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We’re proud to be among the original participants of the Annual Regional Farm Tour, now in its 18th year! We invite you to tour our farm and visit the Country Store, where you’ll find goodies and local crafts.
We are participating–on a very low key basis–in the North Florida Spring Tour this year. You can visit our ranch during the following days and hours of the tour. Saturday – May 18, 2024 – 10 am to 3 pmSunday – May 19 2024- 12 noon to 3 pm If you’ve been a vendor out […]
We just sheared our sheep and the next step is ‘skirting’ the wool. We’re making an entire wool-prep lesson day for it. Do you want to know how to process your raw wool – for your own use or for sale? Join Bobbie, Jennifer and Michelle here at Golden Acres Ranch to practice, socialize ( […]
This is how the harvest begins. Some of the berries are ripe and they fall from the trees. We have various ground covers, a parachute, tarps and shade cloth, spread out to catch them from the trees that are ripening first. We’re not thrilled with the number of berries we’re seeing this year. Only about […]
Are you a local Crafts Person, Agricultural Producer, Business or Musician? Do you have an Ag-related, Nature, Community or Craft class you’d like to schedule during the Festival? Do you want to Volunteer? We would love to have you! Arts & Crafts, Ag Producers, Local Businesses and Civic Organizations We have an average of 500 […]
The Fall Farm Tour is this weekend. Since this newsletter is so late, we hope you’ve heard about it on TV or radio, and seen the booklets where you shop. We will be open… well, we’re pretty much always open. The Farm Tour will be happening from 10 am to 4 pm both Saturday and […]
It’s that time of year again. Time for the Mayhaw Trees to be producing berries! But are they? There was a late frost just as the trees came out of dormancy, and this winter was too warm and dry. So we are checking them every day to see what the harvest might be like. For […]
We’ve now been in the farming/ranching business for 15 years. I don’t count the first year we bought the place. That was mostly cleaning the property and getting our sea legs or should I say our “critter” legs. Those of you that have been acquainted with us all this time know we started with Tennessee […]
As you can imagine, we are totally focused on getting ready for the Farm Tour that starts Saturday. We will have processed lamb and fresh, homemade jelly in the Country Store. Charissa has crafted a bunch of Halloween and Harvest-time felt critters. And we will have some persimmons which we picked from the trees we’re […]
This year, we are not only participating in the Annual Farm Tour here at Golden Acres, we are helping to coordinate the Jefferson County part of the North Florida Event. Formerly hosted by New Leaf Co-op Market, this year’s tour is hosted by Millstone Plantation. To see all the goings on and to download a […]