Fleming Farm

Fleming Farm Northern Michigan Pumpkin Patch, Hay Ride, Corn Maze & Petting Zoo. Freezer beef and club lambs.
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Play, fair prep, band camp, and horse shows. That’s been our week so far.
08/08/2026

Play, fair prep, band camp, and horse shows. That’s been our week so far.

Nuts. Life is nuts right now. We say we are busy a lot; THIS is next level. Band camp all week, Community musical perfor...
08/05/2026

Nuts. Life is nuts right now. We say we are busy a lot; THIS is next level. Band camp all week, Community musical performances all week and weekend, moving back to college prepping, three horse shows, fair week prepping (both the family, personal stuff, as well as being a fair board member), helping other families prep for fair, a small family reunion, a larger church potluck, and that’s on top of the mundane, normal, routine stuff that’s always on the schedule.
One thing that’s not on the list because we are so busy; grocery shopping. No one is home to eat anything. LOL
Give us 10 days, fair will be over and we’ll have a few “quiet” weeks before school gets started. But like any downtime, it’s like a vacuum. Somehow we will have it filled with other jobs/tasks; probably prepping for Pumpkin Patch Season and second cutting hay, but hopefully there’s a few quieter, family time moments mixed in.

It’s official, breeding season has BEGUN! Bring on those January baby lambs. ❤️🐑❤️August might be the start of breeding...
08/03/2026

It’s official, breeding season has BEGUN! Bring on those January baby lambs. ❤️🐑❤️

August might be the start of breeding season, but the preparations for it started months ago.

The check list looked something like this
May/June:
Cull mature ewes that won’t be breeders again
Select keeper ewe lambs as potential breeders
DNA test the keeper ewe lambs
July:
Final decisions on keeper ewe lambs staying
Start mature ewes on pre-breeding grain
Analyze DNA results
Make list of breeding groups
August:
Rearrange barn for breeding groups
Divide ewes into breeding groups
Haul rams to the Sheep Shack
Introduce each ram to his group of ewes

And in 150-200 days, (hopefully) 2027 lambing season will be underway!

08/01/2026

While Gabe’s away it’s mom’s turn to…play? Or is it work?
What do think? Power walking a mile with a 500lb, 4.5 month old “puppy”. Would you consider it work? Or play?

07/31/2026

A little pole bending from last weekend, both speed and control are necessary for this event.

FREEZER BEEF We have one steer available in the late September group, if you are looking to fill your freezer this fall....
07/30/2026

FREEZER BEEF

We have one steer available in the late September group, if you are looking to fill your freezer this fall. The cost would be about $1100 for a quarter beef, that price includes the processing costs at Ebel’s.

If you are interested in a quarter or a half beef, let me know. I’m happy to answer any questions you might have, especially if this is a new way of sourcing your beef.

Band Camp and fair will be consuming our time these next few weeks, so we’ve been prepping as much as possible. But ther...
07/30/2026

Band Camp and fair will be consuming our time these next few weeks, so we’ve been prepping as much as possible. But there’s still so much on the to-do lists for both events, on top of the regular stuff…trying to balance a little quiet time these next few days with trying to chip away at The List. A constant balance.

07/27/2026

Another horse show this weekend and it looks like Riven was ready for more speed. Her shoulder issue didn’t appear to be bother her anymore; thank goodness.
For the last 3 years that we’ve owned Riv, Claire’s goal is to have a sub-20 second barrel race. Yesterday they came very close, with a 20.085 time. They went on to win Claire’s age division with that time.

It was a fun weekend, we enjoyed having the big family in town and attended a horse show. The weather was great, which m...
07/27/2026

It was a fun weekend, we enjoyed having the big family in town and attended a horse show. The weather was great, which meant we got the last field of first cutting hay done too!
Here’s an eclectic group of photos from the last few weeks around the farm.

07/24/2026

Three weeks of rest and recovery, and Riven was ready to run again last night. Claire initially planned to hold her back, and let Riv decide what gear she wanted to run in. Well, Riv was ready to stretch last night.
It was some tough completion plus Claire was taking it easy, but they still came home with some ribbons.
This morning, she doesn’t show any soreness, so that’s a good feeling.

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4264 Martindale Road
Ga***rd, MI
49735

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Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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(989) 272-3312

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