
01/11/2021
The hay loft in the large barn is beautiful, even in its state of decay, from the shafts of light coming through the roof, to the moss covered boards and and carpet of leaves. #dokofarm #oldbarn
Doko Farm is a small sustainable farm, specializing in pasture-raised heritage meats. www.dokofarm.org Family owned since 1839. Visit our website at www.dokofarm.org.
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The hay loft in the large barn is beautiful, even in its state of decay, from the shafts of light coming through the roof, to the moss covered boards and and carpet of leaves. #dokofarm #oldbarn
If you are searching for your local organically grown New Years collards, our friends at Organically Roland have you covered. Find them today in Columbia, or tomorrow in Lexington.
Hi everyone! Just a reminder that we will have two days of collards available for anyone who wants them for your New Year's meal! We will be at 304 South Waccamaw Avenue for all you folks in Columbia tomorrow, Tuesday the 29th from 11 A.M. - 1 P.M. and then on Wednesday the 30th here on our farm at 5904 Platt Springs Road, Lexington SC 29073 from 10 A.M. until sell out or dark, whichever comes first! $2 per collard, or 3 for $5!
Hello from the night shift, and one farmer who accidentally fell asleep in the couch...again. #DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #greatpyrenees #livestockguardiandogs #stcroixsheep #narragansettturkeys #goodestgirl #goodestboy #greatpyreneespuppy
Introducing Eddie, Doko Farm’s new St. Croix ram! At just 9 months old, he is already a handsome boy, and we are excited about the genetics that he will bring to our flock. He made it through quarantine with no problems and is being housed with Ram-a-lama Ding-Dong (St. Croix ram) and FoxRun (our retired Pygmy goat buck). #DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #stcroixsheep #heritagebreed
The forest piglets are still doing well! #DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #americanguineahog #heritagebreeds #piglets #baconseeds
We were able to harvest some stunning mistletoe at the farm today! We will have this and our pasture-raised Heritage meats at the Hollywood-Rose Hill CSA pick-up, today from 3pm-6pm. Look for us on the 300 block of South Waccamaw. See you soon!
Look who just come out of the woods, with three new piglets! She received extra feed tonight. Good job mama! Clearly she has everything under control. #DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #americanguineahogs #heritagebreeds #piglets
Ilsa and a day-old Buckeye chick. Yesterday was a hatch day at Doko Farm! We set a small amount of eggs to try and get some new recruits for our Buckeye chicken breeding group. This morning, they were introduced to Ilsa, and moved into their brooder. We needed this success in Ilsa's training, today. She did so well! #DokoFarm #smallfarm #Greatpyrenees #livestockguardiandog #buckeyechickens #heritagebreed
I came out of the farm house door to a massive flock of birds flying past the farm. I just stood watching a smiling for a while before trying to record the tail end of the flock. Hope you find small reasons to smile today, and allow yourself a pause to enjoy them. #dokofarm #sustainable #smallfarm #wildlifehabitat #birds #smalljoy
Nothing to see here- just our oldest Guinea Hog boar, Guinness, going for a walk about the farm. He is one happy hog! #DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #americanguineahog #heritagebreed #happypig #oinkoink
Happy Belated Birthdays to Larry, Xenia, Rookie, and Ilsa! Doko Farm’s livestock guardian dogs celebrated with party hats (created by the farm kiddos) and treats. It was also Ilsa’s first time on the big pasture! Larry and Xenia are now 10 years old and Rookie and Ilsa are 1 year old- big milestones all around! #DokoFarm #smallfarm #greatpyrenees #livestockguardiandog #happybirthday #goodestboy #goodestgirl
Sneak peek! It was dark by the time we arrived home and were able to unload. More photos coming soon! #dokofarm #stcroixsheep #heritagebreeds
This December, Doko Farm will be at the Hollywood-Rose Hill Neighborhood CSA pick-up. You can pre-order our pasture-raised heritage meats to pick-up with your CSA share, and deck the halls with mistletoe harvested from Doko Farm. For details on how to preorder, and a price list of our available products, please visit www.dokofarm.org. To learn more about the HRH CSA, visit www.hrhcsa.com. You can follow the HRH CSA farms, Organically Roland and Greenleaf Farms, on facebook too. See you soon! #communitysupportedagriculture #eatlocal #sustainable #pastureraised #heritagebreeds #mistletoe #deckthehalls
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The farm kiddos and I harvested the sunchoke today from one of our raised beds in the kitchen garden. We also found a good many in the mulch around the bed. The sunchokes were making a run for it! We found 33.8 lbs in one 3’x5’ bed! Huge shout out to the farm kiddos for all their hard work today! #DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #kitchengarden #raisedbedgarden #sunchokes #perennialvegetables
Moonrise over Doko Farm. The pictures are not even close to the real thing. Do yourself a favor and go outside. The moon is beautiful and the evening is cool and peaceful.
