Kush and Pronk Farm

02/17/2026

Get out of the house this winter and join us at the Bonifas Arts Center in downtown Escanaba for some creative learning experiences! We are excited to be hosting 4 classes this season so be sure to sign up!

Successful Succulents
Thursday, February 19; 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Ages: Teen / Adult
Student Fee: $20 Members, $30 Non-Members

Join Jennifer Guzzetta of Kush and Pronk Farm, and learn how to grow and propagate succulents and cacti. In this class, students will learn about a variety of succulents and how to care for them, how to treat common diseases and pests associated with succulents and will build their own planter & take a plant.

Protect The Pollinators: Designing and Installing Pollinator Friendly Gardens & Landscaping.
Tuesday, March 24; 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Ages: Teen Adult
Student Fee: $23 Members / $33 Non-Members

Join Jennifer Guzzetta of Kush and Pronk Farm and learn about pollinator friendly lawn care, gardening, and landscaping with a focus on native UP plants. Learn which native species help with attracting bees, butterflies, and songbirds year-round. You will also learn how different lawn-care and gardening practices help with decreasing pest populations while increasing desired diversity; how to design a personalized pollinator patch for your desired area, and make a mini native plant greenhouse, growing a small variety of native UP plants to transplant in May / June to start your own pollinator garden.

Permaculture UP: How to Grow Food, Every Year, Year Round in the UP
Saturday, March 28; 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Ages: Teen / Adult
Student Fee: $35 Members / $45 Non-Members

What is Permaculture and how can it be done in the UP? Widen your palate: grow and eat possible "new to you" native foods. Perennial food bearing plants for the UP, berries, bushes, trees, tubers, and herbs as well as old hearty foods for the UP. Learn about greenhouse gardening and how to start for cheap. Students will also learn the best practices for planning your growing area.

Intro to Handspinning
Wednesday, April 22; 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Ages: Teen / Adult
Student Fee: $35 Members / $45 Non-Members

From animals to fully spun yarn, participants will be able to experience a hands-on learning experience that details how natural fibers are processed via hand spinning. One of our angora rabbits will be used for demonstrating the harvesting of raw fibers from an animal. Hand carders, a spinning wheel, and drop spindles will be available for participants to sample the full hand spinning process after an in-depth description and demonstration is provided. Hand spinning starter kits that include a KPF handmade wooden drop spindle and 1 ounce of hand carded KPF fiber will be available for purchase for $40 after the class for participants interested in getting started right away.

Upcoming Classes Clicking on a thumbnail or registration button below will take you to the registration page to purchase admission to a class. Times shown are Eastern Standard.

02/14/2026

🎉 Big news, friends!
This Saturday we’re launching the Trenary Artisan Market!
🗓 This Saturday�🕚 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM (Vendor setup starts at 10:00 AM)�📍 Trenary Community Building, Trenary
Vendors: Come set up a table and be part of it! Tables and everything are provided — just bring your smile, your friends, your goods, and all that fun stuff. No formal application needed… just show up and join in!
Or come as a visitor! Browse, shop local, grab a coffee, and see what your neighbors have to offer.
It might be starting off a little small, but we’re gaining real momentum and we’re so excited to watch this grow into something special for our community.
Bring your goods, bring your friends, or just bring your smile — we’d love to see you there!
Who’s coming? Drop a ❤️ or tag someone who should set up a table!
See you Saturday! ✨

01/10/2025

Winnie looks absolutely adorable in her sweater!

When the rabbits need their winter shearing, we offer them a knit sweater and additional straw in their hutch. Our rabbits also enjoy heated waterers so they don’t have to spend extra energy warming up drinking cold water.

Winnie is a very sweet and loving rabbit. We absolutely love her snuggles every day! 🥰

01/08/2025

If you live in Delta County and have an untreated Christmas tree, our alpacas would LOVE additional nibbles in their pasture. Tree drop off available at the farm. Shoot us a message so we know you’re coming! 😁

🎄🎄🎄CHRISTMAS TREES!!!

I see quite a few posts online about feeding Christmas trees to alpacas, as everyone is turfing theirs unceremoniously out of their houses!! One year I asked Camelid Nutrition guru Bob Van Saun about this...

He said that the needles are of reasonable nutrient composition and don't pose any health issues. The only toxic Christmas type tree that he was aware of was the Ponderosa Pine - although that doesn't look like it would ever be used as a Christmas tree.

Do always be aware that because Christmas trees are sold by a wide variety of merchants and have to be indoors for extended periods of time looking lovely, some retailers may sell treated trees. Check to make sure that yours isn't treated with any chemicals if you feel like offering it to your animals.

Also remember that too much of anything different can sometimes caught gut upset, so don't feed too much at once! One tree among a bunch is probably going to be fine...

PS I'd also suggest taking the ornaments off first, unlike the AI that created this image!! ;)

01/05/2025

12/27/2024

Welcome to Kush & Pronk Farm: Misses Thelma and Louise!

Thelma (left) and Louise (right) came to the farm from Almost Home Animal Shelter in Quinnesec, MI. Due to angora’s specific grooming care and nutritional needs, the shelter was generous in allowing these beautiful ladies the opportunity to join our other angora rabbits. If able, we encourage you to donate to your local animal shelter. Several of our animals have come from shelters and we are always grateful for the incredible need they fill in every community.

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas to All and to all a goodnight! 🎅🤶

Thank you to everyone who has made this season a bit brighter and we hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season!

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12/14/2024

A huge thank you to Noah Johnson at the The Daily Press, Escanaba, MI for the wonderful visit, interview, and article! We are so grateful to share our goal of creating a fiber mill in the Upper Peninsula and are eager to hear back from the community support survey, too! (Link in comments.)

RAPID RIVER — A local couple is working to bring a fiber mill to the Upper Peninsula. Dominic and Jennifer Guzzetta, owners of Kush and Pronk Farm in Rapid River, recently posted a survey on social media, seeking feedback from the community to see if there is interest and/or support for a fiber mi...

12/06/2024

What do normal people do on blizzard days?! We don’t know because we decided it was the perfect day to tear down the dividing wall between our kitchen and living room and remove the first of three layers of flooring in the kitchen to FINALLY work on the “nice” remodel of the house and not just the “survival-mode” remodel we’ve been running on for the last two years. Dominic also got the old furnace removed so we can install a pantry! We can’t wait to have full wood floors and walls, all from downed and milled trees from our land 🥰 The animals are the first to say they appreciate the more open floor plan and increased wood stove access 😻

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11/27/2024

Can you eye spy all 4 animals snuggled around the wood stove? Tis the season for warm spot permutations for the furbabes 😜