Stillwater Valley Farm

05/11/2026

This New Idea 200 manure spreader is between 66 and 69 years old.

I had never seen it operate in my lifetime. It sat in the old bull pen area of our barn when I was a kid... and then it was pulled into the back lawn, lined up with other old, unused equipment, and used as a tomato-cage-holder and bucket-collector as it sat for another 20+ years.

We thought that it was probably just another relic, and that it would likely never be used again... left to rust and weather there until it disintegrated.

But then I got the goats, and suddenly there was a need for a spreader... because running dozens of muck tubs back and forth in a UTV only goes so far... especially with deep winter bedding to contend with...

And I'm broke! Everything costs way too much and I can barely afford used, much less anything new.

So we looked at the old spreader again, its boards rotting and falling off, its PTO drive seized hopelessly beyond repair, its springs and bolts crumbling...

and we wondered... maybe?

After a lot of work - installation of a modern jack and removal of the mechanism, new tongue and groove boards on both sides, new plywood to reinforce the front endgate, hundreds of new bolts and springs all around, and a completely unconventional farmer-ingenuity fix to the PTO drive...

Here we are. Operating. Ready to work again.

04/16/2026

I have 3 extra comfrey roots seeking a home if someone would like them.

Would love to trade/barter for another useful plant or something else edible/utilitarian.
Can also sell outright if desired.

04/06/2026

EDIT: For TURKEY, only THIGHS and WINGS remain.

The Bossman says:
"Hey... psst... we've already been running around outside yelling about it for days, but we really need to spread the word that we have a LOT of really pretty, really fresh eggs available...

And our momma is very happy to trade 'em for all kinds of different stuff, if you wanna do some kinda swap!"

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Eggs are just 2/$5 until further notice

Hatching eggs are available by request

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I also have chicken (wings, leg quarters, breasts) and turkey (drums, thighs, breasts, wings) left to move out.

20% off chicken wings and leg quarters until further notice.

Will trade/barter these also.

Message to inquire or offer.

03/24/2026

EDIT: CLOSED - ALL CLAIMED

GIVEAWAY
Large amount of garden/vegetable seeds for ABSOLUTELY FREE.

Two stuffed paper bags. Many dozens of packets. Some huge 1lb.+ bags also. Can probably divide this up among many people, depending upon response.

All are true to the labeled variety I believe. Most in original packaging.
Most all are food crops of commercial varieties, but some are interesting/unusual ones.
Most are older seeds - some several years old.
Some aren't as old, and are just ones I will not use.

NO GUARANTEES on germination or performance are expressed! Some might grow absolutely fine, some might not germinate at all - I don't know, I won't be testing them, I don't have time.

All have been stored completely dry and in the dark, but at room temperature.

LOCAL PICKUP, please.
No shipping, unless you want to cover all costs.
Absolutely no delivery.

Send me a message with your interest.

03/19/2026

The girls are looking pretty round with about 1 month left to go until kidding.

How many do you think are in there? (And bucklings or doelings?)

Also pictured is their baby daddy, our junior buck Zephyr.

11/25/2025

Does anyone want to come get some (free) potatoes?
Or better yet, is anyone willing to trade me something for them?

I have a bushel basket of "Masquerade" potatoes that did not live up to stated performance claims...
I will not be growing them again.
However, the problem is that now I have these smallish potatoes with a little bit of scab and some sprouts already developing.

I can't sell them.

I have better potatoes, so I won't use them up fast enough.

They still cost me money and sweat, so I'd rather not just wait until spring and then dump them in the woods...

They are still plenty useable. They are still plenty edible. They just are not gorgeous. They will take more trimming. They need to be used soon, not stored for a longer amount of time.

(Prefer they all go at once, but will entertain splitting into halves or thirds. I will not split them into 5lb. bags or small samples - that is too much work for something I am getting no return on.)

10/24/2025

5 lb. and 10 lb. bags of potatoes available (or any custom size under 10 lb.)
One dollar per pound.

Varieties (plus their skin color/inside color):
Jule (Yellow/yellow)
Baltic Rose (Red/yellow)
Red Maria (Red/white)
Keuka Gold (Yellow/yellow)
Lehigh (Slightly russeted yellow/light yellow)
Rocky Mountain Russet (Russet/white)
Purple Viking (Purple and pink spotted/white)
Masquerade (Purple and yellow spotted/yellow)

Can do single varieties or a mix of them.

Also have limited supply of rare heirlooms:
Purple Peruvian (Purple/purple, fingerling)
and
Makah Ozette (Tan/white, fingerling)
$3 per pound on these

End of season pepper sale - $2 a generous quart
Can do sweet mix, (very) mild heat mix, or a mix of all.

09/01/2025

FRESH, NEVER FROZEN:
I have 8 beautiful Cornish Cross meat chickens and 3 big broad-breasted turkeys left over and available for purchase FRESH through this week.

Chickens are approximately 6-9 lbs. each.
Turkeys are 19 lb., 25 lb., and *32.5* lb.

All were pastured + fed locally milled feed. All were healthy, no antibiotics given, and no additives. Air chilled for better flavor.

Chickens are flat rate $20 apiece this week.
I will cut them up for you for an additional fee.

Turkeys are $4 per pound.

08/13/2025

EDIT: SOLD OUT - sorry - they went three times as fast as last year's already blazing speed...

Peaches available until sold out. Just picked Red Haven freestones. These tend to go fast...

Appointment only - there are no "open hours" - sorry! I will do my best to work with you.
First scheduled is first served, no holds for no shows.

Cash at pickup, or prepay Venmo or PayPal.

$5 per quart,
$13 4-quart,
$20 8-quart,
$35 half bushel
$62 bushel

08/08/2025

Some of my items are available at Carlberg Farm today - come get 'em! Ground cherries, yardlongs, beets, celery, eggs. I'm also in their fields picking some nice stuff for them.

07/10/2025

Looking for someone who is into raw-feeding their dog(s),
or perhaps a soup and stock maker,
who is interested in my remaining stock of chicken feet, necks, backs/frames, hearts, and livers,

(At a deep discount).

I am looking to clear these items out of my freezer to make some space.

Looking ideally for one person who will take them all as a package deal.

Send a message if interested

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