Tag: The Freckled Farm

  • Getting to Know The Freckled Farm – Frankie

    Want to know more about the farmers, animals, and buildings on The Freckled Farm? Every Friday I introduce you to another part of The Freckled Farm. This week you have a chance to get to know Frankie!

    Frankie Terrier - The Freckled FarmKevin and I got Frankie while we were living in Philadelphia. He was meant to be my companion since Kevin went out of town for work a lot, but he ended up driving me completely crazy the first 6 months that we had him. Frankie is a Yorkiepoo-uahua. He is a mix of Yorkshire Terrier, Poodle, and Chihuahua. This mix resulted in an incredibly smart, but insanely neurotic and nervous animal. For months after we got him he whined constantly… this high pitched, horrible, maddening whine. Over time it got better and it nearly went away once we added our second dog Annabelle to the family. They became our children before we had actual children and they were both spoiled rotten…. Then Breckin came along and the whining issue came back with a vengeance. He would whine non-stop, bark at absolutely everything, and decided that he was no longer house trained. It was so incredibly hard to deal with and we exhausted every avenue possible trying to make the issues go away. We literally tried everything. We almost gave him away because we weren’t sure he was going to be able to deal with children, but I would sob talking to anyone who showed interest in him and ended up scaring everyone away. Long story short everything ended up working out after a year of work and he is still a member of The Freckled Farm… thank goodness.

     

    The Freckled Farm Soap Company makes handmade goat milk soaps. Our body care products are all natural and made with love. For more information about our products please visit our website: www.thefreckledfarmsoapcompany.com

     

  • This Weekend’s Craft Shows

    This week we will be at TWO craft shows. It’s going to be a busy, busy week on The Freckled Farm. On Friday we will be a vendor at the Art Works Craft Fair. This is a yearly event and always has a ton of great christmas present ideas. On Saturday we will be at the Salem UMC Fall Festival and Holiday Bazaar. This is usually two different events for Salem UMC, but this year they are combining them to make one really big event.

    November 22, 2013

    Annual Holiday Craft Fair at Art Works Gallery

    12-9pm

    320 Hull Street, Richmond, VA 23224

    November 23, 2013

    Salem UMC Fall Festival and Holiday Bazaar

    10am-3pm

    840 Salem Church Rd, Palmyra, VA

     

    The Freckled Farm Soap Company makes handmade goat milk soaps. Our body care products are all natural and made with love. For more information about our products please visit our website: www.thefreckledfarmsoapcompany.com

  • Getting to Know The Freckled Farm – Cheep Cheep

    Want to know more about the farmers, animals, and buildings on The Freckled Farm? Every Friday I introduce you to another part of The Freckled Farm. This week you have a chance to get to know Cheep Cheep!

    The Freckled Farm - Chicken - Cheep CheepOk, so you might be thinking “Cheep Cheep? How does that go with the theme of sitcom characters?” Well, it doesn’t. Cheep cheep was named by Breckin when he was 2 years old. The day the chicks came in the mail Breckin told me that he thought this one chick loved him and that he loved her. After about a week, once the chicks were stronger and we believed that they would all live and grow to be adults, we decided to allow Breckin to name the one who he thought loved him. I asked him what name he would like to pick and he said Cheep Cheep. I questioned whether he may have thought I asked him what a chicken says… but either way her name became Cheep Cheep.

    Cheep Cheep is a Silver Laced Wyandotte and she is beautifully “laced.” She has a bit of an attitude and can be a little moody. She isn’t going to be the one to let the children catch her for some love and attention.

     

     

    The Freckled Farm Soap Company makes handmade goat milk soaps. Our body care products are all natural and made with love. For more information about our products please visit our website: www.thefreckledfarmsoapcompany.com

  • Getting to Know The Freckled Farm – Daphne

    Getting to Know The Freckled Farm – Daphne

    The Freckled FarmThe picture above does not do Daphne justice. It is from when she was a teenager and now as an adult her feathers are far more golden. She is truly a beautiful bird. Daphne is a Golden Laced Wyandotte. She is a nice bird, but is generally not interested in being handled by humans and doesn’t enjoy running around the yard with the children like some of the other chickens do.

    The Freckled Farm Soap Company makes handmade goat milk soaps. Our body care products are all natural and made with love. For more information about our products please visit our website: www.thefreckledfarmsoapcompany.com

  • Noel November Bazaar – November 9th – Goochland High School

    Our very first show is coming up this weekend and we are extremely excited! It’s at Goochland High School, the school where I taught for 4 years, and it supports All Night Graduation, an event for graduating seniors to give them a safe place to celebrate with their friends. Come out and see us and buy some goat milk soap!!

