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Feathers & Fruit

Freelance journalist & Farmer specializing in egg layers & in fruit- blueberries, blackberries & figs

11/07/2025

I shoulda posted this weeks ago when I took this picture but we are happy to say our eggs are available at & will still donate $1 of every carton sold to a breast cancer survivor.

Not taking any fresh eggs to markets as we need em to restock pickled eggs for the holidays, we are honored to have our farm fresh butt nuggets sharing fridge space with our zero waste pals 💚

Stop by Full Circle Refillery's Main St. storefront Wed-Sun & pilfer through our Zero Waste Craft Station, then pick up our eggs along with other local goods like:
🧡 reusable paper towels
💚 kombucha
💜 dry shampoo
💙 dish scrubbies
🩷 handmade cards

11/04/2025

No bones about the joy I'm having breathing new life into delicate dead things harvested from our farm.

Even if my farm crafts don't sell, the time I spend being creative is priceless (plus I'll already have gifts to dole out if need be).

But these pretty preciouses are for sale--
💀Framed skull bouquet is $45
🌻BONEquets $35
💎Crystalized jewelry priced in pic
🍁Wreaths $30 or twofer $50 (these two match as they have exactly the same elements, just displayed differently)

I can ship or you can pick up:
💚Wed, Nov 5th at
💙Sat, Nov 8th at
💜Wed, Dec 3rd at
🩷Sat, Dec 6th at .sewanee
🧡Sat, Dec 13th at

As always with me, the more you buy the better the deal & I'm open for custom work too.

11/01/2025

We're culling the flock on Friday, Nov 21st from 2-5p if anyone wants to learn for FREE how to be more connected with your food while growing community & having fun.

🧑‍🏫 Thanks to the , this FREE class is open for only 10-15 participants so you have to register through the link in our fb event or in our IG bio. This is a 3-hr hands-on class so wear clothes that can get bloody, muddy & wet.

🐔After the class, you will have the option to buy the stew hens you just processed, along with our ample inventory of sweet, savory & pickled products so bring a cooler.

🌬The farm is going to hibernate for the winter, not close but just not have chickens. I will still be making plenty of canned goods, even pickled eggs as I will be sourcing eggs from other local farms to keep up with the demand.

Phew, glad to have finally said it as it's been weighing on me for a while. 💚

10/27/2025

Judy & Juniper approve the creation of our new, limited edition Dog Lovers Basket!

Complete with a pup-faced oven mit, jar of sugarfree applesauce, jar of local pumpkin & a cookbook for satisfying our silly pup's palate-- it'll make everyone's tail wag 😁

I have different cookbooks to choose from & my locally grown canned ingredients heighten any recipe. I found only five of the precious mutt mits ergo limited edition.

I can also customize the basket by painting it any color &/or scribing your canine companion's name on it. For an additional charge, I can add more dog-friendly ingredients like our farm fresh eggs & chicken bone broth.

The basket pictured is painted red, lined with red & white paper as it's my local animal shelter's colors. The baskets, no matter the color, are only $45 & $5 from each one will go directly to my local shelter.

Holler or howl or bark if ya want one to gift for the holidays or keep for yourself.

10/23/2025

Behold the BONEquets complete with farm raised bones, dried herbs & naturally collected feathers. Even the 🦚 feathers came from my friend's farm in Alabama so you can support multiple small farms with one beautifully poised purchase.

Nothing goes to waste around here! I'm so happy when the holidays come around cause that means the fields quiet a bit & my creativity blooms. 💐

I have 6 BONEquets as I only had six stunning rings (which act as bands but are totally wearable separately. They are $35 each or twofer $60. If you see one you like, claim it by messaging me.

🛍 I can ship or you can pick up:
Fri, Oct 24th at Bacterium Scarium at White Duck Tacos
Wed, Nov 5th at
Sat, Nov 8th at
Wed, Dec 3rd at
Sat, Dec 6th at .sewanee
Sat, Dec 13th at

💀 I have several framed skulls & am working on more, as well as more of the wood disc displayed ones which are extra cool cause they came from my friend's 300yr old tree that recently fell.

🌻The wreaths vary in size but most of them are like 8" diameter, costing $15-20. I will have some ha-uge ones ready soon plus am also crafting some "Take & Make" wreath kits. Great gifts 🤩

As always with me, the more you buy the better the deal & I'm open for custom work too.

10/21/2025

I would love to set up cameras all over the property to see what nightlife comes alive & thrives on our land.

Speaking with Emillee today about us hosting a chicken harvesting class, we spoke about how many different birds you can see & hear on the farm.

Two questions--
1. Would anyone be interested in a chicken processing class on Fri, Nov 21st?
2. Would anyone be interested in attending a Winter Wildlife Walk maybe in Dec or Jan?

10/10/2025

I think I may have taken my last outdoor shower yesterday. I am going to miss this specific chicken-s**t riddled spot.

Living in our 3-bedroom, 1.5 bath open floor plan (aka a 25ft camper & 40ft construction trailer in a gravel parking lot) for the past year & a half has been bittersweet.

🩴Having to put on shoes to get a cup of coffee or any sustenance really.
💩 Playing hopskotch over random poo plops that still find their way to your sole.
🌦 Paying better attention to the weather as to not walk laundry down to the dryer in the rain.

🥾 All requiring some kind of footwear & for this barefoot baby, it was always a daunting chore.

My shoes are in one place & my sanity in another.

Now that we've reviewed a few builder estimates & are making the next stride to a more "normal" housing, we've got some big news that I'll be announcing next week as I don't have the wherewithal to get into it just yet.

