Equinox Farm

We closed on our 26 acre farm in north central Kentucky on the fall equinox of 2003, hence the name Equinox Farm. Our farm is currently home to 32 sheep, 3 horses, 3 dogs, 5 cats, a small flock of chickens, 60,000 or so bees and untold numbers of wild critters. In 2007 we were certified by the National Wildlife Federation as a Backyard Habitat, something we are quite proud of and encourage everyone to look into. There are so many simple things we can all do, wherever we live.

Approximately 18 acres of our farm is devoted to pasture, and that acreage is broken down into 9 separate paddocks, so we are able to practice rotational grazing. We have a main barn with run-ins on each side and two separate run-in sheds in the back paddocks. There is also a full size riding/carriage driving arena out back which the sheep think is theirs as well.

In the summer of 2009 we had an old farm building torn down and replaced with what we are calling The Wool House. The main part of the building is a climate controlled, comfortable work area with plenty of room for looms, wheels, washed fleeces, roving and handspun yarn... Attached is a 160 square foot wash area complete with drying racks and a large work table for picking and carding. A large covered porch overlooks the front sheep pasture and houses a built in skirting table, two comfortable rockers and plenty of room for spinning wheels, rug hooking frames... Come over and sit a spell!

We maintain a very small orchard - home to the hardest working peach tree - and several small gardens for flowers and vegetable production. Our house is small and full of sheep (not real...usually) and spinning wheels and we have a beautiful back porch that has been completely overtaken by our extremely spoiled "barn" cats. Sigh.

There are two ponds on the farm, a large "fishing" pond and a small "water hole" we named The Frog Pond. Originally encouraged to remove this pond, we took it as a special challenge to turn it into a focal point of our landscape and in the process are enjoying learning about Kentucky's native plants and wildlife. Of course no good native plant garden would be complete without the company of a few good dogs and cats.


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