Shepherd's Hill Farm
Martin, GA

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Heads-up Homestead Project

With loving guidance and support from Assistant Founder and Director, Beth Embry, of Shepherd's Hill Farm, the resident girls now have a Homestead Project to call their own. The girls have elected officers to the project. This not only gives them a sense of ownership, but teaches them responsibilities of how to operate the program and collaborate as a team.

Since late last summer, the resident girls have gotten to go on numerous field trips to gather ideas from other local area farms already partaking in homesteading. On one of the trips the girls learned what it was like to be self sustaining. They learned the methods of bee-keeping, gardening, and raising animals for food. Here they got to pick fresh organically grown blueberries and raspberries. They learned how to milk a goat and got to try it themselves. They also discovered all the different uses of goat's milk, how they can make cheeses and soaps. We found that the wax from the bee's honeycomb is used to make candles and lip balm. Surely, this will lead to more fun projects for the girls.

Another fun trip was to an animal farm. There the girls brought home sheep, goats, dogs, and yes llamas to add to the barn. The barn also has rabbits, chickens, and kittens. All of the residents at the farm have been enjoying the animals. The girls love, nurture, and tend to the needs of the animals every day. They performed a car wash in the local community to raise funds for the upkeep of the animals. New ideas for fund raising are on their agenda, as well as joining the local FFA, Future Farmers of America.

Shepherd's Hill Farm is a Christian Boarding School; outdoor residential program located on an 80 acre wilderness facility for troubled youth ages 13-17 struggling with a variety of negative behaviors. We are equipped with a completely devoted Christian staff that uses biblical principles in a loving authoritative community environment.