Morning Chores on a 40 Acre Farm
What the first two hours of a day actually look like when you raise pigs, chickens, laying hens, and bees on the same piece of ground.
Winter on a Western Pennsylvania Farm: Water, Shelter, and Straw
Winter does not slow a livestock farm down, it just changes the job. Here is what keeping animals healthy through a Beaver County winter takes.
A Guide to Buying Farm Fresh Food in Beaver County, PA
How to find real local meat, eggs, and honey near Conway, Freedom, Ambridge, and Cranberry, and what questions to ask before you buy.
Raising Kids on a Working Farm
Chores, animals, hard days, and what our children have learned from growing up on forty acres in Conway, Pennsylvania.
What Forty Acres Taught Us in a Year
Lessons from a year of raising pigs, chickens, laying hens, and bees on the same ground, and what we are changing next season.
Building Our Farmstand: Why We Are Doing It
A small self-service stand at the end of the drive. Here is what it is, what will be in it, and when it opens.
How Our Honor System Farmstand Works
Show up, take what you need, leave payment. Cash, check, or card. Here is exactly how to use the stand.
What is In Season at the Farmstand
A month by month guide to what you will actually find at our stand, from spring greens to winter eggs.
Clearing Twenty Acres: Making Room for What's Coming
Some falls are for harvesting. This one was for transforming twenty acres of dense forest into open pasture and preparing for the herd arriving in April.
Meet Taco & Tequila: Our Guardians of the Ridge
Every farm needs protectors. Ours came with fluffy white coats, hearts of gold, and names that make everyone smile.
Three Generations, One Fence Line
Some lessons can only be taught with calloused hands and patient words. This is what building a farm across generations really looks like.
Breaking Ground at Bryant Creek
It started with a piece of land, a dream, and absolutely no idea what we were getting ourselves into.
Why We Started Bryant Creek Heights
We kept looking for authentic, honest food and couldn't find it. So we decided to raise our own and share it.