Life On The Farm

Our 2023 Highlights

Our 2023 Highlights

It's been a big year for us here at Family Friendly Farms, so we want to highlight this past year's accomplishments to keep you in the loop on our progress. We desire to continually improve our products and services, while maintaining close relationships with you all...

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From Two Cows to an Online Store

From Two Cows to an Online Store

Over the years, the business growth of Family Friendly Farms has evolved relative to our delivery methods. For those of you who have continued to purchase from us over the years, we hope the following stories will put some smiles on your nostalgic faces. And for all of our new customers… Welcome to the family ☺

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Turkey Harvest 2023

Turkey Harvest 2023

Fall is suddenly here which means for us... IT'S TURKEY TIME! Thanksgiving is just around the corner so we're preparing some yummy "Farm to Table" Thanksgiving dinners with our turkey harvesting parties.
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Planting the Garden 2023

Planting the Garden 2023

With all of the new young adults living on the Ranch now we knew we wanted to plant a big community garden for everyone to partake in. We also knew we wanted to extend an invitation to all of our healthy meat customers to join us! We had about twenty people show up (to join our ten) from families to retired couples and it was such a blessed day.
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A Work Day at Our Lady's Ranch

A Work Day at Our Lady's Ranch

It’s a brand new year for us with a whole bunch of exciting new developments! We wanted to start this new year of Storytime Blog posts by sharing a typical “Day At The Ranch”.
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Turkey Harvest 2022

Turkey Harvest 2022

Our Turkey Harvest this year began with a crisp, sunny morning and ended with a freezing hail storm.
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Saint Stephen's Pig Roast

Saint Stephen's Pig Roast

About six months ago we had some pigs escape from their pen to head out into the wilderness...
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Baby Buttercup

Baby Buttercup

Remember when we got a new dairy cow and shared the cute story about how she was named Daisy without the Whites, Isaiah, or Stevenson knowing that the Zeiter’s had already had a Daisy? … Well she had her calf!
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We Got A Milking Cow!

We Got A Milking Cow!

We’ve had a lot of different animals here at Our Lady’s Ranch, including cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, turkeys, goats, donkeys, llamas, horses... and milking cows ~ While the sheep were the worst, the milking cows were definitely the best!
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Olive Pruning at Our Lady's Ranch

Olive Pruning at Our Lady's Ranch

We planted 300 Olive Trees several years ago, but it could have felt like 3,000 if it weren't for nice and sunny days, along with nice and sunny helpers. 
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Farming Adventures of 2017

Farming Adventures of 2017

It seems that the whole world had a whacky year for 2017 and it was no exception for us on the farm. We had many happy moments, but also some trying times, along with lots of learning and growing.
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Spring has Sprung and Summer's Begun

Spring has Sprung and Summer's Begun

One of the biggest spring jobs we accomplished this year was planting the garden!!! Joseph, Michael and Bryn started us off by trimming down the weeds and tilling the garden beds. Then we amended and fluffed the soil to make it ready for the new seeds and plant starts that we purchased from a nearby nursery. 
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