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Mushroom & Bee Yards
The mushroom yard was built in 2020 and grows lion's mane, reishi, shiitake, and oyster mushrooms on tucked-away logs. Our bees have lived here for six years and produce roughly 6–8 gallons of honey each summer.
On the farm
DIY Farm Tour
Wander at your own pace. The stops are numbered, but the goats may reroute you — and that's half the fun.
Ground rules
- Stay on the paths and don't enter fields or pastures — electric fences are on.
- Watch for poison ivy along the edges of wooded paths.
- No dogs on the DIY tour, to keep our animals calm.
- Close every gate behind you exactly as you found it.
Feeding the goats
Evening is the best time — around 5–6pm, when they're eager for visitors.
- 1Find a feed bucket station at one of the field gates.
- 2Holler and shake the bucket — the goats will come running.
- 3Offer treats with a flat, open palm so fingers don't look like snacks.
- 4Be patient with the shy ones; they usually warm up once the bossy goats eat.
The stops
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Garden & Field Birds
Martha is a master naturalist and herbalist, and the garden shows it. Nearby, a rotating mixed-breed laying flock gives us a rainbow of egg colors and roughly two dozen eggs a day when everyone is laying.
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Orchard
Hugel mounds hold and slow water through the orchard. Two heirloom apple trees supply enough fruit for fresh cider, pies, sauce, and jelly through the fall and winter.
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The Barn
The barn is home to our two Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dogs, a small flock of ducks raised for meat and eggs, and Cornish Cross and Freedom Ranger broilers raised and processed right here on the farm.
Best goat-feeding time
Evening, 5–6pm — that's when the goats are most ready to say hello.