Farm History
Our farm was bought four generations ago (in 1898) by Herman Brockman and Maria Zachgo-Brockman when it consisted of 160 acres and the original rooms of the farmhouse. In 1912, Herman built the big hip-roofed barn, complete with a cement floor, which was virtually unheard of then because it was thought to lame the horses. Herman and Maria’s son, Fred Brockman, took over the farm in 1930. Unfortunately he had to stop farming after he crushed his leg in a harvesting accident in 1963. The farm was then rented and farmed in the usual way: corn and soybeans and plenty of pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides. Soon after our family moved here in 1998, it was converted back to organic crops and diverse sustainable agriculture.
As some of you may know from reading the "Meet the Goats" page, our matriach of the goat herd, Snow, has been living a life of leisure in her golden years. She has not been having kids for several years since she became very ill after her last kidding. Well, I mistakenly left the young male kids in with the herd a little too long last summer, and now Snow is the proud mother of twins! This morning we discovered the big black and white male kid who looks similar to a koala bear, and his petite gray and white sister. They are both healthy and strong and have nursed well. Since they were born on my brother Henry's birthday, we have named the male Henry in his honor. The female is Fiona because she looks like a Celtic maiden, white and fair. -January 8, 2011
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