As a mother and a farmer, I spend a great part of my day feeding my family and the animals that call 1840 Farm home. Six people representing three generations of my family live here at 1840 Farm. We all tend to the daily needs of our three Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats, seventeen heritage breed …
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This post is long overdue. Truth be told, I have considered Iron Oak Farm to be a friend of 1840 Farm for years. I first came to know Jennifer Sartell in the fall of 2010. She was merely a name behind an Email address back then. We had both been selected to be among a …
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A year ago today, we celebrated a milestone here at 1840 Farm. We woke up to find three newborn Nigerian Dwarf baby goats in the stall of our barn. When we first saw them, they were minutes old. In those first few moments of their life here on our farm, we officially became dairy farmers. …
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1840 Farm was selected to be Farmmade.com’s Featured Farmer this week. As part of the process, I completed a Q&A. Yesterday, the answers were shared with the Farmmade Community on Facebook. In case you missed it… Farmmade.com’s Featured Farmer this week is Jennifer Burcke of 1840 Farm! Jennifer and her family produce as much of …
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I should be tired of cookies. Tired of baking them, tired of eating them. It hasn’t happened in spite of the fact that December has been chock full of them here at 1840 Farm. I don’t think that there has been a day during this entire month when there wasn’t a freshly baked cookie available …
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The first Christmas present of 2011 at 1840 Farm? It was the item on the top of the wish list of the two youngest farmers in our family. How could we say no when they asked for the baby girl goat kid for Christmas? One of Violet’s kids will be staying at the farm permanently. …
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During the past two months, 1840 Farm has been proud to participate in the Purina 60 Day See the Difference Challenge. I was given the incredible opportunity to share my experience with the readers of the Mother Earth News and Grit Magazine Community Chickens forum. In fact, I just published the final post regarding the …
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If you’ve read this blog, then you know that I am a big proponent of having a close connection to the food that you eat. In fact, I spend most of my time trying to do just that. At the end of most days I have the dirt under my fingernails and scars on my …
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The kids at 1840 Farm are growing bigger every day (both the goat and human variety)! The three Nigerian Dwarf goat kids are spending their days eating, sleeping, and playing in the sunshine. They are just beginning to nibble hay with their mother and investigate the outside world. As you can see, they enjoy …
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It was an incredibly exciting weekend here at 1840 Farm. We woke up on Saturday morning to find three beautiful newborn baby goat kids waiting for us in the barn. They were less than an hour old and mom was well on her way to getting them all up on their feet and ready to …
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