The Fair Acre

The Fair Acre 2 Acre Micro Farm
Dairy Cows • Rainbow Eggs • Farm Cart

It’s huckleberry season 🫐 A Wild TreasureIf you’ve ever stumbled across huckleberries in the mountains, you know they’re...
09/06/2025

It’s huckleberry season 🫐

A Wild Treasure

If you’ve ever stumbled across huckleberries in the mountains, you know they’re tiny gems worth the hunt. But did you know you can also grow them in the garden?

🌱 Plant Growth
Huckleberries grow on small shrubs, often in forests at higher elevations. The plants are slow-growing and can take several years before producing berries. The variety we grow produce year one. They have been a great addition to the homestead.

🫐 When They Ripen
Depending on the region, huckleberries ripen mid-to-late summer—usually July through September. They’re ready when they turn a deep blue-purple and easily come off the stem.

💪 Why They’re Good for You
Huckleberries aren’t just delicious—they’re nutrient powerhouses!
•Rich in antioxidants (great for immune health & aging support)
•High in vitamin C
•Naturally anti-inflammatory
•Support heart & brain health

Peak garden season means full baskets, fresh dinners, and zero grocery store runs. We get flavor you can’t buy, nutritio...
08/12/2025

Peak garden season means full baskets, fresh dinners, and zero grocery store runs.

We get flavor you can’t buy, nutrition at its best, and the peace of knowing exactly how it was grown. The garden creates deeper connection to the seasons, the soil, and the meals we share.

Gardening is more than a flavorful tomato for us. It’s the teachable skill set, the bigger picture. Our kids see firsthand where food comes from and how to grow it—and that’s a lesson no textbook can teach.

Peak season might be fleeting, but the rewards carry on in our pantry and the skills carry forward for years to come.

What’s your must-grow crop for fall?

As the kitchen garden comes to life here in Zone 9a, I’m reminding myself to pause and soak it all in. 🌿After years of b...
07/18/2025

As the kitchen garden comes to life here in Zone 9a, I’m reminding myself to pause and soak it all in. 🌿

After years of backyard gardening, everything changed when we moved to the countryside.

The pests are different.
The soil is different.
Even the sun hits different.

It’s been a humbling learning curve—but this season feels like our best yet. Five years of trial, error, and adapting are finally bearing fruit (literally and figuratively).

If you’re just starting out and wondering if it’s worth it—when the costs feel heavier than the harvest—just know: your future self will be so glad you didn’t give up. Give it a few seasons. 🤎🌱

It’s not about saving money.Truth is, in most cases—especially here in CA—growing your own food doesn’t save you money.S...
06/28/2025

It’s not about saving money.
Truth is, in most cases—especially here in CA—growing your own food doesn’t save you money.

So why do we do it? Why do we share it with this community?

Health.

We’re on a journey to raise the healthiest kids we can in the world we live in.
A journey to live vibrantly and fully in our own bodies.
A journey to connect deeply with the animals we raise to nourish our family.
A journey to know every amendment, every seed, every inch of the soil our food grows in.

We call it a journey back to the land.

It was a radical shift from the life we used to live—and it changed everything. It healed our bodies, our family, and our home.

And now? I share it with you in hopes it stirs something.
Maybe it nudges you to support your local farmer.
Maybe it gives you the courage to start your own little homestead.
Either way, I hope it inspires you to reconnect with the basics that truly sustain life. 🤎

It’s the air bubbles that make it taste so good.
06/23/2025

It’s the air bubbles that make it taste so good.

Diesel loves a good selfie for social media as much as he loves the farmer’s husband.
06/19/2025

Diesel loves a good selfie for social media as much as he loves the farmer’s husband.

Pink Lemonade BlueberriesYou eat it expecting the color to play a part in the taste and it tastes like a delicious blue ...
06/09/2025

Pink Lemonade Blueberries

You eat it expecting the color to play a part in the taste and it tastes like a delicious blue blueberry.

A fun addition to the berry bushes we have on the farm.

A snapshot into our personal life—Hello and welcome to The Fair Acre!We are the Fair family 👋 My name is Shelly, the far...
05/29/2025

A snapshot into our personal life—

Hello and welcome to The Fair Acre!

We are the Fair family 👋

My name is Shelly, the farmer.

The farmer’s husband, Randy, is a jack of trades but the master of one- plumbing.

We have 3 boys: our oldest is 15 and the twins are 8

We purchased a teeny tiny piece of land in the country side of our home town in 2020, just as the world was shutting down. We wanted to raise our kids closer to nature, climbing trees and playing with bugs.

What we didn’t know was that this little piece of land would transform into a full functioning homestead where we raise and grow most of our food.

We didn’t know the 🐇 🕳️ we were falling into or that it would forever transform our lives and beliefs.

We didn’t know we’d pull our children from the mainstream all together and bring them all home for their education. Our goal is to nourish and encourage them to believe they can and will do what ever they dream of.

So, welcome to our wild world of homesteading. You’ll watch us milk cows, raise sheep, pigs, chickens and what ever else floats through the farm to feed our family.

You’ll watch us tend to the little hillside orchard we have planted, grow in our ever evolving garden area, build structures, make and bake in the farmhouse, and love on our Turkish Kangal livestock guardian dogs.

We are forever grateful for the path God walked us down and we are here to share it with you. 🤎

Diesel & ZambeziJust a livestock guardian dog doing what he does best, protecting his animals. We couldn’t do it without...
05/29/2025

Diesel & Zambezi

Just a livestock guardian dog doing what he does best, protecting his animals.

We couldn’t do it without them and I tell all three this affirmation every morning when they greet me at the door.

Thursday will be a bittersweet day.The last pup heads home to her forever farm.You get attached to the final one when sh...
05/19/2025

Thursday will be a bittersweet day.
The last pup heads home to her forever farm.

You get attached to the final one when she spends so much one on one time with you.

This was are final litter for Delta & Diesel

As much work as raising pups is and as stressful as homing them can be when you care where each one goes it also brings so much joy to the farm. Puppy energy is pure joy and love and that I will miss.

We were able to raise two healthy Kangal litters and find them all amazing farms to work on. For that I’m grateful 🤎

It’s almost time to pull the garlic. One was leaning over so I decided to pull it up and see how we did. It’s fair enoug...
05/16/2025

It’s almost time to pull the garlic. One was leaning over so I decided to pull it up and see how we did.

It’s fair enough to say we killed it on or first year of garlic. I’ve got over 100 bulbs in the ground! Exciting!

What will we do with all this garlic?
•freeze dry a lot of it so it’s forever preserved
•cure it and use it fresh over the year
•offer a small bit of it in our farm cart


There’s always something cooking in the kitchen. This week I shared my method for chocolate dipped strawberries on a ree...
05/15/2025

There’s always something cooking in the kitchen. This week I shared my method for chocolate dipped strawberries on a reel.

If you’ve ever taken a bit of a store bought berry tonhave the chocolate crumble off, I have the solution for you.

The secret is in the double dipped berry and you can find it on the reels page for the farm. Thank me later when your friends and family can’t stop raving about the perfection 🍓

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