In the meantime, shop from our website or visit me this Saturday at the public 💚

10/04/2025

Gift giving season will be here before you know it & I can help make it easy for ya with our custom baskets!

Tell me about the recipient & give me a budget, then let me put my locally sourced & grown homemade goodies together for you.

🧡Maybe it's for your Vols lovin' boss.
💚Maybe it's for your kid's teacher who loves a good brunch or charcuterie.
❤️Maybe it's for your spicy loved one or sweet best friend, whose fave color is red.

I can make something for all of those & then some, personalized to the max!

🥰 Come see me at tomorrow's Harvest Moon Market or Saturday's but if you can't make it, just holler at me & let's get to gifting!

09/25/2025

After ten years of stepping out of my comfort zone & in chicken s**t, hardening my plants & my backbone, I am now driven to put a pen in these callused hands more than canning supplies.

I have begun to focus more on getting my thoughts on paper than caring for crops. Mind you, our fields are approaching their dormant days, one of the reasons we chose fruit is to have some rest time in the fall.

But I'll be planting & transplanting blueberries in November which will be here before we know it. I like the idea of spending my birthday month commerating my voice, my love & this farm life.

My friend has been working on this crosstitch since I told her of my book idea ions ago. I told her that we, like many things, will always be a work in progress so it never has to be finished & I'd take it as it is.

At the writer's conference last weekend, I witnessed a room of strangers laugh multiple times at a first draft page of my story (in a good way). Then last night, I was reminded by this thoughtful creative friend that my words can inspire and resonate more than I realize.

Title: Summer Lovin', Winter Bush: A Farmer's Journey of Growing Relationships

Release date: maybe when I or my parents have passed on or when I hit 80k words.

09/22/2025

Our farm is approaching a new chapter. Not yet ready to turn the page & give it words, here I provide colorful content of my library (which is 1000% cookbooks) & my weekend.

That's my attention span. Articles, instruction manuals, cookbooks, to go menus-- that's about what holds my attention. It's sad cause I'm a writer so you'd think a writer reads, but I never did unless I got a sticker or pizza hut pizza. 💜

For those that don't know, I am a published journalist. Or was? Once you're published I guess you can't become unpublished.

I wrote short stories starting when I was ten years old. I wrote for my high school paper. I was the lifestyles editor of my college paper. I have contributed to women's magazines. My most recent gig of Assistant Editor of the was eliminated during covid, never to return.

This past weekend, I took a road trip solo out of state to attend my second conference & it reminded me how much I miss a deadline & being wordy.

I met the marvelous & who both provided insight & inspiration. I perused the exhibit of book themed mutlimedia art. I ate my body weight in sushi.

Most importantly, I wrote.

Like pages & pages. Not just a to-do list or a grocery list, which is all I feel I have mustered in the last decade.

If you've read this far & comment what you like to read or if you think I should write a book on then I'll gift you an autographed copy of me memoirs "Summer Lovin', Winter Bush."

09/14/2025

🎶Come a little bit closer, hear what I have to say🎶
Three weeks from today, join me & fellow locavores from 1-3p at to celebrate the bright Harvest Moon.

Besides my canned concoctions, I'm going to have Wreaths & BONEquets, plus Guord Goddesses that you can craft on site using Full Circle Refillery's zero waste craft supplies or buy some already dolled up.

What's a moon market without getting a lil feral too? Come for a menstration celebration with music, food & a product demonstration where Full Circle can answer all your zero waste bloody britches aka period panty questions!

Of course there will be a giveaway & I may come with a fun photo booth. I'm so happy to cohost an event like no other & have cool kids like & sharing the space too!

Hope to see you there 🌚

09/13/2025

A little passed but it's never too late to be stylish. I have aquired all these dangling darling accessories just within the last year & have yet to wear them cause I'm waiting for eyes other than livestock's to see them.

🍳 With gift giving season approaching, please buy from small businesses as it keeps the local economy thriving & usually offers one-of-a-kind items like chicken butt & cast iron fried egg earrings!

👢Angel & June Designs handcrafted the ceramic chickens in cowboy boots & so much to choose from on her website. She doesn't do social so check out www.AngeJuneDesigns.com.

🐤 My pal Bonnie gifted me the cute lil round hens. She didn't make them but she is a talented mixed media quilter. Find her creations on her etsy page.

💚 I'll share all their links so you can support those who support others & look cute doing it.

Address

9320 Dallas Hollow Road
Soddy-Daisy, TN
37379

Telephone

(843) 503-3836

Website

http://www.feathersandfruit.com/

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We bought the farm (haha) in April 2015 with a somewhat grandeur idea of what we were going to do with it since it wasn’t actually a farm to start with. We found the 18 acre property on Craigslist and it was as is. It came with a hot tub and pool (yes please) as well as 6 fully producing blueberry bushes, 30x30 shop with a lift and a dilapidated greenhouse.

I love digging in the dirt and he loves living off the land so it took no time for us to acquire 30 egg laying Barred Rock hens and a garden full of carrots, corn and wildflowers. The goats were kind of a happy accident as McKamey Animal Center found Billy Rae (black and white) on 4th avenue and we needed some landscaping assistance with vicious Wisteria and Poison Ivy. George (brown) came about 6 months later because Billy needed a friend.

Now, almost 2 years later, we have 46 Barred Rock, two silly Pygmy goats, 8 blueberry bushes, 6 blackberry bushes, 6 fig trees and two very vivacious farm kitties Mewtant and Jacob. Please enjoy our products as much as we do, and hopefully as much as you enjoy the stories of our trials and tribulations.