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Indian Ridge Farm recognized with huge award … and other spring 2024 updates
The Shavano Conservation District has awarded Indian Ridge Farm as the Soil Heath Producer of the Year! The District encompasses 2.5 million acres of land in Western Colorado, three drainages (the Uncompaghre River, the Gunnison River and the San Miguel River), and five counties (Ouray, San Miguel, Gunnison, Delta and Montrose). The organization has as…
Read MoreSummer of 2023 is in full-swing
Waking up to the sound of a Western Kingbird is truly a joy. We’ve never heard this particular songbird before, but its call is glorious. This assumes that you’re a morning person, someone who awakens before the sunrise and at the crack of dawn. Because the Western Kingbird likes the time just before daybreak, when…
Read MoreIt’s that time again … some updates!
Farm life is vibrant once again! We are happy to report that after a couple years of challenging times with the Covid virus raging, the drought holding tight and continued labor difficulties, the farm is back in full-swing this growing season. Anne LeFevre and her two boys are back for their sixth season managing the…
Read MoreSome current images from the farm
We’re transitioning from summer to fall and ultimately to winter here at our high-altitude farm in southwest Colorado. That means Anne’s been busy harvesting root vegetables and more from the garden, and we’re winterizing and cleaning up the place, while still taking care of livestock, some of which are due for processing soon. The mountains…
Read MoreMid-summer updates
Our most recent Post, entitled “It’s Time for a Reset” was widely mis-interpreted by readers as an announcement of our imminent retirement from farming. This could not be further from the truth. We are taking a year off, yes, from commercial livestock production. But there’s still a farm to run! The living farm organism requires…
Read MoreIt’s time for a “reset”
Planning for the Future A beautiful sunrise greeted us one-morning last fall, an omen of good things to come! Farming is not for the faint of heart and 2020 presented its own unique set of challenges. The logistics of marketing during a pandemic, wondering if we were going to have enough water to see us…
Read MoreAn end to a challenging season
We’ll start this post with a photo of a sunrise, taken this fall from our farmhouse. Sunrises are powerful. They signify a fresh start to another day. We can wipe clean the slate and start again. A new day offers hope. It offers strength. It provides us with an opportunity to live life. Again. To…
Read MoreThe farming doesn’t stop for a pandemic!
It’s now the beginning of August and through this most unusual, some would say dystopian time, the seven of us farming at Indian Ridge Farm have continued to mostly shelter in place since we started the farm season in March. We’re doing this to protect ourselves, as we don’t want to introduce the Coronavirus to…
Read MoreEarly summer update, and how to get our products this season
Although water supplies are in shorter supply throughout the region this year because of a year-long drought, our ponds are full and looking good! We’ve had at least four families of geese frolic in the ponds around the farm this spring. Many of you noticed we weren’t at this growing season’s first Telluride Farmers Market…
Read MoreSpringtime at Indian Ridge Farm
The Coronavirus pandemic has not slowed down activity here at the farm. Our wonderful farming life continues unabated. We’re restricting visitors and carefully limiting our exposure to the general public when we’re in town for errands. Our goal is to keep all seven of us living at the farm healthy so that we can continue…
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