RTJ Farm & Beanblossom Acres

06/13/2026

06/09/2026

06/02/2026

They are either your biggest fan or they act like they don’t know you🤪

05/31/2026

Trying to keep up with the algorithm is exhausting.
Just here to share our farm👩🏻‍🌾✌🏻
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05/31/2026

Long day today with milking both shifts, full busy day at the market, graduation party and then back to milking again! We are covering all the milking shifts for the last couple of days and it’s a lot of work!
Levi’s energy is keeping us going🤪
We used to have no hired help and we gradually added some employees and I can’t imagine how we did it all by ourselves. We started out milking around 60 so we are now double that plus we do the markets as well which adds a lot to our plate. I am thankful we have good help because there is no way I could keep this pace up every week!
Teamwork makes the dream work..or really we are just putting our heads down and gettin it done!

05/30/2026

You will find me with the 🐐 ✌🏻

05/26/2026

Happy 20th birthday !
He isn’t one to be on social media & he doesn’t like the spot light. But the world needs to know….that ever since I met little 3 year old Trey, he has brought so much joy into my life. He challenges you in the best way possible to be a better version of yourself. He is faithful, committed, honest, fun and determined. He thinks deeply and loves fiercely. I could not be more proud of the man he has become. I can’t believe you are now 20 but I think the world is a better place with you out in it. May God bless this year for you and I am excited to see what it brings! Love you Trey ❤️

05/25/2026

With everything going on in the last couple of weeks, I have been thinking a lot about the impact of a single life. Nationally, we had millions mourning a great racer. Locally, we had many mourning a great horseman. I have seen both perform, either on TV or in front of grandstands at the fair. Both were great at what they were passionate about. But both were so much more than their greatest accomplishments. Behind the scenes they were fathers to a few and friends to many. They had an impact on many but they had the deepest impact on those closest to them.
I sat in the very back row of Craig’s funeral this week listening to those who he had great impact on while they honored him in their own ways. The love and respect they had for him was clear. I didn’t know Craig more than we were somewhat neighbors and I spent years waving to him on his way to work while I waited at the end of the driveway with the kids for the bus in the morning. But I was there because the people who he loved most have made an impact on my life and I wanted to support them in their hardest days, even if it was just a hug. It’s the ripple effect of a single life. Each person you come across is an opportunity to leave an impact. Big or small. That makes your life pretty important no matter what your audience is, doesn’t it? Maybe you are a teacher and you impact many students or a nurse with many patients. Maybe your circle is small and you impact just a few but that’s something special. I challenged myself this weekend to appreciate those in my life that I can have an impact on: from my kids, my family, my friends to my customers, employees and business acquaintances.
And I am thankful they have had an impact on my life.

05/21/2026

Cheers to 5 years! 🐐 👩🏻‍🌾
Yesterday was our 5 year anniversary and I thought about it all day. I wanted to come up with a meaningful post about how far we have come in these past 5 years but I couldn’t come up with the right words. All of the things we have accomplished, how much we have learned, all the wins and the losses.
But all I kept remembering was the first milking in our parlor (the first 2 pictures) and I can honestly say it was the worst milking ever!🤣 The herd we bought were used to a different style of parlor and didn’t like being milked from behind so they kicked our arms and legs. They planted their feet at the door and didn’t want to come in. It was a literal 💩 show because they were so nervous and pooped everywhere. (I was so nervous too but thankfully I had a bit more self control🤪)
It was disappointing and exhausting.
It took forever with 4-5 people and I second guessed myself the whole time.
I came home filthy, exhausted, went right to the shower and cried…and cried before plopping into bed.
Looking back on it I should have expected it to go that way now that I know all I know about my goats. I know them so well that I can predict how individual goats are going to react or behave. I know who is going to come in the first side and who is going to wait until the very end. But I didn’t know that 5 years ago.
I thought my whole farm was going to crash and burn in the first couple of days. I thought I had made a terrible mistake!
But after a lot of stress, tears, and patience with a few “barnyard words” mixed in….we fell into a routine.
The goats learned, I learned and we have become a team.
A partnership grew between a farmer and her animals.
Both contributing their part and caring for one another.
There have been hills and valleys.
We have pivoted and redirected our plans.
But our core goals have remained the same:
~continuing the family farm
~being good stewards of God’s animals and land
~providing local and quality food for the community

We have proudly been doing so for the last 5 years and we look forward to next 5!
Thank you for all the love & support. ❤️

05/19/2026

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