We are a small husband and wife 5th generation farm who prides ourselves on educating our community online and in person.
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We open our farm to guests every weekend from April to December, including a 4 weekend Outdoor European Style Christmas Market.
02/05/2025
🚨 Baby Watch 2025! 🚨
Our girl Virginia is VERY pregnant, and the countdown to calving has officially begun! 🐄✨ In our latest video, I take you through some of the key signs we look for to predict when she’ll finally have her calf. From belly shape to udder changes (and a few cow quirks in between), we’re on full calving alert!
Will she go tonight? Tomorrow? Next week? 🤔 Watch the video and make your best guess in the comments! ⬇️
Virginia, our very pregnant Hereford cow, is getting closer to calving! In this video, I’m checking her over and explaining the key signs we look for in the ...
02/05/2025
Lol. It's pretty funny ( to me anyway) that I have more pictures of me and our animals, than I do with our own kids!
Animals make me happy, and keep me grounded.
02/05/2025
Unloading 1 ton (40 bags that are 55 lbs each) at 7:30 pm! Whew! Any envy this lifestyle? Lol
02/04/2025
🐴💛 The Gentle Giants of Belding Hill Farms! 💛🐴
Ever wondered about the biggest personalities on the farm? In our latest video, we’re talking all about our gentle giants—how they came to be here, their history, their quirks, and what’s next for them! These incredible horses play a special role on the farm, and we can’t wait to share more about them with you.
🥕 From their unique personalities to their future on the farm, this is a must-watch for horse lovers!
Life on the farm is full of surprises, and our horses are no exception! If you love real, raw, and behind-the-scenes farm life, make sure to:
✅ FOLLOW our page for more farm fun, daily updates, and behind-the-scenes action!
✅ SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel Farmer Luke to catch all the big, heartwarming, and unpredictable farm moments!
✅ LIKE & SHARE if you love these beautiful, hardworking horses as much as we do! 🐴💛
Do you have a favorite farm animal? Drop a comment and let us know who you’d love to see featured next! ⬇️
Welcome back to Belding Hill Farms! In this video, we’re answering a special request from Lindsay, who wanted to know the backstory of our farm horses. So to...
02/04/2025
Just some bacon and eggs hanging out ( and yes it's a joke, because the birds are roosters).
02/04/2025
Willow, our O.G. Dairy Queen, doesn't want to fight with the herd when Luke's putting bales out, she is waiting to make her grand appearance ( as all royalty does) and then part the herd and eat.
02/03/2025
Big man takes his job seriously. Titus loves to sit at this spot, this way he can hear and see well, and is close to his charges. And he always gives us the night report first thing in the morning.
02/03/2025
Maggie Moo, she's licked our clothes from the day we got her... silly cow...
02/03/2025
Virginia has now decided to hold her calf hostage! Talks have broken down for tonight.
But really, in all seriousness, we don't expect a calf tonight or tomorrow, we just want her comfortable coming in the stall, and to be comfortable with us, just in case.
02/02/2025
Just hanging out with a bunch of assaes! 🤣❤️
02/02/2025
🚜 NEW VIDEO ALERT! 🐴🐄
The cold winter nights have had our donkeys and Virginia, our very pregnant Hereford cow, tucked away in the barn for extra warmth. But today, the sun is out, and it’s time to let them back into the pasture!
Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, and Tessie are excited to stretch their legs, and Virginia is looking for a snack as she prepares to calve any day now! Will today be the day? 👀 We also check in on Fast Eddie, our massive Large Black Hog boar, and his three girlfriends—Edna, Emma, and Ethel. 🐷
It’s just another busy but peaceful morning on the farm. If you love real-life farm vlogs, farm animals, and daily chores, you won’t want to miss this one!
📺 Watch now: Letting the Donkeys & a Very Pregnant Cow (Virginia) Out for the Day – Farm Life with Farmer Luke https://youtu.be/HhstxzBlZnU
Let us know in the comments—do you think Virginia will have her calf soon? 🐮👇
Welcome to another day on the farm with Farmer Luke! Today, we’re letting our four donkeys—Donkey, Fiona, Shrek, and Tessie—out of the barn to head into the ...
02/02/2025
Introducing Kwack. He loves to mess around if the water dish.
02/02/2025
🔥 NEW VIDEO ALERT! 🔥
Why is Farmer Luke so angry?! 😡 Well… he’s not! But sometimes, when you’re out in the woodlot, cutting firewood with the tractor and chainsaw, things don’t always go as planned!
In today’s video, we’re diving into sustainable forestry management, selecting the best trees (like white birch) for firewood, and talking about how we care for our woodlot. It’s a mix of farm life, hard work, and a little bit of fun—even if my face says otherwise!