    November 9, 2012

    8am-2pm

    Goochland High School

    3250 River Road West, Goochland, VA 23063

    The Freckled Farm Soap Company makes handmade goat milk soaps. Our body care products are all natural and made with love. For more information about our products please visit our website: www.thefreckledfarmsoapcompany.com

  • Getting to Know The Freckled Farm – Fran

    Want to know more about the farmers, animals, and buildings on The Freckled Farm? Every Friday I will introduce you to another part of The Freckled Farm. This week you have a chance to get to know Fran!

    ChicksPoor Fran doesn’t have any pictures of her as an adult. Maybe it’s because she is always on the move. Fran is a beautiful australorp. Her feathers are jet black with an iridescent sheen of green and blue. She is a sweet, quiet bird. She generally follows the rest of flock around and only causes trouble when she runs off with our troublemaker Sophia.

    The Freckled Farm Soap Company makes handmade goat milk soaps. Our body care products are all natural and made with love. For more information about our products please visit our website: www.thefreckledfarmsoapcompany.com

     

  • Getting to Know The Freckled Farm – Topanga

    Want to know more about the farmers, animals, and buildings on The Freckled Farm? Every Friday I will introduce you to another part of The Freckled Farm. This week you have a chance to get to know Topanga!

    The Freckled Farm Soap Company - Topanga ChickenTopanga is a buff orpington, and she is desperate to be a momma, as orpingtons often are. We cannot keep this chicken from going broody. This means she sits in the nesting box all day trying to hatch eggs, none of which have been fertilized. I collect eggs multiple times a day and shoo her off the nest each time. When I am able to get her out of the coop she wanders around the yard puffed out and growling. I have thought about getting her eggs to hatch, but we currently don’t have room for more chickens.

    When chickens go broody they stop laying eggs, which with Topanga is a good thing. We have never been able to get her to absorb calcium well, and her eggs have a tendency to be very thin. They always break in the nesting box, getting yoke all over the other eggs and straw. This is even after giving her oyster shells, yogurt, greens, and anything else we can find that contains calcium. None of the other chickens seem to have this problem, so we know it’s not the overall diet of the chickens.

    Topanga is a beautiful bird and one of the more friendly chickens. She is one of the largest chickens we have and when she is all puffed out she looks monstrous compared to the other girls.

    Chicks

    The Freckled Farm Soap Company makes handmade goat milk soaps. Our body care products are all natural and made with love. For more information about our products please visit our website: www.thefreckledfarmsoapcompany.com

  • The Freckled Farm Soap Company’s Goat Milk Soap – Sunrise Citrus

    The Freckled Farm Soap Company’s Goat Milk Soap – Sunrise Citrus

    The Freckled Farm Soap Company - Sunrise Citrus

    Our Sunrise Citrus has a crisp bright scent. It’s wakes you in the morning and lifts your spirits. It’s wonderfully refreshing. I love having this soap as our shower bar. We have customers who are completely obsessed with this scent.

    The Freckled Farm Soap Company makes handmade goat milk soaps. Our body care products are all natural and made with love. For more information about our products please visit our website: www.thefreckledfarmsoapcompany.com

  • Getting to Know The Freckled Farm – Sophia

    Want to know more about the farmers, animals, and buildings on The Freckled Farm? Every Friday I will introduce you to another part of The Freckled Farm. This week you have a chance to get to know Sophia!

    The Freckled Farm Soap Company - SophiaI had a hard time deciding which chicken to highlight first. They all have such different personalities and they are all pretty equal on the ladder. We don’t have a standout leader. I finally decided on Sophia because her personality stands out slightly more than the others. She is the trouble maker! While all of the other chickens happily go back to the coop in the evening if Sophia feels like she didn’t get enough time in the yard she hides and does what she can to avoid me. Many evenings I have chased her around the trees that surround our property, shaking a cup of sunflower seeds, desperate to get her safe in the coup so I can go inside to start dinner.

    Sophia is a partridge rock. She is red with accents of gold and black. She is on the smaller side but is a solid, dependable layer.

    Chick

    The Freckled Farm Soap Company makes handmade goat milk soaps. Our body care products are all natural and made with love. For more information about our products please visit our website: www.thefreckledfarmsoapcompany.com

  • The Freckled Farm Soap Company’s Goat Milk Soap – Peppermint Eucalyptus

    The Freckled Farm Soap Company’s Goat Milk Soap – Peppermint Eucalyptus

    The Freckled Farm Soap Company Goat Milk Soap - Peppermint Eucalyptus Peppermint Eucalyptus is hands down my favorite soap in our line. It is incredibly refreshing and the absolutely perfect soap after working outside in the heat. It tingles during use and leaves you feeling invigorated. I use this as a daily face wash, although I am careful not to get it in my eyes. I love this soap and highly recommend you try it!

    The Freckled Farm Soap Company makes handmade goat milk soaps. Our body care products are all natural and made with love. For more information about our products please visit our website: www.thefreckledfarmsoapcompany.com