We are Jim and Liz Stitzel, and we are first-generation farmers residing in Colfax, IN. We have owned our little, 40-acre farm since January 2006 and have been continually developing it into a multi-purpose facility involving horses, chickens, and fresh-grown produce. We love our little corner of God’s green Earth and look forward to what the future holds for us here. This is our ongoing story. Continue reading
One of the things I’m looking forward to this year with having two Saanen does who are (hopefully) going to kid sometime in April is having an ample supply of goat’s milk to try my hand at, among other things, … Continue reading
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As promised here are the pictures of the 12×32 hoop house we erected over the Christmas holidays. We are looking forward to seeing what crops we can grow between now and the start of the regular growing season.
Over Christmas break, I began building a pair of milking stands for our (hopefully) newly bred goats. Due to weather and general busyness of the holiday season, I was able to get only one stand completed. Over the extended MLK … Continue reading
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Over the weekend, Liz and I put our first winter planting in. We erected our new hoop house over the Christmas holidays (pictures to come soon), and we put our first seeds into the ground over MLK weekend. This first … Continue reading
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Yesterday, I took the opportunity — in between raindrops — to snag a few pictures of our garden for this year. Our starts are doing pretty well, and most of the seeds we’ve planted have started to germinate and sprout. … Continue reading
The return of warmer weather has been a welcome respite from the cold temperatures of winter. It’s been wonderful to go out and work around the farm in shorts and t-shirt again. It’s looking more and more like the worst of winter is finally behind us. Continue reading
When Liz and I bought and started our farm several years ago, I don’t know that I ever really expected to truly become the farmer type. What I mean by that is, I’m a bit of a geek — y’know, … Continue reading
This is the part of the year where we actually start counting the days — as best as one can — until the ‘official’ start of Spring, which by our standards, is usually marked by the day and week when … Continue reading
We survived the recent storm that blasted its way through the eastern half of the United States this past week. Of the predicted 14+ inches of snow we were supposed to get, I think we got maybe less than an … Continue reading