Updates from Ryder Family Farm · A southern Illinois family farm- sowi...

Joy has been hard to come by at times while many portions of the country are observing stay at home orders. The economic uncertainty, isolation, the unknowns can easily overshadow the blessings.
On the farm we have tons of blessings but we are also weighed down by the economic consequences of the stay at home orders. Normally we would be prepping for a busy season selling at the Farm Market in our city. We were producing eggs, soap and tending...

March on the farm was an absolute whirlwind. Not only did we have loads of spring stuff to accomplish (including the new high tunnel) but Covid-19 has been heavy on the mind- both for the farm and personally where our family is concerned.
The kids have been out of school since March 17th and will remain home for the duration of the school year while “remote learning”. We are also looking ahead and trying to anticipate when social distancing might end and how that will impact our farm...

You probably saw my live video over on Facebook yesterday. If you didn’t, we had goat kids born that I shared live. Mama was tiny and it was a first time birth that caught us by surprise. Babies aren’t supposed to be due till the 22nd and this goat wasn...

This crazy wet weather we have been having here in Southern Illinois isn’t making our high tunnel construction go very quickly- Yep you read that right we are building a high tunnel right now! Woho!
However, the weather is making our free ranging duck flock very, very happy. They are just running from puddle to puddle splashing and eating grass and bugs....