Schroeder Hillside Farm

07/18/2025

Part one of our concrete pour videos is live!

We took on a massive DIY challenge: pouring our own concrete footers for the new barn! We originally planned to hire out the concrete work, but after seeing ...

07/01/2025

Our flowers are back!!!! Last year’s garden was a bit lack luster. This year looked like it might be the same with the rain, temperature fluctuations, and animal damage (A baby porcupine ate 3 of my dahlias and a bunch of sunflowers). That being said, the flowers are finally starting to bloom, and they are looking beautiful! 🥳

05/31/2025

We are so thankful for how well yesterday’s barn footer pour went. The weather was beautiful. We were so blessed to have lots of help from family. They’re amazing!

We were also blessed to be able to work with Precision Concrete Pumping Inc - NY and Bonded Concrete Inc would definitely recommend both of them.

Precision Concrete Pumping

05/02/2025

I think this is my new favorite video! 🪚

In this video we build a solar powered shipping container workshop. We paid $4,000 for the shipping container; $1,000 for the lumber, tin, and construction m...

04/14/2025

Saturday Morning vs This morning! The weather this spring has been wild! 😜

My beautiful snapdragons, yarrow, fever few, and strawflowers are enjoying the beautiful sunshine today! I should be able to put them in the ground end of this week.

This week I hope to finish up planting all my warm season flowers and herbs! I’m so looking forward to this year’s growing season. 🥳

01/03/2025

Hi, we are Donny and Anna Schroeder. If you are new here, we are a family of 7 living in upstate New York. In the fall of 2021 we purchased 46 acres, not far...

10/17/2024

Our first frost is here and the 2024 garden season has officially come to a close.

So far, 2024 has been more challenging than I could have expected. It has required me to say no to good things and leave the w**ds in the garden. It has taught me that when you push and overextend, out of fear of missing out, that you end up regretting it. It has taught me that if you have to “miss out” on something for a year or two or three, so you can keep your priorities straight, you’re not actually missing out. You don’t remember the field trips you missed or that one off gardening year. You remember the stories read, walks taken, legos played, and time invested into your family.

Sometimes being forced to slow down is a gift. 💚

10/04/2024

Operating a CAT D6N bulldozer

We were asked if we ever rented another D6 Dozer, if we could do a start up video. This is our start up video of a Caterpillar D6N bulldozer. If you’re new ...

09/17/2024

We have at most a month left before our first frost hits. My 2024 garden may have been w**d filled, and I didn’t sell many blooms this year. That being said, I still consider it a success.

- We had a bumper crop of cucumbers, so many we had to give some away.

- I learned that molasses really does work to keep bugs from destroying your plants.

- I was able to cut flowers for my table anytime I wanted.

- I realized a more minimalist approach to cut flowers isn’t a bad thing and you don’t need to grow all the things to have beautiful bouquets.

- I was able to enjoy my flowers in bloom without cutting them.

- I learned that taking a break and stepping back is not only necessary at times but can also help you gain some much needed prospective. 💕

09/06/2024

With all the craziness this summer we actually managed to get a few projects done 😎

Hi! if you’re new around here, we are Donny and Anna Schroeder. We have 5 children and we live in rural New York. In the fall of 2021 we purchased 46 acres. ...