Hestia Field Farm

08/20/2024

When Aunt Jane came to Hestia Field, she had spent almost 10 years in the wild. It’s been a slow and steady process — to say the least — to gain her trust, but yesterday we hit a huge milestone.

The first time Aunt Jane had her hooves trimmed at the farm, it took one veterinarian, two farriers, medication for sedating, multiple support people, and approximately three hours. Since then, it’s been a journey of still some medication to no medication to just a lead and halter while the farrier has worked on her hooves.

Yesterday, our amazing farrier Makendra at was able to give Aunt Jane some love, scratches, and snacks while she trimmed her hooves in about 20 minutes — no lead or halter needed. To watch Janie standing comfortably and safely on her own was the biggest gift and reminder of how much she’s grown. We love these moments. ♥️🫏🌀

08/18/2024

Y’all — we have chickens now…which means we also have farm fresh eggs for sale! ☺️

We love having these six new ladies on the farm, clucking and meandering about. They’re feathery and fluffy joy bringers of the goofiest kind who also enjoy the bountiful grasshopper population in our front yard…

A dozen eggs for $10 — available on the website and for farm pick up only. 🥚🌾🌀

08/15/2024

Ok. So he’s still cute, BUT LOOK HOW CUTE HE WAS AT TWO WEEKS OLD!!!! We love you, Watch! ♥️🫏🌀

07/12/2024

Happy Friiiiiiidaaaaaay! ♥️🫏🌀

07/10/2024

This week, we were able to share some new skeins of yarn with our yarn CSA members. The orange yarn is Torbin’s, a naturally dyed fi*****ng weight yarn, and the gray is a worsted weight yarn from our sweet Arthur. We’ll be posting new yarn on the website soon…keep your eyes peeled! Thank you, Torbin and Arthur! 🐑🧡🌀

07/08/2024

Farmers helping farmers…none of us can do this alone! We were so thankful to Anica and Ivan from SoCliff Farm when they came by last night with a massive gift of greens for the flock after having cleared one of their garden beds. The flock was *not* disappointed, and you can see the full gift drop in the comments! ☺️🌱🌀

06/15/2024

The thistles at Hestia Field are home to many ladybugs, who snack on any aphids that arrive. While the thistles can be frustrating with their abundance of spiky leaves, their deep roots pull nutrients from the soil up to the surface, making it easier for other plants and animals to have access to them. It’s all part of the circle. 🌈🐞🌀

06/09/2024

Leigh will be leading our medicinal plant walk next Saturday, June 15th!

Leigh is the co-owner of in Denver, CO. When she isn’t treating her clients to deeply relaxing, restoring and rejuvenating facial experiences, she’s busy playing in her garden, glamping, hiking, cooking and studying all things related to medicinal plants. She and her wife, Barb, love to travel and you can find them listening to live music all around Colorado and the country. Her daily doses of Earl Grey tea and organic dark chocolate keep her pleasantly nourished and satisfied.

A Colorado native, Leigh is a licensed holistic esthetician, certified herbalist, and trained Restorative Practices facilitator. Her skincare practice is inclusive and welcoming of all folks - the LGBTQ+ community, all skin colors and types, all ages, all abilities, all beliefs - truly anyone seeking exceptional quality skin care and deep human connection.

Leigh has always had a deep love of nature and growing things, starting when she was a little girl following her grandfather (a botanist and conservationist with the U.S. Forest Service) around his garden helping him plant sweet peas and spring greens. Growing up on a farm, Leigh learned the value of working with horses, sheep, herding dogs, and a wide variety of poultry. She gets downright giddy every time she helps out at Hestia Field, loving the opportunity to reconnect to her farmgirl roots.

06/04/2024

Plant medicine is everywhere! Join us as we forage on the farm for healing, nutritious and often delicious plants that will help to balance and support your health. This tour is led by Leigh Ann Hill, certified herbalist and licensed holistic esthetician. Leigh will help you identify and learn the nourishing and healing properties of many common local plants that are safe to make into medicinal formulations, and add to your favorite dishes. You will make and take home an herbal-infused vinegar to use for seasoning your meals as well as making into delicious salad dressing.

