Blackberry Ridge Farms

03/25/2025

After the orchard burn, we also had some newer plantings that required a fresh burn. and team took a gander at lighting the bluff directly across from our house, to see how well we could get the forest to clean up. It turned out, it was ready for fire! It was a very fun afternoon/evening watching it all from our dining room window!

03/24/2025

My favorite place on our property is this old apple orchard that sits atop a bluff, surrounded by deep valleys, almost like an island. It's stunningly gorgeous and always peaceful. Over the winter we made a plan to improve the health of the orchard, which starts with a prescribed burn. The weather worked out for us to burn while we had a couple of kids home on spring break, so we had the opportunity to learn many techniques and tips from the real experts. It was a day we won't soon forget, and just the beginning of an even better orchard!

Huge thanks to and his crew for all the teaching, and most of the photos!

03/22/2025

We are very grateful to have awesome partners right in our backyard, willing to help us learn, grow, and improve this land! is doing some really cool work, and we are lucky enough to be a part of that work. Check out this write up about our farm!

Producer Highlight- This post was contributed By Gabe Ericksen. On Sunday, February 9th, Restoravore visited one of our very own Pleasant Valley grass-fed-beef producers, Blackberry Ridge Farms. In spite of the cold temps and fresh snow, the sun was shining so we opted to put up with some chilly toe...

03/20/2025

These March blizzards are beautiful!

This one prevented me from attending a farm conference, where I was super excited to learn about soil health 🤓 but I'll carve out some time today to take in new material anyway. There's so much to learn as we work on improving this land!

02/12/2025

Fully loaded delivery days are fun! We have a big delivery day coming up on Wednesday, March 5th, but do have room for a few more! Click here to order: https://app.barn2door.com/3oxRN/all

01/27/2025

We were recently featured on the website, sharing our story of using the collars and how they've helped our farm! Virtual fencing is an absolute game changer, especially if you live in an area with challenging terrain. We love working with NoFence! You can read the full article here: https://www.nofence.no/en-us/revitalizing-marginal-land

01/20/2025

We recently tried a new beef and broccoli recipe. It was delicious and you could use any cut of beef! We used sirloin here. We're working on sharing more recipes with our beef subscribers in 2025. If you're not signed up for our new quarterly delivery schedule, you can purchase here: https://app.barn2door.com/3oxRN/all

01/17/2025

Hey! We hope your 2025 is off to a great start 😀 We're still alive over here...just posting this quick selfie to prove it. Getting back to sharing more about the farm in the coming days. Lots of boring, behind the scenes work happening this time of year. More soon!

11/21/2024

Sunrise over the cow and calf herd. Do you think the cows know how beautiful their home is? 😉

11/18/2024

Meatery Monday! These folks are going to have some awesome all natural beef snacks for their holiday celebrations!

10/27/2024

I wasn't raised on a farm. I think I would've made a pretty good farm kid though. I really, deeply enjoy the majority of the farm work. Sometimes it's hard, usually it's dirty, some days it feels like just another thing when I don't have space for another thing... but overall, this is worthy and fulfilling work. I pray my kids see that and chase whatever they feel is deeply worthy and fulfilling one day. (And I hope at least one of them chases farming ;)

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