Wishing you health and happiness, this harvest season. #DokoFarm #narragansettturkeys #pastureraised #heritagebreeds #gobblegobble
Tonight we brine our heritage turkeys! I use 1 cup brown sugar: 1 cup sea salt: 1 gallon water- repeat until you have enough brine to submerge your heritage turkey. To reduce the amount of brine that you will need to make, use that oven bag that has been sitting in the back of your kitchen drawer. Get more cooking tips for your heritage turkey, on the Farmhouse Kitchen page of our website. #DokoFarm #gobblegobble #pastureraised #Narragansettturkeys #heritagebreeds
Follow this link to The Farmhouse Kitchen at www.dokofarm.org:
https://www.dokofarm.org/Home/the-farmhouse-kitchen
Thank you to everyone, who came out to The Harvest Market at Doko Farm! If you have any photos from The Harvest Market, drop them in the comment section, below. We wish you all a delicious, happy, and healthy holiday.
Locally yours,
Doko Farm, Greenleaf Farms, and Organically Roland
(P.S. Don't forget to join our email list, and follow us on FB, for product availability, events, and more! Doko Farm's email list can be found here: https://www.dokofarm.org/Home/get-farm-fresh-news and the Hollywood-Rose Hill Neighborhood CSA can be found at https://hrhcsa.com/.)
Start defrosting you Heritage Turkey Hen (10lbs or less), today. Do not forget to add sea salt and brown sugar to your shopping list for brining tomorrow night. #DokoFarm #gobblegobble
If you haven’t already this is your reminder to start defrosting your Heritage Turkey Toms (10+lbs)
Good morning from Doko Farm! Today is the the day! The Harvest Market at Doko Farm and Heritage Turkey Pick-up are from 9-12pm. See you soon! 🦃Doko Farm, Greenleaf Farms, Organically Roland 🍠
Ezra’s Easter Egger Chickens just started laying! He is so excited about his precious chickens. (Thank you to Crazy Chic Heritage Farm for starting Ezra off with healthy beautiful chicks) Look for Ezra’s Eggs, for sale at Doko Farm, in spring of 2021. #DokoFarm #EzrasEggs #farmkids #easteregger #happychickens #eggs #kidpreneurs
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Autumn is our favorite time of year, at the farm. The days are cooler, the leaves change color and fall from the trees, and we pause, if just for a minute, to celebrate another successful growing season. Join us, this Saturday, for the Harvest Market at Doko Farm, and take home something delicious...
Even the smallest lambs are out with the big sheep on these chilly morning. Be sure to stop and say hi to this cuties, when you shop at the Harvest Market at Doko Farm, this Saturday! #dokofarm #sustainable #smallfarm #pastureraised #heritagebreeds #stcroixsheep #shoplocal #eatlocallygrown
We are expecting temperatures to drop to freezing here at the farm. After farm chores were finished, the kids helped me harvest our remaining tomatoes, lettuce, and flowers, in the big garden. We were able to cover our raised beds in the kitchen garden, but the big garden is just too- big. We invest in our livestock and do not have the row covers that veggie farms might. Not a problem though! I am looking forward to feasting on a week’s worth of delicious salads and sharing some too. #dokofam #sustainable #smallfarm #garden #harvest #winteriscoming
We were packed to the rafters today, for our trip back from Williamsburg Packing Co, to pick-up our pasture-raised heritage turkeys. This was because we also picked up pasture-raised pork and chicken for our friends at Crazy Chic Heritage Farm. The ride home was a bit cramped, but it cost us absolutely nothing to do it, and it saved another small farm a long day of driving tomorrow. (I am calling it meatpooling- like car pooling but more delicious). So here is a little reminder to be kind. It is so easy to do, and next time it might be you who needs a helping hand. #DokoFam #sustainable #smallfarm #farmlife #farmfriends #lendahand #pastureraised #heritagebreeds #narragansettturkeys #gobblegobble
Oh my goodness! Narragansett turkeys will be found on postal stamps next year as part of a heritage breed collection! I will definitely be picking some up, when they come out. #pastureraised #heritagebreeds #narragansettturkeys #gobblegobble
We couldn't be more excited to share that the US Postal Service is releasing a Heritage Breed Stamp collection in 2021!
