Mountainside Homestead Ministries with Ken and Amy

06/15/2026

Several EF / Tunis.

6 are 3 months old - 3 ewes, 3 rams. Could make a couple starter flocks from these.

Mamas in milk with babies. Mamas are just over a year (born last March) babies born 2 weeks ago. 4 ewes with single rams and one with boy girl twins.

Option of a ram same age as moms in milk for breeding.

Organically fed, rotating pasture, no spray hay, no vax.

Great milk, meat, and wool.

What do you need? This is what we have 🙂

Videos in comments of OP.

Message for more info.

Hot Springs NC (Western North Carolina)

06/06/2026

Thankful to be able to provide fresh local produce for Iron Horse Station 😀🚂

We are ecstatic to serve fresh, locally grown, organic produce from Mountainside Homestead. We’ve just contracted with Amy weekly microgreens, cabbbage, bean sprouts and potatoes

05/31/2026

http://youtube.com/post/UgkxAQJt05qNUK3_NrXE28UCJO5o0JRxg5Pa?si=cCQAj2iXBmOCiTjA

Just a reminder that tonight’s Bible Study will start around 7:30. We will be starting in a new book tonight and sharing a bit about what’s going on with the...

05/23/2026

Mornin! 😀

Woke up to a baby being born! BIG single ram lamb to a first time mama. Mama and baby are well 🐑 💕

The Father is so good.

Shabbat Shalom 🕊️

05/13/2026

Organically grown salad greens and microgreens as well as farm fresh eggs have been stocked today at Hillbilly Market & Deli! If you are local, go on over and pick some up!

Let us know what you think 😀

🌱🥗🥚🍳

05/04/2026

If anyone is so inclined, we added a few things to our Amazon wish list we could really use. Several are high priority.

Piglet fence! We use this short fencing for our meat bird set up. (No, we no longer raise pigs but use the short fencing) 🙂

Waterers! The ones we have have been baked in the sun and some froze over the winter. Been repairing old ones the best we can but could use several!

Tires for the sxs! We have to fill one of the tires with air daily - the rest of the tires are bald 😳

Feeding bowls! Can never have enough bowls for feeding the sheep and holding the minerals. Some seem to disappear too 😬

TYIA! 😀💕

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2XGD6QZFUAV6?ref_=wl_share

05/02/2026

It is time to celebrate in Hot Springs! 🎉🎵🎶🥾🥾

HOT SPRINGS TOWN & TRAIL FEST WEEKEND SCHEDULE
brought to you by Rebuild Hot Springs (RHSA)

FRIDAY, MAY 1
5:00 PM: Walnut Mountain Shelter Exhibit Dedication at Hot Springs Welcome Center
6:00 PM: Appalachian Ballads with Sheila Kay Adams & Donna Ray Norton at Artisun Gallery and Cafe
6:00 PM: Live Music – Fenris Wolf at Big Pillow Brewing

SATURDAY, MAY 2
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM: Town & Trail Fest Main Event at Hot Springs Resort & Spa
10:00 AM: Vendor Market Opens
11:00 AM: Contra Dancing with Charley Harvey
12:00 PM: Live Music – Roy Hurley & the Big Pillow Open Mic Allstars
1:00PM: Live Music – Paint Rock
1:00 PM: Co****le Tournament
2:00 PM: Live Music – H***y Katz
3:00 PM: Live Music – Fenris Wolf
3:00 PM: Trail Poetry Writing Workshop by Tiffany Narron at the Hot Springs Welcome Center Walnut Mountain Shelter Exhibit
5:00 PM: Hot Springs Duck Race on Bridge Street at the Spring Creek Bridge
6:00 PM: Live Music – Big Creek Bluegrass at Big Pillow Brewing
8:00 PM: Live Music – Quick Chester at The Spring Creek Tavern

SUNDAY, MAY 3
2:00 PM: Live Music – Old Sap at Big Pillow Brewing

04/27/2026

The High Tunnel is producing! We are already giving away lots of salad mix!!!

04/17/2026

You're walking the Appalachian Trail and at mile 274, the wilderness does something it almost never does. It hands you a town.

Not a road crossing. Not a resupply box at a post office window. A full town, with blazes etched into the sidewalk concrete to keep you on track between the Smoky Mountain Diner and the hot springs. Our town is one of the only places on the entire AT where the trail and Main Street are the same thing.

Head north and the trail finds the French Broad, walking beside the river before it lifts you up to Lover's Leap. The valley opens wide. You see why hikers stop here. You start to understand why some of them never really leave.

Town & Trail Festival is May 1 & 2. Two free days to celebrate the trail, the river, and the community that's made a home here beside both of them. Come see for yourself.

04/13/2026

Are you looking for a​n intentional way of life within a​ faith based community?

We are looking for ​f​olks who feel called to live simply, build community, and serve others with Christ at the center.

​Mountainside is a ​508 non-profit ministry farm on 40 mountain acre​s. There are 5 private cabins on site for community living. ​Two of the cabins are for sale, 2 more are available for rent.

We raise sheep for milk, meat and wool and chickens for meat and eggs. We have a high tunnel and greenhouse for growing fresh produce.

The primary mission of the farm is to grow fresh, healthy food and get it into the hands of those in need in our local community.

Education is a big part of the ministry. We believe it’s important to help people learn how to raise their own food, care for animals, and eat in a healthier, more sustainable way.

There are opportunities for individuals or families to raise their own animals on the property, within the shared stewardship of the land.

Life here is hands-on and intentional: farm work, caring for animals, occasional shared meals, weekly Bible Study, learning together, and serving others. This is real farm life​ - hard, rewarding, and meaningful.

This may be a good fit for people who:

- Desire a Christ-centered, service-oriented community
- Feel called to ministry through food, education, and hospitality
- Are open to shared work, responsibility, and simple living
- Want to be part of something focused on giving, not just self-sufficiency

Here are the links for the cabins for sale:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/264-Rebel-Dr-Hot-Springs-NC-28743/461463563_zpid/

​https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/286-Rebel-Dr-Hot-Springs-NC-28743/107040474_zpid/

​The cabins for rent are similar to the one bedroom listed for sale.

​If this resonates with you, ​let us know.