Ives Heritage Homestead

09/24/2026

Chicken math 🧮 🐔 🐥 ❤️

09/18/2026

09/16/2026

There’s something about getting messages like this that makes my heart so happy. ❤️🐾
When I chose to have a litter, I made a promise to myself that being responsible for these puppies wouldn’t end the day they left my home.
My puppies may leave my care, but they never stop being “my puppies.”
Being a responsible breeder means so much more to me than producing a litter, raising them for eight weeks, and sending them home. It means carefully raising them, loving them, socializing them, preparing them for life—and then continuing to be there for their families for the rest of that dog’s life.
I love getting the updates. I love the pictures. I love hearing about training, daycare, hunting, adventures, accomplishments, and even the mischievous Boykin moments. 😂 And if one of my puppy parents ever has a question, concern, or simply needs someone who knows their dog’s beginnings, I will always be here.
I may not breed dogs for a living, but I take the responsibility of bringing these babies into the world very seriously. I know where every one of my puppies went, and I genuinely care about the lives they are living.
Messages like this one about Solveig remind me exactly why. Seeing one of our babies thriving, being trained, socialized, traveling, going to daycare, and absolutely loved is everything I could have hoped for when I placed her in her family. ❤️
The puppy may go home at eight weeks, but my relationship with my puppy families doesn’t have an expiration date.
Once you have one of my babies, you’re stuck with me. 😂❤️🐾

09/11/2026

My goal is to have Ives Heritage Homestead and our farm store open to the public next summer—a place where you can come for homegrown, wholesome food and farm-raised meat, but hopefully leave with something for your heart, too.
This farm is about more than food.
I understand heartache. I understand grief. I understand stress beyond belief, and I understand what happens when life becomes so heavy that it begins affecting your mental health.
That's why I want this farm to be a place for people who need somewhere to go when they feel alone or when their thoughts and emotions become overwhelming.
Sometimes you don't need advice.
Sometimes you don't even need to talk.
Sometimes you just need to sit beside an animal, wrap your arms around something that doesn't judge you, feel a little nose nudge your hand, cuddle a bunny, love on a goat, or simply breathe for a while.
Animals don't care what happened yesterday. They don't care what you're struggling with, what mistakes you've made, what your job title is, or whether you have all the right words.
They just meet you where you are.
My dream is for Ives Heritage Homestead to become a place where people can nourish their bodies with healthy, homegrown food while also finding a little peace for their minds and hearts.
Come for the farm.
Come for the food.
Come for the animals.
Or just come because you need somewhere safe to breathe.
If this farm can help even one person feel a little less alone, then everything it took to build it will have been worth it. ❤️

09/10/2026

09/10/2026

❤️Everybody Needs Somebunny❤️

09/09/2026

🌿 Ives Heritage Homestead 🐓🐐🐖🐇
Family Raised • Naturally Grown • Heritage Inspired
A small, family-centered homestead raising animals with care, respect, and purpose. We offer pasture-raised meat chickens, farm-fresh eggs, goat milk & cheese, and pasture-raised pork—all raised right here on our property with non-GMO feed and no added hormones, with a focus on natural, responsible practices.
🐰 Home of Somebunny Cares – Because Everybody Needs Somebunny, our traveling bunny experience bringing five lovable bunnies to schools, nursing homes, therapy offices, community programs, and more for cuddles, comfort, and stress relief.
From nourishing our community to calming the soul, everything we do is rooted in family, love, respect, and healing. ❤️
📍 Harrison, Michigan