Our son, Tommy with Lassie, our Border Collie

Welcome to

Fairview—Springhill Farms

Fairview Springhill Farms is a family owned and operated diversified farm located in Frederick County, Virginia, about 60 miles west of Washington, D.C. We are a seasonal, grass based, Grade A dairy. We offer a cow share program, raise hogs, and raise eggs from pastured chickens.

Fairview—Springhill Farms

Increasing Sustainability...Visit our “Eggmobile” page to read about our latest efforts to increase sustainability on our farm.

 

What’s in the furrow? Scroll down for a few thoughts about the upcoming growing season.

 

Spring 2012:

Baby Bull Calves available for purchase this spring! Now accepting pre-orders for 3 day old bull calves. Click here for more information, or see “Bottle Calf Sales” at the left.

Also, this spring we will offer 1 week old heifer calves, available in April, for $225 each. Click Here for more information, or see “Bottle Calf Sales” at the left.

 

What’s in the furrow?

 

If you’ve ever made a line in your garden to plant seeds in that’s called a furrow. So what’s in the furrow here at Fairview-Springhill Farms?

 

We’re actually planting many different “seeds” as we experiment to see what will grow into an enterprise that will allow us to give new offerings to our patrons. Of course you already know about our gourmet hamburger and eggs. This past fall, 2011, we bought an apple butter kettle and, with the help of friends and family, turned 3 bushels of apples into some of the thickest apple butter you ever tried to stick a knife into! We had lots of fun and are looking forward to trying this project again next season.

 

In the summer of 2011 we grew corn to make into cornmeal. On a whim we also planted several rows of grain sorghum. Due to the drought and grass hoppers the only thing we harvested was a lot of experience and a little bit of sorghum. However, sorghum waffles are right tasty and we’re optimistic about the 2012 growing season. My paternal Grandfather lived through the Great Depression trying to feed a family of 8 kids in Pittsburg, PA As soon as he could he, Grandma and the kids moved to the country and planted produce gardens all around their home. He said that never again did he want to have to provide for his family without the benefit of his own gardens. So in the can do spirit of my Granddad I will attempt yet again another gardening venture. My gardens usually start off with good intentions and end with minimal harvests. I’m hoping that with an investment in an antique walking tractor to aid in cultivation and help me to control weeds in a timely manner my harvest will be large enough to share with our farm’s supporters.

 

There are always lots of ideas floating around in my head for new ventures. You just never know which one of those seeds when planted will take root and grow. So we’ll keep on making furrows while we tend to those that we’ve already planted, here at Fairview-Springhill Farms!