"These stamps pay tribute to heritage breeds, preindustrial farm animals that are enjoying renewed attention for their versatility, adaptability and unique genetic traits. This pane of 20 stamps includes photographs of 10 heritage breeds: the American Mammoth Jackstock donkey, the Narragansett turkey, the Cayuga duck, the San Clemente Island goat, the Mulefoot hog, the Cotton Patch goose, the American Cream draft horse, the Barbados Blackbelly sheep, the Milking Devon cow and the Wyandotte chicken. Zack Bryant designed the stamps with photographs by Aliza Eliazarov. Greg Breeding served as art director."
We can't wait to send mail in 2021!
Check out Doko Farm on Making It Grow, along with Greenleaf Farms, and Organically Roland! You can find all three of our farms at the Harvest Market at Doko Farm, this Saturday (9-12pm). For more details check out our fb event (link in comments). For a beauty shot of Doko Farm’s pasture-raised heritage meats, skip to the 2:20 mark. #DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #EatLocalBuyLocal #pastureraised #heritagebreeds #veggiesfordays
Clemson Extension Agent and Host of "Making It Grow" talks with April Jones of the Pinehurst Farmers Market about how it started and its importance to the Pinehurst Community in Columbia, SC.
We are contacting folks on our Heritage Turkey Waitlist. Check your email, please. If we have not yet contacted you, you will hear from us soon. Thank you everyone!
Doko Farm raises Narragansett turkeys, and we are the stewards of a breeding flock of approximately 20 of these beautiful birds.
The Narragansett Turkeys' excellent flavor has landed it a spot on the Slow Food Ark of Taste. "The US Ark of Taste is a catalog of over 200 delicious foods in danger of extinction. By promoting and eating Ark products we help ensure they remain in production and on our plates." - www.slowfoodusa.org
...And it is working! Through conservation efforts Narragansett Turkeys have been upgraded on The Livestock Conservancy's Conservation Priority List, from threatened to watch.
Calm disposition, good maternal ability, early maturation, egg production and excellent meat quality make the beautiful Narragansett turkey a useful addition to the family farm.
As recently as 50 years ago, they were well regarded for production qualities. This historic variety, unique to North America, merits evaluation for production in sustainable agriculture systems.
The Narragansett color pattern contains black, gray, tan, and white, similar to the Bronze, with steel gray or dull black replacing the coppery bronze. White wing bars are the result of a genetic mutation which removes the bronze coloration and is not known outside the US.
According to an 1872 account, it was common to find flocks of one to two hundred birds, the product of a breeder flock of a dozen hens. Little supplemental feed was given to the turkeys; instead they ranged for grasshoppers, crickets, and other insects.
Named for Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island where it was developed, the variety descends from wild turkeys and domestic turkeys (probably Norfolk Blacks) brought by European colonists. Improved and standardized for production qualities, the Narragansett became the foundation of the turkey industry in New England.
The American Poultry Association recognized the Narragansett in 1874.
Interest in the bird began to decline in the early 1900s. It was not used for commercial production for decades until the early 21st century, when renewed interest in its biological fitness, survivability, and superior flavor created a growing market niche.
The standard weight for young hens is 14 pounds and toms 23 pounds. Since the breed has not been selected for production attributes, including weight gain, for years, many birds may be smaller. Careful selection for good health, ability to mate naturally, and production attributes will return this variety to its former stature.
Your support of The Livestock Conservancy helps this breed and many others.
