Hayes Creek Homestead

12/29/2021

The farm was featured in the Missoulian regarding CFAC's new Farmer Program

https://missoulian.com/news/local/new-free-program-aims-to-help-beginning-farmers-and-ranchers/article_56b194fe-889f-57e6-af23-46de13a0e3b8.amp.html

“I learned how to do everything we will teach in this program, but I didn’t have it laid out for me like this,” said a local nonprofit worker who farmed

08/25/2021

This week on the farm: a few more duck friends and chicken friends came to live at the farm 🦆 💜 🐓

08/09/2021

This week on the farm: harvest #4! Squash finally comin in 🔥

07/14/2021

This week on the farm: harvest #2! Still lots of eggs and adding supers to the bees this week. Will be set up along the Clark Fork by Toole Park today with some goods!

06/10/2021

This week on the farm: an unexpected visitor! This juvenile bear cub thought it would check out the chicken coop and I gave it quite the hazing to hopefully not return or visit others! 🐻

05/13/2021

This week on the farm: ducks playing in the creek, chicks, seeding, & rototilling!

05/13/2021

Last week on the farm: Uncle Bob and Aunt Donna come to help me get the roof fixed, irrigation set up, fields plowed, fences/gates up, and organize, cook, and let me beat them at cards. Thanks for saving my bacon always

04/13/2021

This week on the farm: building cattle panel greenhouses and getting the bees settled

03/15/2021

This week on the farm! My new Airstream home and lots and lots of seedlings!

02/25/2021

This week on the farm!
Getting ready to plant my veggie starts and excited to try my new winstrip trays by Neversink Farm. I have my propagation room ready to go! Built the chickens some huge gravity feeders so I can leave town for a week without worrying and a big surprise is coming to the farm soon! Stay tuned!

02/17/2021

This week on the farm!
The ducks and chickens continue to lay despite the cold snap. Electrical cords run to the coop provide supplemental light and keep their water from freezing. Unfortunately, several eggs cracked from freezing in the nest but they'll taste fine. Put together some gift bags of honey to sell for Valentine's Day and am thinking up more ideas for the farmstand!