If you love raw, real-life farm content, come along for the adventure! And don’t forget to LIKE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE—or at least let me know if I should work on my “angry face”! 😆
Welcome to Belding Hill Farms, where every day is an adventure on our family farm! In today’s video, we’re heading deep into our woodlot with the tractor and...
02/02/2025
Today was the first time we let Nisa over in the barnyard with Titus, since her surgery, 2 weeks ago. She is healing nicely, but we were worried about Titus playing with her, as he can be very rough. Baby girl loved it, and handled Titus with no issues.
02/01/2025
💘🐷 FastEddy’s Got Moves! 🐷💘
Well, folks, it looks like FastEddy is feeling the love! ❤️ In our latest video, he’s putting on some serious charm for Edna, and let’s just say… he’s not shy about showing his affection! From sweet sniffs to some classic pig wooing techniques, FastEddy is making it clear that he’s quite the romantic boar.
Life on the farm is never dull, and our heritage breed pigs always keep us entertained. If you love real, raw, and sometimes hilarious farm moments, make sure to:
✅ FOLLOW our page for more farm fun, daily updates, and behind-the-scenes action!
✅ SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel Farmer Luke to catch all the crazy, heartwarming, and unpredictable farm life moments! → [Insert YouTube channel link]
✅ LIKE & SHARE if you think FastEddy is the ultimate farmyard Romeo! 🐷💕
Have you ever seen pigs flirt? Drop your funniest farm animal love stories in the comments! ⬇️
02/01/2025
Virginia is getting better each time coming into the barn. I think it's going to her head though, thinking she's "special". 🤣
01/31/2025
🚨🐂💥 Boomer vs. the Bale – Who Wins?! 💥🐂🚨
Feeding time on the farm took a wild turn today when Boomer, our massive bull, decided he wasn’t waiting for breakfast! Instead of eating his hay like a civilized farm animal, he went full wrecking ball mode and destroyed the bale with his horns! 🤦♂️
This is just another day in the unpredictable, real-life world of farming, where the animals always keep us on our toes! If you love funny, raw, and unfiltered farm moments, make sure to:
✅ FOLLOW our page to see more farm updates, behind-the-scenes clips, and animal antics!
✅ SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel Farmer Luke for more crazy farm moments, daily chores, and life with our animals! → [Insert YouTube channel link]
✅ LIKE & SHARE if you think Boomer should calm down at breakfast! 😆
What’s the funniest thing you’ve ever seen a farm animal do? Drop it in the comments! ⬇️
💥🐂 Boomer the Bull is at it again! When it’s feeding time on the farm, most animals wait patiently for their hay—but not Boomer! In today’s video, our mass...
01/31/2025
🥶❄️ FROZEN FARM CHORES! -25°C (-13°F) in the Chicken Barn ❄️🥶
Winter on the farm isn’t for the faint of heart! When the temperature plummets to -25°C (-13°F), even the simplest chores become a battle against the cold. Water freezes in seconds, feed buckets feel like solid ice, and keeping the chickens warm and comfortable takes extra effort.
In our latest Farmer Luke video, we take you inside the chicken barn to show just how tough farm life gets in extreme winter weather. From breaking ice to feeding the flock in frigid conditions, this is what real farm life looks like when the deep freeze sets in!
💬 Tell us—what’s the coldest temperature you’ve ever experienced? Drop a comment below! And if you enjoy raw and real farm vlogs, homesteading, and life on a small family farm, don’t forget to LIKE, SHARE & SUBSCRIBE to help us grow!
🐔❄️ Farm chores don’t stop for the cold! Today, we’re tackling a brutally cold morning in the chicken barn, where the temperature has dropped to a bone-chil...
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Lol. It's pretty funny ( to me anyway) that I have more pictures of me and our animals, than I do with our own kids!
Animals make me happy, and keep me grounded.
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Unloading 1 ton (40 bags that are 55 lbs each) at 7:30 pm! Whew! Any envy this lifestyle? Lol
Willow, our O.G. Dairy Queen, doesn't want to fight with the herd when Luke's putting bales out, she is waiting to make her grand appearance ( as all royalty does) and then part the herd and eat.
#beldinghillfarms #ethicallyraised #milkingshorthorn #homesteaddairycow #farmlifethebestlife
Big man takes his job seriously. Titus loves to sit at this spot, this way he can hear and see well, and is close to his charges. And he always gives us the night report first thing in the morning.
#armeniangampr #lgd #beldinghillfarms #ethicallyraised #farmlifeisthebestlife
Virginia has now decided to hold her calf hostage! Talks have broken down for tonight.
But really, in all seriousness, we don't expect a calf tonight or tomorrow, we just want her comfortable coming in the stall, and to be comfortable with us, just in case.
Maggie Moo, she's licked our clothes from the day we got her... silly cow...
Just hanging out with a bunch of assaes! 🤣❤️
Introducing Kwack. He loves to mess around if the water dish.