http://bit.ly/NarragansettTurkey
Our American Guinea Hogs enjoyed a pumpkin smash party, today! Pumpkins are great enrichment for hogs, they provide diversity in diet, may help with reducing internal parasites, and the novelty of rolling the orange globes down the hill is fun for the hogs too! Thank you to our friends at Crazy Chic Heritage Farm for sharing the pumpkin bounty.#DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #americanguineahogs #heritagebreeds #pumkinsforpigs #autumn #happyhogs
Introducing Ilsa. She is staying with us, while we assess her ability to join our livestock guardian team. Just under a year old, and today may have been her first farm day. We are loving getting to know this independent and smart girl. #DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #greatpyrenees #livestockguardiandogs
Why, hello there, little friend. #dokofarm #sunstainable #smallfarm #pollinators
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For every video or photo that gets posted, there were many many more that were taken, but did not make the cut- like this outtake from this morning’s turkey filming session. Sound on. #dokofarm #farmlife #outtakes #littledinosaur
I love watching our Narragansett Heritage Turkeys forage on pasture. I am proud of how we raise our animals and feed our community. Sound on for the full effect with peaceful farm ambiance.#DokoFarm #pastureraised #heritageturkeys #supportlocalfarms #knowwhereyourfoodcomesfrom #sustainable #smallfarm #gobblegobble
Drone footage of Hopi Dye Sunflowers and the bees that love them! What a drone? Because they are 11 feet tall! Our 10 year old farm kid did an award winning science experiment, last year, on natural dyes from around the farm. This summer she planted Hopi Dye Sunflowers to continue her experimentation with natural dyes. #DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #sunflowers #sciencefair #naturaldyes #farmkid #flowerpower 🌻
Shout for joy! It is moving day, for our 4-week old Buckeye chicks. They are really enjoying their new digs on pasture. #DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #BuckeyeChickens #pastureraised #heritagebreeds
Hello world! Some adorable good news: 40 Buckeye chicks hatched at our farm over the weekend! #DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #BuckeyeChickens #heritagebreeds #pastureraised #chicks #sofluffy
Just a sleepy bee enjoying dinner. #dDokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #pollinators #elephantgarlic #nospray #garden
Good morning, farm! 6 AM and the birds are all out but my livestock was sleeping in! #DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #spring #birdsong #pastureraised #heritagebreeds
We are expecting more rough weather tonight. Fort Rookie is not ideal in high winds, and certainly not in a tornado, so he is spending the night in the farm house. I Could not get a photo, because he is soooo busy! Here is a super short video instead. Stay safe. 💚 #DokoFarm #therookie #greatpyrenees #livestockguardiandog #severeweather
Happy Hatching Day from Doko Farm! We are up to 39 fluffy Buckeye chicks and counting. Enjoy the cuteness! #DokoFarm #BuckeyeChickens #chicks #sofluffy #heritagebreeds
A message from Doko Farm regarding the corona virus pandemic, a little bit about how my day is going, and story time for our youngest fans. Please be on the lookout for a short survey on how we can best serve you in the weeks and months ahead, and more on what we are doing to keep our family and your families healthy. Now, I am off to finish farm chores. #DokoFarm #smallfarm #americanguineahogs #verticalroots #eatlocal #storytime #MyTruckIsStuck
It looks like our nesting pair of hawks is back this year! But 2 hawks and a black vulture circling above the barnyard means I need to drop everything on pasture and do an unscheduled piglet check. After a little bit of looking, everyone was found safe and sound. #DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #pastureraised #heritagebreeds #hawk
This morning, our forest garden looked like a scene out Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. The pecan trees at the front of the garden were absolutely loaded with starlings. Volume up for the full effect, and watch until the end when they all fly off together. Wow! #DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #edibleforestgarden #birdgang
Piglet breakie time! #DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #americanguineahog #heritagebreeds #piglet #breakie
Piglet party! It has gotten a bit harder to count piglets, now that they are coming out of their nests. In the first nest I checked this evening, 2 piglets were missing. I had a brief panic attack, until I realized that they were just visiting the neighbors. Whew! #DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #americanguineahogs #piglets #heritagebreeds
I can no play with the chickens, or the sheep. But I can play with the big dogs! Xenia is a good friend and mentor. -the Rookie #DokoFarm #livestockguardiandogs #greatpyrenees #therookie #mudpuppy #stcroixsheep #buckeyechickens
On-Farm Sales Today, 10am-1pm. Join us and sample our Cranberry Sage Turkey Sausage. Find our up to date product and price list at www.dokofarm.org. (Sound on to hear the yummy)
Our American Guinea Hog boars are antsy in their pantsies! I’ll have to break it up, before they tear down the electric fence I just installed. #DokoFarm #sustainable #smallfarm #pastureraised #americanguineahogs #ijustfixedthat
Thelma’s piglets are growing up fast! They loved their pumpkin treat, today. #DokoFarm #AmericanGuineaHogs #pumpkins #NomNom
Guinness, our Guinea Hog boar, thoroughly enjoying his pumpkin. #DokoFarm #americanguineahogs #pumpkins
Guinness, our Guinea Hog boar, rolls his pumpkin to a better dining spot. #DokoFarm #americanguineahogs #pumpkins
I took this short video of the sheep trying to decide if they approved of my work. At the time, I didn’t even notice two of our Livestock Guardian Dogs, Xenia and Larry, racing by to check on something at the back fence line. They are always working hard to keep our pasture safe. Good doggos! Turn on the sound, to enjoy the Narragansett turkeys serenade, in the background. #DokoFarm #LGDs #greatpyrenees #pastureraised #heritagebreeds
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