Mariposa Farmhouse

On our farm there are some things that can seem like problems. Often these ‘problems ‘ are a benefit for another area of our farm. In this video I show a few ways that I reap more benefits from our farm.

After 5 years of drought here in California, we had the biggest rain storm in a decade. We had flooding and fence damage. We included side by side video of crazy storm water next to our creek at it’s usual size.

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Most of our Mariposa Farmhouse guests come here to visit Yosemite National Park. There are also some beautiful bike rides an hikes right around our BnB. This video shows a short 20 minute ride from our BnB to the Merced River Overlook (aka The Lookout).

I am experimenting with raising healthy sheep using herbs and other healthy lifestyle choices instead of chemical methods. This story tells the results of the second  parasite test.

We had 3 inches of rain in one day! Repairs are needed on our pasture raised sheep fence. Today is fence fixing day. What needed fixing?

We just had three inches of rain in one day.  That is a large amount of rain at one time in our area.  Was there any damage to our sheep fences?

These are our Ameraucana Chickens at about 7 months old. They are egg laying chickens that lay blue eggs. We got our first egg from them on January 12th.  Our focus is on breeding  heritage chickens.  We plan to get 100 Dorking chickens in April.

These are our sheep. The black and white sheep is a full blood Dorper and the others are a Dorper/ Katahdin cross, also known as hair sheep. We got this variety of sheep because they are originally from South Africa and well suited for our hot summers.  We plan to breed these girls in June 2017. They enjoy eating the leaves off of the oak branches from a fallen tree nearby.

Concerned about the medications and hormones used by many meat producers, Nancy decided to raise her own sheep at Matriposa Farmhouse.   She is raising them naturally using organic feed and herbal supplements.  Check out her video where she explains how she does it; or come stay with us and see first hand.

In addition to operating our B&B for Yosemite guests, we are also growing organic vegetables, and raising sheep and heratige chickens.  We feed them all organic food use no hormones or antibiotics. We created a short video to show how we raise our animals.