Our homesteading adventure started in 2015 on 1.3 acres at the end of a cul-de-sac. We purchased our very first doeling, Mama, intended to be our family milk goat and our first mini pig, Domino. Thus Compass Rose Homestead was born. At that time, we started experimenting with different styles of gardening. Straw bale, hugelkultur, lasagna, raised beds, traditionally tilled and container are just a handful of things that we’ve tried.

With each passing year, our gardens improved, our herd grew as did our need to find a more suitable farm. In August 2021, we were blessed with the opportunity to move to a home with more acreage. The hardpan red clay and soil that had been traditionally farmed for decades pushed our skills and knowledge to their limits. Today, we are still working on healing the land by building topsoil and nurturing soil biomes. It’s a slow process, but oh so worth it.

At our 1800’s teaching farm, acquired in 2022, you’re able to come alongside us while we show you how you can take some basic concepts and implement them on your own farm. We aim to educate willing students in all of our hard learned lessons in order to pole vault them to success. We are, afterall, a community, pulling together, cheering each other on, sharing in our victories and in our defeats. You don’t have to do it alone. Come join us.