Grandma took a sledge hammer to the wall that day


Hi Reader,

My Grandma Miles lived in this house when I was a girl.

She cooked more meals here than I have.

Collected more eggs. Drove more tractors. Lead more Bible Studies.

Growing up in town, she became the farm wife who canned the peaches and made the apple butter that everyone loved!

But one day she got tired of waiting for her busy farmer husband to keep a promise.

"I'll get to it!" he insisted.

Grandma Miles was resourceful and resilient.

You need some of her skills in your life.

Don't say "I'll get to it."

Take Action Today!


ON Farm Market
We Are Open!

Saturday: 9 AM - 3:00 PM

Beans, Onions, Tomatoes, Brick Oven Bread!


SNEAK PEAK:

  • Registration is OPEN for our Homesteading Conference: Explore essential homesteading skills like bread making, foraging, and herbalism while learning from experts at our Homesteading Conference. 🌾 Join us on September 7th at Willow Haven Farm to enhance your sustainable living practices and connect with a vibrant community.

  • Visit us at Night in The Country - Fireworks!: Bringing healthy food choices to the food vendor selection at Night in the Country! Look for Vince’s scones and flatbreads, Untamed Ferments Kombucha, and the DeMaster family! Next Saturday, August 16, 4 - 10 PM


ANNOUNCEMENT: Pizza Night Tonight is Cancelled due to excessive rain and storms.

BUT... Dr. Carrie Chapp will join us for Pizza on the Deck next Friday August 16th.

We'll keep farming for you!

Reuben and Tessa DeMaster
Willow Haven Farm

P. S. 2nd Annual Homesteading Conference at Willow Haven Farm is Sept. 7. Registration is OPEN!

Tessa DeMaster

Growing up on my family's farm in Pennsylvania, I never would have pictured the life I live at Willow Haven farm. As a kid I spent summers in our large family garden we called, “The Truck Patch”. I helped mom every summer, picking beans, weeding, and cutting fruit and vegetables for the hundreds of jars of canned and frozen produce we put up. Now I spends less time out in the field and more time in the kitchen doing the same preserving for my own farm family. Farmer Reuben values my many hours doing much of the behind the scenes marketing, writing emails to cultivate customers and capturing the farm story each week. I'm always learning along the way in my quest to improve the farm experience for each of her current and future farm members in our 500+ member, year-round customized farm box delivery program. Reading our stories will connect you with your food in a way you never experienced before. Someday soon you will want to fit local food into your life and we'll be here to help you.

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