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Happy New Year! February Ranch News

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Here we are tumbling into a most glorious winter season, and actually hoping for snow! We chose this part of Ashland and the mountains for the changing seasons and every year we think is the most beautiful we’ve seen.

Here we are tumbling into a most glorious winter season, and actually hoping for snow! We chose this part of Ashland and the mountains for the changing seasons and every year we think is the most beautiful we’ve seen. This winter is no exception with the air cold and crisp, heavy frost, firewood in, birthing season here, and the buds on the trees magnificent.

icicles on farmhouse with blue January sky

The year 2013 was very productive for the ranch, with good sales at the Growers’ Markets and on-line.  We also hosted more visits and guests at the farm.  We also had a wonderful End of Summer Party which we plan to repeat (with a beginning-of-summer party as well) this year. So if you missed the September 1st party with Blue Grass, Bratwurst, goat hikes, and tours, you can still partake in 2014. We bought a dance floor from one of the weddings at the campground last fall so we can all “shake a leg” next year while we eat!

Alpine goat carrying pack for backpacking or hiking

Goats with Totes!

Our newest endeavor is an extension of our passion for backpacking and goats…Lanita as a “goat wrangler,” packing trips into the wilderness for groups. More on this in the next newsletter!

February Willow Witt Ranch News:

Farm Stays, Rentals and Campground

We have renamed the “new” house on the land to Meadow House and will be renting it daily (or weekly) for retreats and farm stays.  It faces the South Meadow. Learn more about the Meadow House farmstay accommodations.

Birthing Season and Puppies!

Looking ahead, animal birthing season starts in February for the goats and in March for the pigs.  We have 13 milk goats bred to our wonderful buck, Maximus. He enjoyed his working season…

Feeding our Animals

The Mangel Wurtzel crop this year grew well and has been fed out to pigs, goats, and chickens.  This is year number 2 of growing these fodder beets; they’re a high carbohydrate BIG beet.

home power magazineWe’re the New ‘Cover Girls’ in Home Power Magazine!

Suzanne Willow and Lanita Witt are the owners of Willow Witt Ranch, a 445-acre sustainable farming enterprise that raises organic, pasture-grown pigs; Alpine goats for milk and backpacking. Read the Home Power magazine article.

Thank you all for your support over the years. We are very excited about adventures that await us in 2014; we will relish each month of the “slower season” planning for the upcoming season and the next harvest.

– Suzanne, Lanita, and The Crew at Willow-Witt Ranch