Ski Family Farm

It’s been a hectic year!

Realized I haven’t been posting anything, so here’s a farm photo dump of the last few months.

I had knee surgery in the spring, so that added some challenges to the year.

We redid the entire garden, adding in raised beds instead of a big plot. Grew some cool veggies (love the purple potatoes!), and got a general feel for the new layout. Plans for a huge flower garden were thwarted by my knee, but some bird dropped sunflower seeds sprouted and the perennials I already had planted were gorgeous!

Lily had a beautiful calf we named Linkin. Kate went to go live with another herd, and we brought home Kiwi the mutt cow. She’s all black and a Highland x Dexter / Angus x Limousine cross, potentially bred to a Highland x Belted Galloway bull. Springtime baby watch should be interesting! Red went on a summertime date at a farm down the road, and REFUSED to get in the trailer to come home. After 2 hours of coaxing and a 5 minute drive home, it took him a whole 5 seconds to walk off. This week the crew decided to learn to open gates, and explore the overgrown garden 😆

We filled our freezers. So incredibly thankful for our animals, and the folks that helped us out on those rough days. Processing day is always hard, but good people and overwhelming respect for the animals we’ve raised since babies helps.

Excited for everything to slow down, so we can intentionally focus on family and the farm. And more presence in the things that matter.

I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving!

Very thankful for the homegrown and homemade goodies on the table, especially the turkey! The biggest bird this year came in at almost 28lbs, and it turned out perfect!

Very thankful for family, the farm, and all the usuals… but extra thankful for that guy at the head of the table. A few months back we found out he had a brain tumor. We didn’t know what the future for him and our family would be. Since then, he’s successfully had it removed, it was confirmed to be benign, and his recovery has gone really well. It’s pretty amazing things have mostly returned to normal around here, and for that I am extremely grateful!

Out of the 22 years we’ve been together, this has by far been the hardest. But here we are, enjoying another Thanksgiving showcasing the farm and spending time with family. ❤️

We have pork available!

This year has been crazy, so I apologize for the lack of updates. We just got the call that our last pigs have a spot at the processor tomorrow. We are selling by the half or whole pig.

At this point, I just have one half left! This year pork is $3.25/lb hanging weight, plus the cost of processing. Expecting a half pig to come in at about $450, but that will depend on actual weights.

Cut sheets will have to be called in tomorrow, and pork pickup would be at the farm in about a week, depending on when everything gets packaged up at the butcher.

Reach out if you’re interested!