Violet Acre Farm

03/30/2026

We traded a local woman for some of her black Copper Maran eggs to hatch. These cuties are going to their new home today. my daughter is the chicken keeper on the farm.

03/29/2026

We wanted to improve our seed starting efforts. My daughter got us started on the School of Traditional Skills seed starting class and challenge. Our success is much better this year. We are excited about that. We also decided to plant some mystery seeds. We have been known to gather seeds from our walks. They are put into pockets usually without any label. They get forgotten and become mystery seeds. We decided to start some mystery seeds. Thanks to the Internet I was able to identify them based on the seed description, red yucca, a false yucca. Link in comments to learn more. We will keep two seedlings to grow, but will have others for sale at our plants sale.

03/16/2026

The Violet Acre Farm kids are preparing for a Spring plant sale. Cacti, thornless blackberries, and grape vines, maybe more. Stay tuned.

02/27/2026

My daughter just hatched her first set of chicks in her new incubator. A kind member of our community who is a sweet supporter of initiative, especially in children, has claimed them all. My daughter will be reloading it on Monday.

02/20/2026

My daughter was running out of room for eggs, so my task today was to use a dozen eggs. I used a baker’s dozen. French toast, ice cream, and bread. Done. Yum. Well, the ice cream is almost done and the bread will be baked tomorrow, but I am full of joyful anticipation.

02/19/2026

All the creatures great and small are getting a taste of snow this morning. It is so fun to see the children so excited for it. They don’t remember seeing it snow.

02/13/2026

The kids are raising money for their Spring Washington DC trip. They are selling flowers, sterling silver and leather earrings, leather key chains, eggs, and young laying hens. Cottonwood today, Thursday 2-12 until 6:30 pm, Friday, 2-13, 3-5:30 pm, and Saturday, 2-14, 11-2 pm, or by appointment. Pm for address.

01/12/2026

Wow, so glad I made this tonight. We made some substitutions based on what we had on hand: frozen sheep milk for cream, Swiss chard for kale,…both from our farm …and aged Gouda for Parmesan. I will try ground lamb next time too. Even my picky eater said it was delicious. We also made sourdough bread for the first time today with freshly ground wheat. It was also a hit.

This Easy Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup is a super quick and simple copycat recipe with rich, creamy flavor you can't resist!

12/28/2025

It’s the milk that got us into farming. Dairy sheep

12/26/2025

We are so grateful for the incarnation of our savior at his birth and this time of year to spend extra time thinking about it and rejoicing in it. We had a lovely day with family. We hope you had a joy filled Christmas too.

12/15/2025

This is the kind of thing that started us on the journey to raise some of our own food and to make better food choices. https://www.facebook.com/reel/865780942603222/?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V&fs=e&mibextid=wwXIfr&fs=e