Well everyone it’s been a while since we’ve had a chance to do an update. We have been busy here on the farm. Seems like we’re busy year-round, but that is a good thing! It’s nice to take a moment to just kind of share and reflect on what we’ve been doing.

We have invested a lot of time and energy in 2024 working on improving our conservation practices that are used on the farm as well as improving our grazing management and our wildlife habitat. We continue to do better everyday. We attend conferences, read enumerable articles in magazines, and get our hands on as many books as we can.

We had a lot of fun in the spring, boiling maple syrup over the fire, producing gorgeous tasty syrup, which we have sold out of for 2024! We harvested a very beautiful summer honey and then have plans to do another harvest any day.

We switched gardening method to a mulch no till method and have been overwhelmed by the plentiful amount of produce that the garden is providing.

In 2024 we had the great opportunity to have our beef showcased at a Roots so Deep docuseries showing at Michigan State University in Lansing. It was an amazing time and we were thankful for the opportunity as well as all the kind and gracious words on how good the beef was and how thankful people are for the way we are choosing to raise our beef.

Raising beef by grazing on pasture, moving each herd daily and moving still throughout the winter, bale grazing, bale unrolling and opting to not use chemicals on pastures and not worry about weeds isn’t always easy but it is the option that we choose because we feel it is the best. Healthy food starts with healthy soil and so by rebuilding and creating healthy soil, we will offer healthier food than you can buy at the commercial grocery store.

As we get ready to wean calves and start preparations for thoughts on calving for 2025, we would like to wish all of you a great fall! To all of our customers whether you buy maple syrup, honey soap, candles, beef shares, ground beef - anything - thank you!!!

We will be here in 2025 working on expanding our markets in Maple syrup, honey, as well as beef, and with the hope in the future of having an on farm store available. At this point we are still just doing pick ups by appointment - don’t feel bad reach out if you’d like to get something just let us know - we have some flexibility in our schedules and we’re always happy to accommodate.

Alice the registered angus cow is here! We are so excited! She is due to calve sometime around early May and will have a registered calf. She comes from a great line of cows, is extremely mild tempered and we could not be more excited. We have big plans for Alice. She will be used to produce registered stock for both our farm and we will also have registered calves for sale from her in the future as well. 

Maple Syrup season has also began! A great time to be in the woods, enjoying all of nature in its glory. 

Well Skye is weaned!
​This little girl is going to be a special cow. She has an amazingly calm demeanor. When she was born I was already petting her, and she would really seek out humans, and she has already warmed back up to me. Many times it takes a bit after weaning to trust me again, leaving mom is very stressful, but Skye is doing great. She is a larger frame Belted since she is crossed with Angus, and her growth rate has been amazing. She does seem to have a more Belted hair coat, which is nice we like the curly hair. :) 
Excited to watch her grow, she will be an excellent addition to our breeding cows once she's of age. For now, she will have nice second cutting hay to eat and have time to bond with me and hang out with her steer buddies, and the other young heifers. 
Continue to follow along to watch her grow up!

Today is our second day rolling our round bales to feed our cows. This helps spread out the manure, and aids in regenerating the soil, as well as allowing all the cows to eat at once without competition. We still will feed with bale rings, as in days like tomorrow with the inclement weather we want to put out two bales so we will drop those in rings, but on nice days we can spread out the hay like this now. We continue to grow and learn as much about regenerative agriculture as we can to help heal the land, and keep our cows happy all at once. 

I don't think anyone will forget 2020 anytime soon. What I would like to remember it for is a few milestones we have had this year.

We added a bee hive to the farm, and harvested honey! How exciting! We were able to extract around 53 pounds of wonderful tasting honey, and next year plan on increasing our bee hive to at least two. We plan on having honey for sale next year in the fall, contact us if interested in being on our waiting list.
The bees have been a extremely rewarding and entertaining endeavor and I am so glad we did it.  We have always wanted to support pollinators, what better way than having your own!

Maple syrup we sold out! Very excited to hear such amazing feed back on our syrup, thank you to all our buyers. Again, let me know if you want to be on the waiting list, I will gladly add you. We can't believe that March is creeping up on us again..... but we are always thankful when it does as that mean the harsh weather is typically going to break. 

Beef production is going extremely well, we slowly increase our herd to match our pasture and hay supply each year, and that allows us to increase our available steers for beef as well. So far we have increasing demand and we will continue to grow, if you have interest and are not currently on our list it takes 24-28 months for us to finish a beef, so please contact me and we can add you on that list and start to plan accordingly. People are becoming more aware of where their food comes from and supporting the local farmer and that is something we fully stand behind as a main core value. Raising natural, pasture raised beef, while ensuring our farm and environment stays healthy so our farm can be here for many years to come.  

Belted Galloways - Near and dear to my heart have always been the breed of the Belted Galloway cattle. They happen to be a breed meant specifically well for grass or forage based systems as they grow slow, with excellent feed conversion and docile temperaments. We now have 4 Belted Galloway purebreds on the farm, two proudly bought this year are fully registered. This allows us the opportunity to produce purebred registered stock to offer for sale via artificial insemination, for a future venture. We may have some Angus/Belted cross calves available this fall if we have heifers, please follow along with us on this exciting journey. Belted Cross cattle also make excellent crosses for multiple uses. 

Artificial Insemination - I will be attending cattle artificial insemination classes to be able to provide this service directly for our farm. This is will open up a new door, for our Belted Galloway venture, as well as others which is exciting.  

Take care all our friends and followers,

​- Brandi Mitchell 

We have maple syrup for sale freshly boiled down in 2020, if you are interested get a hold of us today! We had a great year, and a great run and have pulled our taps already. 

Spring is finally coming, and with that we enter into maple syrup season. It is a nice time of year, being in the woods with the sun and snow is just gorgeous. We are running 41 taps this year on the farm. Once the sap starts to run, it is gathered daily, and then the boil down process begins. Anyone interested in purchasing maple syrup, please contact us!
The cows are still getting the yummy haylage bales, and we are about 30 days out from the start of calving season. It has been a mild winter which we are thankful for after the last winter, which was pretty wicked. We have all our garden seed already here at the house, and are excited for the warmer weather to come. We are planting a new hay field again this year to keep up with our growing cattle herd, and the cattle will be able to graze on our newly planted pasture field, which is a lovely grass and legume mix that will be lush and beautiful. 

Well it is winter. It is here if you want it or not. It is cold, windy, doing a little snow, inter mixed with freezing rain. Tank heaters are going strong to provide fresh water to all the cattle. Hay is being eaten up and the cows are doing pretty well. In a few weeks we will start feeding the breeding cattle haylage bales, (fermented third cutting bales) that we rotate with dry hay to provide them the best nutrition in the bad weather we can. Feeding the haylage bales smells amazing, it is a smell that is just good. Sweet, even for me. The cattle know as soon as Jordan brings one over the hill.... there is 0% waste from one of those bales. Our calves from this year we kept back are doing good. I work to tame them down and teach them a bit on handling manners. They are all turning our very nice. All in all winter is going well. Let us hope January treats us the same.