Registration is required via the link below — see you on the farm! ✨🌱🌀

https://hestiafieldfarm.com/shop/p/medicinal-plant-walk

06/02/2024

Hey big bumble!! 💜🐝🌈

05/04/2024

Behold! Green grass and happiness! 🌱🌀🫏

05/03/2024

Hestia is aglow this morning…🔥☀️🌀

04/22/2024

Lil lamb booties!! 🐑🌀🐑

04/20/2024

A pair of ravens visited the farm today and took some of the wool from our compost. Nothing goes to waste. 🖤🌀🪶

04/17/2024

Grab a bestie or two and make your way to Hestia Field Farm this Friday night! Put your feet up for a bit and unwind as the farm’s seven lambs jump, twirl, run, and baaaa their hearts out around you. Alfalfa will be provided to guests for feeding the three sheep mommas, and all proceeds from the event go towards keeping our urban farm thriving and part of our Lakewood community. More information and registration can be found here: https://hestiafieldfarm.com/shop/p/lamb-event

🌈🐑🌀

04/15/2024

It was a big weekend for us! We left the farm, headed west, and spent three days at the Moffat County Sheep Shearing School. Well…Terri spent three days shearing, and Claire took pictures. 😉

It was an amazing opportunity to get hands on experience led by two shearers with over 70 years of shearing combined. The school is offered annually, and is one of a few across the country to help build the skills needed to become a shearer — a dying art and craft. For farms with smaller flocks like ours, it can be hard to find a shearer and therefore pushes us to cultivate the skills ourselves.

It was an immense weekend of learning, finding new community, and uncovering skills we didn’t know we had. Thank you, Moffat County, for holding such an important and needed opportunity! 🐑🌀🐑

04/13/2024

***Registration required for this event!!

Unwind from your week by spending an evening with Hestia Field’s seven newest lambs and their mommas! As this Friday comes to a close, we’ll be opening our front yard and providing visitors an opportunity to sit among these fluffy bundles of joy and energy. You’ll have opportunities for lamb chin and head scratching, and all attendees will receive a bundle of alfalfa for feeding the mommas. Bring along your favorite warm beverage (this Friday may be chillier than last!), grab some chocolates from our table, and then settle in for this brief (but magical) period of springtime at Hestia Field. Note: best enjoyed with a friend!

Registration: https://hestiafieldfarm.com/shop/p/lamb-event

🐑🌱🌀

04/10/2024

Dylan’s going to be sad when fleece skirting season is over and he loses his comfy bed of discarded wool… 😂🌀🐑

03/31/2024

***Note: this event requires registration!

Unwind from your week by spending an evening with Hestia Field’s seven newest lambs and their mommas on April 5th! As Friday comes to a close, we’ll be opening our front yard and providing visitors an opportunity to sit among these fluffy bundles of joy and energy. You’ll have opportunities for cute pictures and lamb scratches, alongside feeding the mommas (all attendees will receive a bundle of alfalfa). On your way in, grab a mug of tea or sparkling water and chocolates, and then settle in for this brief (but magical) period of springtime at Hestia Field. Best enjoyed with a friend!

Please note that you can arrive any time after 5:30, but event will end promptly at 7:00. Registration is required and the link is below!
🌀🐑🩷

https://hestiafieldfarm.com/shop/p/lamb-event

03/31/2024

Lamb pile for the win! Late afternoon snuggles for days…♥️♥️♥️

03/29/2024

…and not to be outdone, momma Clownie delivered triplets (triplets!!!) at 11:30 on Thursday night. What a season of babes! 🐑🧡🌀

03/23/2024

Our sweet Ester had twins this morning! Welcome to the farm, lil babes! 🧡🌱🌀

03/21/2024

This Friday, March 22nd (tomorrow!)
6:00 - 8:30 pm
Hestia Field Farm

We’re ready to create sigil magic with you! If you’ve been waiting to sign up, we can’t wait to host you tomorrow with Angie Simmons leading us through the class. Come set intentions for your new season ahead and take home a magically charged symbol…all on an evening with a waxing moon (perfect for manifesting). You may even catch a glimpse of a cute lamb or two when you arrive…! ✨🌀🖤

Link to register: https://hestiafieldfarm.com/shop/p/sigil-making-magic

03/17/2024

“As the Earth awakens from its winter slumber, we shed the burdens of the past and embrace the promise of new beginnings. We are called to plant seeds of intention, set new goals, and trust our ability to manifest our deepest desires. Even amidst the darkness of winter, the light of Ostara shines as a beacon of hope and possibility, reminding us of the inherent magic within ourselves.“ - The Local Mystic

