Meet The Folks at Westholme
Krystal, Gary and Zack
If you happen to stop by the farmstand, these are the faces you’ll likely see out in the yard. More than likely I (Krystal) will be down in the garden or tending the chickens if I’m not swinging a hammer building something right in the driveway. Rain or shine, you will generally see me out there doing something.
We are a homeschooling family so you will often see Zack running around the yard, playing with the dog or jumping on a trampoline in the middle of a school day. He’s not home sick, he’s just done his school work for the day already. Zack is a great help with harvesting the vegetables when things get to be a bit much for one person and, as he grows, he’s getting to be great help when I need to move/lift something that’s too big or awkward for one person. He loves playing outside in the rain so please excuse him for looking like a feral drowned rat if you happen to come by when it’s wet out. This happens a lot with the weather we’ve had this year.
Gary works a regular 8-5, Monday to Friday job so it’ll be a lot less likely that you’ll see him. Farming is really not his thing (and that’s totally ok!) but he’s been amazingly supportive of all of my crazy plans and is always there to help when I need him.
And Also The Farm Dog
Renji the Beagle
A beagle probably wouldn’t be most people’s first choice for a farm dog, it certainly wouldn’t have been mine had the farm come before the dog and not the other way around. With TONS (and I do mean tons) of training, Renji has grown to be an awesome farm pup who absolutely adores his chickens. We’re pretty proud of how far he’s come. He’s definitely a good boy.
This guy will be the first to greet you (with his lovely beagle barks) if you stop by the farmstand. Where the farmstand is new, he’s still getting used to strangers stopping in our yard. Apologies in advance for his loud “welcome”. We hope he will eventually learn that the new people at the end of the driveway are nothing to bark at.
Also, because he has a tendency to follow his nose on adventures, Renji is tied. While he may bark his greeting, his tether doesn’t allow him to reach the farmstand at the end of the driveway so he won’t be coming out to physically say hello.
