Get Involved

Support the Farm

Our small family farm is dedicated to keeping things as natural as we can and still keeping our animals, plants, family and friends happy and healthy. We do not charge for services or tours, but are happy to accept any donations you are willing to make! Its not cheap running a small farm, but we want to offer free education and farm experiences to all who want to learn.

Here are some of the items we accept and appreciate for donation:

Feed:

• Fresh (or “ not bad or moldy, but my kids won't eat it”) fruit and vegetables to be fed directly to the animals.

• Bales of hay (rye, Bermuda, alfalfa, orchard grass, crabgrass etc (NO Fescue!) and NOT treated with ANY chemicals

• Christmas trees 🌲 (not chemically treated and free of ALL ornaments and trimmings)

• Halloween Pumpkins (carved or not. No painted or moldy pumpkins please)

• Acorns!

Supplies:

• Bales of straw or wood shavings (bedding)

• Thick stall/gym mats

• Dog collars (small, medium, large)

• Cat collars

• Chain ⛓️

• Rope

• Carabiner clips

• Paper towels

• Bath towels (for birthing babies)

• Nitrile gloves 🧤

• Unopened syringes

• Heat lamps/bulbs

• Rain boots (any size for visitors)

• Metal hoses

• Dog sweaters (any size. For cold winter days for goats)

• Egg cartons (new or used, but clean)

• Box fans for goats (summer is hot!)

• Diatomaceous earth

• Heavy duty plastic or metal buckets 1-5 gal

• Dawn dish soap

• Unscented bleach

Maintenance/upgrades:

• Usable Paint (any color, Indoor or outdoor)

• Paint rollers/brushes

• Fencing (panels, wire, etc)

• Cinderblocks

• Large Wood spools (for goats to jump/play on)

• Shovels

• Rakes

• Black roof shingles

• Grass seed (not fescue. We love deer plot mixes, clover, vetch, rye)

• Flower seeds and plants (bring the pollinators!) no azalea, rhodendron or evergreens. Most are toxic to goats of the accidentally eat them.

• Shop lights (plug in)

• Fruit trees (healthy)

• Wheelbarrow

• Pallets (good condition)

• Little tykes play houses slides for baby goats

If you are interested in volunteering or donating your time, here are some things we typically need help with:

• Spring

  • Bottle feeding baby goats in the morning

  • Mucking the barn and stalls

  • Weeding pastures (occasionally there are weeds that the goats cannot eat so we need to get those out of the pasture manually)

  • Reinforce fencing

  • Moving compost to the garden beds

  • Prep and Planting the garden

  • Collect eggs

  • Milk goats

  • Monthly livestock health checks (give meds or vitamins if needed, trim hooves, shave goat’s winter coats, weight & FAMACHA checks, etc)

• Summer

  • Grass mowing in the event/ garden/ gathering pasture)

  • Reinforce fencing

  • Weeding garden & pastures

  • Collect eggs

  • Milk goats

  • Monthly livestock health checks (give meds or vitamins if needed, trim hooves, weight and Famacha checks, etc)

• Fall

  • Raking leaves and adding to compost.

  • Reinforce fencing

  • Collect eggs

  • Milk goats

  • Monthly livestock health checks (give meds or vitamins if needed, trim hooves

• Winter

  • Reinforce fencing

  • Collect eggs

  • Milk goats

  • Monthly health checks/treatment for livestock (hoof trimming, vaccines, pregnancy checks, lab work, etc)