Come plant some seeds of magic and intention with us at our upcoming sigil class this Friday: www.hestiafieldfarm.com/shop/classes
✨🌱🌀

03/15/2024

In with the storm came the start of our lambing season! Momma Wheezie delivered two healthy lambs early this morning, safe and warm in the barn. They’re pretty darn cute — make sure you catch the wiggle butt in the comments…☺️🌀🐑

03/13/2024

On the eve of another March blizzard three years ago, our sweet Aunt Jane arrived. Pregnant and with absolutely no interest in humans, Aunt Jane weathered the storm in a makeshift corral we had built in the barn.

Over the next few years, we built our relationship with Aunt Jane, carrot by carrot, scratch by scratch. They say that things happen on b***o time, and we can attest to that 100% — she was on her own timeline to trust and heal. We’re just thankful that she eventually let us in.

Now, Jane will come up to us for ear rubs or rump scratches. She’ll assert herself over the sheep (and her b***o son, Watch) to claim a pile of greens for snacking on. She’ll bray at us in a heartbeat, always reminding us of her presence at Hestia Field Farm.

Happiest of “Gotcha” weeks, Janie. You fill up our hearts! ♥️🫏🌀

03/08/2024

Meet the Instructor: Angie Simmons!

Angie will be at Hestia Field Farm teaching the sigil magic class in a few weeks (Friday, March 22nd) — she’s an incredible instructor (and lambing cheerleader) and if you’ve been on the fence about taking the class, let her fabulousness below bring you to the table!

🖤🌀🌈

Angie finds a lot of joy in snuggling her 3 kitties. (She has a favorite, Idgie, but don’t tell!). She and her partner, Amy, frequent Hestia Field here and there and always enjoy a good bray from Watch the b***o. One of her favorite experiences has been assisting with lambing season at Hestia! She’s been in the Denver Metro for about 12 years and in Colorado for more than 20! When she’s not making magic, Angie is a massage therapist and she has been co-director of a modern dance company since 2006. Angie’s favorite cold breakfast cereal is Fruity Pebbles but, these days, she eats oatmeal. (Hurray for fiber!) Her favorite holiday is (of course) Halloween and she decks her yard in spooky zombie babies every year. In her spare time, Angie likes to watch horror movies, walk through graveyards, make soup, and run. She also loves to camp...well, glamp, really.

🖤🌀🌈

Register for the Sigil Magic course here: https://hestiafieldfarm.com/shop/p/sigil-making-magic

03/03/2024

Three happy sheep! 🐑🐑🐑

A Sunday farm chore at Hestia Field is to clean out the barn for our mommas-to-be. While it’s never fun to get started, the satisfaction of laying down new pine shavings and straw for clean bedding and refilling the water bucket counts for a lot. It’s the farm equivalent of putting fresh sheets of your bed…and who doesn’t love that?!

Ester, Clownie, and Lily have spent the afternoon sunning themselves and we’re all about that kind of weekend relaxation here. ☺️🌀🐑

02/25/2024

We know there’s magic here at Hestia Field…would you join us as we create more? On Friday, March 22nd, we’ll be holding a sigil-making magic class from 6:00 - 8:30, taught by one of our favorite people, Angie Simmons.

Sigil magic is some of the oldest magic humans have conjured. It is, quite simply, the use of a magically charged symbol to manifest one’s intentions or will. It is versatile and powerful and can be incredibly fun and satisfying to create! Come and gather this spring with a group of like-minded humans and draw on collective and farm-felt energies to craft and charge your personal sigil magic.

At this workshop, you’ll be guided to devise intentions for your personal sigil magic, distill and craft that into your sigil symbol, transfer that sigil into a beautiful piece of art to take home and place into your favorite frame, charge it to work its amazing magic for you over the next year… and all on a spring waxing moon night, perfect for intention setting. 🌔🪄🌀

02/20/2024

We can’t say enough good things about Lewis and Lorrae at Yampa Valley Fiberworks. They spin all of our wool into beautiful roving and yarn…it’s an honor to work with them! 🐑🌀🐑

By Shannon Lukens.   Yampa Valley Fiberworks has recently been named the Business of the Year at the State of the Community event for Moffat County. Lewis and Lorrae Moon are the owners and operators where they