Thursday, January 21, 2010

Meet the farm (The Milk goats)




Hello Everyone,
I would like you all to meet one of our goats named Liberty! She was born here at Covenant Ranch this last year. She is one of the many goats we bottle fed. She would often slip through the railing in her pen to go play with one of the children. She absolutely loves people and is as sweet as can be! If you come visit us all here at Covenant Ranch she will be one of the first goats to greet you!

With the love of Christ,
The ranch manager (Beth Joy)

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Azure Orders

Covenant ranch is the Topeka Kansas drop off point for Azure. The next order deadline is the 26 of January. You must have your orders in before the deadline. If you need any help feel free to email us at: covenantranchonline@yahoo.com

With the love of Christ,
The Covenant ranch manager (Beth Joy)

Friday, January 15, 2010

About Covenant Ranch

Covenant Ranch is family owned and operated, located in the Northeastern
part of Kansas, with rolling hills and green pastures. Mission Creek runs
through the property offering the boys with an abundance of Blue Catfish!
Three generations will soon call Covenant Ranch home! We look forward to
the day when Jeanette's parents begin living in Kansas permanently. It is a
joy to live and work together as a family. We
enjoy the God honoring
relationships we have with our parents and children. We pray that our lives are a testimony of God's faithfulness to His people. Daily we are reminded of His covenant toward all of us that call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

How Covenant Ranch was Established:
Covenant Ranch was established in November of 2008 when we entered into
a covenant with each other, as a family, here at the Ranch. For many years
Joe, Jeanette and children have lived a life that many call self sufficient- we
prefer the term God reliant. We have lived with alternative energy sources,
enjoyed harvesting native plants for the meal table as well as raising our own
meat, eggs, and dairy products. It has always been our dream to live with
our parents on the same property so that our children had the blessing of
generational wisdom and guidance. In November 2008 that dream became
closer to a reality when we moved to a small ranch on the out skirts of
Topeka Kansas. As a family we work to create our home here at Covenant
Ranch. We continue to raise our children in an environment where they
thrive on fresh air, plenty of room to run, play and explore as well as enjoy
natural food- free of harmful chemicals and antibiotics.

Our Mission at Covenant Ranch:
Our first and most important desire is that we bring glory to the Lord Jesus
Christ. We strive to live out our testimony transparently so that others can
see the power of His Saving Grace. This includes training our children in
Godliness and appreciating the generational blessings as we live together as a
family. Secondly, our mission for the farm is to provide fresh and nutritious
food for our family as well as our barnyard friends. This includes constant
learning, work and prayer. We have developed a great deal of love for God's
creation as we live in this manner. We enjoy sharing what we have learned
with those that share similar goals: To bring glory to the Lord as we care for
all He has bestowed upon us.


What you can find at Covenant Ranch:
The family orchard and vineyard consist of Peach, Apple, Cherry and
Pear trees as well as Blackberries, Red Raspberries, Blueberries,
Strawberries, grapes and Elderberries. We look forward to our orchard
growing as the Lord leads. In the barn we have milk (goats and cows),
eggs, and all photography is from Bekah Lynn.

The Garden
The garden is always a work in progress! The 2009 crop will include all our
family produce needs from asparagus to zucchinis’. All of our garden is a
collection of heirloom plants, flowers and herbs started from seeds, grown
responsibly, preserved for our family needs, and then seeds collected for the
next year. It is a delight to work along side our children singing and tilling in
the garden. Seasonal tours, such as the Pumpkin patch, is an enjoyable time
that we look forward to sharing with the community. Don't forget to request
information about our farm tours.
The Barnyard
The barnyard is filled with baaing and bleating, quacking and chirping and
neighing.
Mornings and Evenings are filled with barn chores as we feed, milk, collect
eggs and take animals out to pasture or put them away safely for the
evening. Our barnyard friends include: Kinder goats, Kathadin Sheep, almost
100 laying hens, fourKaki Kampbell ducks and one white Embden Geese,
We have one Quarter horse, One Arabian horse, two beef cows, two dairy cows
one dog named Boomer and of course our faithful farm cats and- Daisy and Dixie.
And don't forget to check out our Apiary where there is always activity buzzing!

The Apairy
The apiary has become a reality for our son, Timothy. Timothy has
dreamed, studied, and enjoyed the honeybee for many years. Since he was
five years old he would sit in the apple trees during the honey flow and watch
as his bee friends were hard at work. At the young age of nine, he is
responsible for the honey hives here at Covenant Ranch. He does an
excellent job learning from others and applying that wisdom to our hives. We
are excited to enjoy the honey crop these hard working, farm friends bring to
us here at Covenant Ranch.