Life On The Farm

It has become fashionable for conventional chefs to recommend searing the meat first, then moving over to medium temperature. We have spoken with several "Celebrity Chefs" about how they receive their best BBQ results, and they have clearly, painfully explained... "Oh no, Don't Sear First."

Learn about how we grow our chickens! Can you believe that we actually get our chicks through the mail? We would have never guessed this was the way to do it before becoming country people, ha!

Because of all the rain this year a new spring bubbled up here at the ranch. We just discovered it and noted that it reminds us of God's kind words to all of us... "If you ask, I will become in you a spring of living water, welling up to eternal life."

Enjoy lots of pictures as we explain the step-by-step process of felling trees here with Family Friendly Farms at Our Lady's Ranch. First, gather as many kids as you can and, lastly, give thanks for the fruits of your labors.

During the winter time it's crucial to keep the cows fed because it helps keep them warm during these cold months. With grass-growing at its slowest, it's important to keep them moving from pasture to pasture.

We thought you might be interested to know what it's like to have this much wind and rain on a farm. It could have been a catastrophe with the animals, but with all the kids helping, we managed to rescue them, one group at a time...

Well - we started with 10 picnic tables, 8 hoses, 6 extension cords, 4 bottles of propane, 2 furnaces, 1 water trough, a large scale, and 86 live Turkeys -

While the animals are happy to cruise during the summer, in the winter it's essential that the smaller animals (like the chickens) have some sort of protection against the elements. Join us as we convert our greenhouse to a chicken shelter!

Join the Zeiter family for a day at the farm! Each of the seven kids has a task: the youngest is collecting eggs all the way up to the oldest who is formulating a Newsletter for all of our email subscribers!

This week at Our Lady's Ranch we started preparing for Thanksgiving by moving some turkeys from their small starter home to their new grand estate...

Would you care to join us for a brief stroll down memory lane? Twenty years ago we set about searching for land in Northern California, looking for a place that settled at the end of the road for privacy, that displayed a gentle topography for usability, that retained a park-like setting for beauty...

Join us as we develop, make, and package three different marinades for the Farmer's Market! While we don't sell our marinades, we love handing them out with the meat that our customer's buy.