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All Natural Living Sourced from the Land
Est. 2016
Welcome to Two Ponds Farm. We are a hobby farm located in central Wisconsin. My family moved from the New York City area to Wisconsin in 2016 paritally due to job changes but also due to a desire to simplify our life and raise our daughter in a country lifestyle similar to how both my husband and I were raised. If you are interested in learning more about our motivations for trying to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle, how to raise ducks and chickens for eggs and meat, how to grow a great vegetable garden to help feed your family, how to properly grow and prune fruit trees, how to grow wine and table grapes in a cold climate, and more please visit my Blog. Also feel free to visit my "About" page for more information about us. Please contact me with any questions.
Vegetable and Herb Gardening
I grow as many varities of vegetables as I can handle with a special emphasis on tomatoes, peppers, and cold crops (We live in zone 4). I will share tips, tricks, as well as frustrations, particlarly when dealing with bugs and diseases.
Native Plants
After we moved into our home we discovered that many of the plants on our property are not only non-native but also invasive. As we slowly work on managing our flower beds we are making an effort to eliminate the invasive plants and add in native plants. We are also working to elminate many other invasive plants from our surrounding fields/woods including glossy buckthorn, tansy, honeysuckle, and more.
Food Preservation
We utilize multiple methods to preserve our harvests, including fermenting, canning, freezing, and dehydrating. I am particularly obsessed with fermenting (must be the microbiologist in me) both yeast-based alcohol fermentations as well as wild lactic acid fermentations.
Chickens and Ducks
We raise chickens and ducks and (sometimes) turkeys. Our ducks provide eggs and entertainment, the chickens provide eggs, meat, and frustration when they destroy my flower beds, and the turkeys provide our Thanksgiving dinner when we are brave enough to raise them (turkeys can be troublesome).
Fruits
We planted a small orchard and vineyard on our property. Most trees are not yet bearing fruit but we have started to harvest some blackberries, raspberries, and grapes. A major prolem on our property has been fungal diseases, particlarly on the grapes.