Cloud 9 Farm

When we try to explain all that Cloud 9 Farm has to offer it’s a plethora of diverse, yet sustainable activities.  Condensed into a rhyme it’s: Beds, Berries, Trees, Beef and Honey Bees.

Beds: Come stay in our vacation rentals on the farm and experience the simple life. Each bedroom has deck access.

Berries: Blueberries, Raspberries, Blackberries are the cornerstone of our agricultural endeavors with 3 acres dedicated to them. U-Pick season is late June through mid July.

Trees: and more trees. Managing timber stands is a priority so the trees can grow to their fullest, with thinning of trees for our sawmill to make boards, trim, beams, posts, chips, etc. Our portable sawmill also travels to help others turn logs into lumber. Nothing goes to waste on the farm.

Beef: Our Black Angus breeder cows have the good life here with an occasional visiting bull to keep them happy. (Or is it the other way around?) They raise a calf each year which grows to maturity the natural way (no hormones or anti-biotics) and is pre-sold for beef two years later. We pride ourselves in providing abundant grass in rotational paddocks to supply them with “green sun” to eat. If a calf is born while you are here, you get to name it!

Honey Bees: A small apiary of honey bees are kept to pollinate the blueberries and provide honey (for sale, too, in good years). As beekeepers we research the best way to keep the bees healthy (a big problem these days), use natural methods to keep them, and attend monthly meetings of like-minded beekeepers. www.wncbees.org You are welcome to don an extra suit and stand back with the smoker to watch the inside workings of the hive with us.

Chickens: (Whoops, doesn’t start with “B” and isn’t part of the jingle but…) Better than watching TV is watching the antics of the rooster in charge, or the hens who really do cackle after laying an egg. In a critter-proof pen, the “girls” like your table scraps and come running to the perimeter when they hear a door slam. Free-ranging in the woods for bugs under leaves is their favorite thing to do but only if no dogs are visiting. They are located a walk away from Cloud 9’s back door and provide guests with a complimentary dozen eggs upon arrival.