Mountain Top Goat Gardens
The Farm My twenty-first farm was Mountain Top Goat Gardens in Piercy, California. Joshua and Tanya have been homesteading for twenty-six years. Tanya grew up on a farm in Idaho where her mother had a large garden. Joshua is a fifth generation Californian from San Jose. Joshua’s mother was a seed saver who collected seeds […]
Granny’s Farm
My seventeenth farm was Granny’s Farm in Raymond, Washington. The Farm The farmers are Sandy and Larry. They both grew up in Western Washington. Larry harvested oysters in Willapa Bay for twenty-five years. He devised a way to raise oysters on pvc pipes which kept them away from the burrowing shrimp which feed on baby […]
Panic Swamp Farm
My fourteenth farm was Panic Swamp Farm in Putney, Vermont. The Farm The farmers are Alison and Meg. Alison grew up on a farmette in Connecticut with cows, chickens and a large garden. Her mom was a do-it-yourself type which rubbed off on Alison. One day while Meg and Alison were living in Brattleboro, their […]
Sullivan’s Pond Farm
My tenth farm was Sullivan’s Pond Farm in Wake, Virginia. The Farm The farmers are Rona, Tim and their son Cole. Rona spent time on her grandmother’s farm when she was a kid. That experience stayed with her. When she grew up and lived in the city, she made cheese from store-bought milk and entered […]
Coonridge Dairy
My fourth farm was Coonridge Dairy north of Pie Town, New Mexico. The Farm The farmer is Nancy. Since she was young, Nancy has loved milk. Cows didn’t interest her, but even though she’d never met a goat, she knew that was what she wanted. Two goats quickly turned into a herd of Alpine, Nubian […]