanted the field for the ponies to graze on and cut back the trees. This caused our trees to bloom over spring and provide us with buckets of apples.
Learning about Husbandry
Our dairy goats arrived on the farm in June and we could see within a month that they were already pregnant. In October and November we welcomed our first baby goats and realised that it would be very difficult and stressful for our Nanny Goats if we started milking them for dairy. So we are now planning on creating a dairy herd through careful breeding and socialisation, within the new generation. It is very important to us that each animal is valued and that it feels safe and valued. We want to grow together as a farm. Sometimes difficult decisions have to be made. The important thing, however, is that our animals as a resource, feel well and safe. So, husbandry is about patience.
2025 Journey
