Dancing Meadows Farm

05/25/2026

Join us to piece together a spring bouquet with my mother, ✨💐

Featuring farm fresh Peonies, Bachelors Buttons, Orlaya Grandiflora, Veronica Perfectly Picasso, & Bupleurum

Save for your next floral arrangement inspiration 🌸

05/09/2026

Wishing you a restful weekend Dancing Meadows Farm ✨🤍

05/07/2026

The Dancing Meadows Chicken coop 🥚🌸🐓💖

Designed to sit beautifully beside the European inspired barn and home, this coop blends seamlessly into the landscape while housing a flock just as special.

Inside are breeds like Appenzeller Spitzhaubens, Houdans, Easter Eggers, Black Copper Marans, and Columbian Wyandottes.

The star of the flock is Beyoncé, an intelligent Appenzeller Spitzhauben hen trained by Tami using positive reinforcement ✨

Save this for your future coop inspiration 🛟

05/02/2026

This horse changed the direction of my life.

IJtzen fan ‘t Kleaster — “Ytzen” — is the heart horse behind Dancing Meadows Farm.

At 4, he earned Ster predicate with a 2nd premie at the Friesian keuring, and we were moving quickly up the levels in dressage.

His career-ending injury required a different path — and ultimately led me to become an equine behaviorist.

What began in the dressage arena evolved into something far more meaningful: connection, liberty, and positive reinforcement (R+).

Now at 24, he’s still dancing — just in a different way.

He’s deeply loved here, and he has a way of changing how people see horses.

He isn’t just part of this farm. He is the reason it exists. 🖤

04/28/2026

We hope this saves you from fly madness in the coming seasons! ✨🤍

Follow for more farm life & gardening tips & tricks 🌼🧺

04/23/2026

For us, horsemanship starts with relationship first.

Holding space for your horse, and offering true partnership can change the game entirely 💞

11/30/2025

🌱 Winter at Dancing Meadows Farm: Starting the Bermuda Grass Battle

Our flower production beds were invaded by Bermuda grass so aggressively this year it could’ve brought a grown woman to tears. But honestly? That invasion is where I learned exactly how Bermuda behaves—and how to finally beat it without wrecking my soil or my sanity.

Bermuda grass is my arch nemesis as both a flower farmer and an equestrian. It’s one of the few weeds that can destroy production beds, choke perennials, take over pathways, and refuse to be eaten by horses.

The good news: Winter is the best time to get ahead of it without sacrificing next year’s growing season.

When soil temperatures drop into the 40s–50s, Bermuda slows down. It’s not aggressively spreading, repairing itself, or shooting new runners. That gives us the rare breathing room to prepare the battlefield before the real work begins in late spring and summer.

Here’s what we do now at Dancing Meadows Farm:

✔ 1. Expose the crowns and runners

Gently scrape runners away from bed edges and pathways, loosen thatch, and expose the spots where Bermuda likes to hide. This makes spring treatment far more effective.

If your paths or small areas are overrun, renting a sod cutter and removing the top 1–1.5 inches is a clean first step. Avoid digging deeply—it only breaks rhizomes into hundreds of new plants.

✔ 2. Decide which areas to take out of production temporarily.

A strategic pause in a bed or two can make the whole season easier.
Some sections only need 4–12 weeks depending on the method used.

✔ 3. Accept that you can’t reclaim the entire farm at once.

Small, well-chosen sections will get you much farther than trying to battle everything everywhere.

✔ 4. Cut (don’t pull) any green Bermuda inside active beds.

Cutting drains the plant’s energy without disturbing bulbs, seedlings, or transplants.

We’re gearing up for a multi-part series on how we’re tackling Bermuda grass at Dancing Meadows Farm using a fully organic approach, including:

👉 how to weaken Bermuda before solarization
👉 how to use clear 6-mil plastic in small sections
👉 how to know when it’s actually dead (no guessing)
👉 how to protect pathways so the problem doesn’t return

Post 1 of 4 More to come.

11/27/2025

Broccoli El Camino—Our Easy to Make Holiday Veggie Hero❤️✨🥦

Every holiday table needs a quiet superstar, and in our family, it’s Broccoli El Camino. It’s not the flashy dish that vanishes first, but it always pulls its weight—our easy to make, reliable veggie hero that somehow gets everyone (even the picky ones) happily eating their greens.

Creamy, bright with lemon, and finished with toasted almonds, it’s the kind of simple-but-trusty dish that earns its place on the menu year after year.

This year feels extra special because the broccoli came straight from our garden at Dancing Meadows Farm. There’s something nostalgic about pairing a worn recipe card with homegrown harvests.

Here’s to the unsung heroes on the holiday table. 🌿✨

It deserves a spot on your upcoming holiday tables. Recipe in the pics 👇

11/24/2025

These warm fall evenings won’t last forever… but fluffy winter coats and soft horse noses are their own kind of magic.

11/23/2025

Equestrian Friends—Use an Accurate Source of Information to Stay Updated about the EHV-1 Outbreak

EHV-1 is back in the spotlight, and accurate updates matter.
For verified, real-time case information, follow the Equine Disease Communication Center (EDCC).

Even in states where reporting isn’t required, most state ag departments are now asking vets to report suspected or confirmed cases to help track outbreaks early.

Source: EDCC – EHM Outbreak Update.

The Equine Disease Communication Center is monitoring an outbreak of EHM that originated at the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) World Finals and Elite Barrel Race event Nov 5-9. To date, officially confirmed cases have been reported in the following states: