We closed our retail meat business at the end of 2017. While we really enjoyed working and selling to the public through our small store and at the Green Market in Cookeville, we just could not keep up the work load and continue working our other jobs. Not to mention just getting older means you move slower and have less energy.
Jack has kept a smaller herd of cattle which he continues to sell the calves each year. Most of them he sells to the stock barn - a few he sells to individuals who want to purchase half a beef or a whole beef. We no longer have chickens or pigs, just two lively Australian Shepherds who follow Jack all over the farm and chase the cows.
We are starting a new phase of our business on the farm - short-term rentals! Jack is building a small cottage overlooking the farm which we plan to rent out through AirBnB, hopefully starting in September of this year. Then our future plans are to add another cottage or two over the next couple of years. When we travel ourselves we like to stay at these type of rentals and meet the owners, so we decided that we'd like to do the same thing here at JindyDale Farms. As we get closer to the opening, I will post more about it.
Jack has kept a smaller herd of cattle which he continues to sell the calves each year. Most of them he sells to the stock barn - a few he sells to individuals who want to purchase half a beef or a whole beef. We no longer have chickens or pigs, just two lively Australian Shepherds who follow Jack all over the farm and chase the cows.
We are starting a new phase of our business on the farm - short-term rentals! Jack is building a small cottage overlooking the farm which we plan to rent out through AirBnB, hopefully starting in September of this year. Then our future plans are to add another cottage or two over the next couple of years. When we travel ourselves we like to stay at these type of rentals and meet the owners, so we decided that we'd like to do the same thing here at JindyDale Farms. As we get closer to the opening, I will post more about it.