Posts by Hollyhock Farm

Fall greetings to you! As some of you may know, we raise geese on our farm for meat. I have tried for the last few years to roast the perfect goose, because I find that I am very attracted to goose as a poultry option for our family’s pasture raised meat needs. Geese can put…

Greetings friends! It’s Fall! It’s harvest time! Clean out your freezer and make room for your local Thanksgiving turkey! We’re excited to have seventy available this year. We are selling them fresh this weekend and next weekend – and they go fast. Last year we sold out by the first week of October. This year…

  Happy summer!  Do you want to hear the Sad Farm Story? The spring was long and cold, and we had some major rain in June which has delayed our already short growing season. In addition our sheep herd has suffered a terrible hoof virus that we’ve been working to control. On top of that…

Happy April! Our new farm shop is open and looking great! In addition to the farm shop we have a picnic table and area for customers to visit our geese, market garden, and our boy sheep (Ramsy) and goat (Sebastian). Once you are parked in the parking area the geese are in the pen immediately to…

Happy Spring! We are looking forward to some warmer weather- this long cold spring means a late start on the growing season, however it hasn’t slowed the sheep and goats from getting out on the fields with their babies! Happy frolicking ensued on the day we opened the herd onto their first field. During the…

Happy spring everyone! Our animals are all still in their winter indoor/outdoor confinement spaces, very, very ready to get out on the fields! It’s not time yet – to protect the root systems of our pastures we have to wait until we have a string of five to seven dry days…and we’re still waiting! It’s…

Happy August! We hope you are enjoying your summer! Here area a few updates as we ease into the end of summer. Our weekend farm shop continues to offer a full array of superior produce, eggs, and frozen meats. We will have fresh roosters and stew hens available the weekend of August 21st. Stew hens…

Happy Summer Solstice! We hope you are enjoying these long warm summer days. The veggies have finally sprung into life and our sour cherries are coming on! Our next fresh rooster sale will be around the middle of July, and I will be sending out an email notification the week prior. If you are not…