Life On The Farm

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.

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”.

Our Turkey Harvest this year began with a crisp, sunny morning and ended with a freezing hail storm.

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

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!

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!

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. 

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.

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. 

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."