Ravenwood Farms

06/10/2024

New crafts in development!

04/19/2024

It's a beautiful day

04/02/2024

New addition to the fleet. Quest Teton sit on top kayak. Needs a few add ons like a mount for a fish finder and a milk crate in the back for some gear.
I did a review of it up on Dick's sporting goods.

03/29/2024

It's nesting season, or at least that's what Mrs Duck thinks. She's been sitting on her nest pretty regularly over the last few weeks. We should know soon if there will be any baby Khaki Cambell ducklings this year. If nothing else, it should make finding Easter eggs a lot easier.

03/27/2024

Just cause we haven't been on social media doesn't mean we haven't been busy! New metal beds are replacing some of our old wooden ones.

12/31/2023

Just a few of the Christmas projects that we've been working on for the last few weeks. Fyi, bread knives are a lot sharper than they should be.

11/24/2023

Can you find Charlotte the pig?? She was excited that we raked the leaves and piled them up for her.

11/22/2023

Too many years have passed since I've been camping or hiking. Hope to change that soon. I got the tents out of their storage bin and let the kids check them out. I think they had a good time pretend camping and are ready for the real thing!

11/21/2023

Was given this dumpster bag by a coworker along with several tarps. Found a use for it! It only took 3 times filled to the brim to clear the leaves from the front yard. Probably would have taken more, but I had excellent help compacting the leaves so we would be able to fit more.

07/16/2023

"I was thirsty, and the bucket bit me..."

07/10/2023

A few more from the wood shop.

07/06/2023

This weekend, I had a chance to dust off the scroll saw and get creative. The kids claimed the kitty before I could even get it stained. Don't worry, there will be more!

06/18/2023

While the scale of our garden didn't quite meet our needs our aspirations this year, we are blessed with what we have so far.

06/07/2023

05/30/2023

"It was like this when I got here..."

05/19/2023

Part 2.2

As an abundance of American farmers were closing their doors in the 80s, we began to see massive consolidation across the livestock industry. The largest meatpackers were growing rapidly and absorbing their competition. Processing plants were dwindling in numbers but exploding in size. Some critical...

05/17/2023

Throwback to 2021 when there were kittens living in our bathtub.

05/16/2023

PART 2

There was an incredible shift in the 1970s which laid the foundation for Big Meat to really take off. One man in particular had a substantial impact during this time – Earl Butz (the newly appointed Secretary of Agriculture during the Nixon era), who was passionate about scale, size, efficiency, a...

05/16/2023

PART 1.1

Despite the markets being pretty fair over the next fifty years, it’s worth noting that during and post World War II, we began to see a shift in the way livestock were raised, using newfound “technologies,” which set the landscape for livestock historically raised on pasture shifting toward co...

05/15/2023

Yall be sure to follow along with our fellow Homesteaders at 1915 Farm as they present their " The Big Meat Dilemma" 7 part series.
Here is Part 1 :

Before we get to know the modern day meat oligopoly known as The Big 4, we must first journey back to the 1880s. While John Rockefeller was building the Standard Oil empire and Andrew Carnegie was solidifying his name in steel, the modern meat industry was still in its infancy – but the rise of th...

05/14/2023

05/10/2023

Late spring babies. One Mama down one to go. Isn't she precious?!?🥰

05/09/2023

Raised beds as they were being built

05/08/2023

So it begins...

04/29/2023

Some of my favorite pictures turned drawings. Some are even suitable for framing

04/20/2023

Five little blue birds, sitting in a tree.

04/19/2023

This Saturday April 22, 2023 is Earth Day.
As you begin your spring planting be earth friendly, recycle your plastic nursery containers.
If you have any extra plastic nursery containers you would like to get rid of, send us a message. We would be happy to reuse these pots here in our small backyard nursery.

04/15/2023

Greenhouse is warm today! Seedlings are looking good, time to swap some over to larger pots and get others ready for the outdoors.

04/11/2023

Feel free to share with all your friends!