Today was the first time we let Nisa over in the barnyard with Titus, since her surgery, 2 weeks ago. She is healing nicely, but we were worried about Titus playing with her, as he can be very rough. Baby girl loved it, and handled Titus with no issues.
Virginia is getting better each time coming into the barn. I think it's going to her head though, thinking she's "special". 🤣
Jill and I got married in 1997 and in 1999 moved into the Coleman family homestead, or at least one of them. My great grand-father built our house in approximately 1875. We live with our 3 teenage kids (for now). My grand-parents lived in this house when I was a child. I spent a great deal of time here with my grand-parents and around the animals and have always loved them. Jill came from a farming family also. Jill’s grand-father and father ran a dairy farm and later a beef farm in her youth.
So farming is in our blood you could say, but honestly, I didn’t want anything to do with it when I grew up, but like so many of us do, we find that we like to return to our roots when we get older. Jill and I , mainly Jill tolerating me doing it, began dabbling in farming several years ago. We have always farmed because of our distrust in the industrial food system that is currently feeding our society and our world. We got away from farming when our kids were young and our life was busy, but our beliefs in our food system causing diseases in our world kept us in touch with farming and supporting local farmers. As our daughters grew older and expressed interest in farming and as I began to distance myself from a busy career in industrial automation, we began getting back into homesteading in the spring of 2017.
We started by buying 4 goats, 3 pregnant does and a buck. These were heritage breed goats, Nubians to be exact. Nubian’s are a dual purpose (meat/dairy) goat breed. We followed that up with buying 5 Tamworth piglets, also a heritage breed of animal. The heritage breeds are simply breeds that originated many years ago and have not been scientifically modified to breed bigger, quicker, heavier muscled, etc, to match current farming practices. We believe in heritage breeds in all our animals and we believe in farming in a much more traditional, natural, slow and healthy way. We do eat and we raise our own animals, but we provide our animals with the healthiest, fullest and most natural life until the day they are butchered. Our animals have the best life possible while they are with us. Our pigs are led by our fence wrecking, mischief making Berkshire boar named Curly and his two ladies, Big Momma and Sally.
Next, we bought several egg laying hens and this quickly brought about Jill’s “chicken math”! We ended up with several different heritage breed hens and roosters and in 2018 we began incubating the eggs and selling day old chicks. We have sold approximately 1200 baby chicks and we have thoroughly enjoyed meeting new chicken keepers, helping them with some advice and answering their questions. We now have dozens of chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea hens. We will be selling more chicks starting in late March each year. And as many of you know, Jill has a long list of loyal customers who purchase her farm fresh eggs, contact us to have your name added.
In the winter of 2018/2019 we bought our daughters each a Milking Shorthorn dairy calf, for their 4H projects. These calves are now affectionately known as the Dairy Queens (Luke sings a little song to that affect to them most mornings). Soon we hope these girls will be bred and will be suppliers of milk to our little homestead. In the fall of 2019, we added 5 purebred Hereford beef cattle to our herd, with one steer heading to freezer camp in the spring of 2020 and the other two heading there possibly in the fall of 2020. Both the moms are supposed to be pregnant and due to calve in the summer of 2020.
Also in the winter of 2018/2019, we purchased the centerpiece of our operation (just ask him and he’ll tell you so, LOL)!! Just before christmas of 2018, Chevy our then 7-8 year old Belgium/Clydesdale draft horse. Chevy had some previous experience being driven and working in the woods, but the spring and summer of 2019 saw us building him a logging arch and hauling 25-35 cord of hardwood and softwood out of our woodlot with him. He has taught us a great deal (again, just ask him) and plans to continue to teach us. This has not really been taken on to save money or to be more sustainable, but simply to enjoy doing things in a similar manner to our ancestors. Of all the activities we do on the homestead, I can honestly say working in the woods with Chevy and my partner in crime, Pat Coleman (Cuz), is the highlight of my year.
In the spring of 2019, we purchased 5 Katahdin (more of a mix than purebreeds) ewes and their 7 lambs and then in August, we purchased our flock leader, Henry and his girlfriend Maeve (both purebred Katahdins). Maeve quickly earned her way into being one of the favorites on the homestead (we know this because again Luke has songs he sings to Maeve) because of her affectionate and pushy personality. In the spring of 2020, we had 12 lambs born and all the lambs from last year are gone. The sheep are quickly becoming favorites as a group and certainly Jill’s passion.
Although a great deal of our focus seems to be animal related, our ultimate goal is to be self sufficient for as much of our own food (meat and produce, maple syrup, honey, etc) and supplies as possible. Our homestead is ever expanding. Stand by for further details and to see what shenanigans we get into next!!
We are a small husband and wife 5th generation farm who prides ourselves on educating our community online and in person.
