Welcome to Bone Dry Ridge Farm
We are a two farm operation operated by Selma and Keith. Selma is on a small 40-acre farm located in the beautiful Independence Valley just 35 minutes south of Olympia, Washington. Keith is at the Fagernes Diary just 3 miles away along the Chehalis River and is 95 acres farm. We are “the little bit of everything farms.” We raise Wagyu Cattle, Icelandic Sheep, Heritage Pigs and have a laying flock of chickens. We get meat from the cattle, pigs and sheep. And of course wool from the sheep, and eggs from the chickens. On the Fagernes dairy we raise dairy cattle that provide the milk for our creamery, Flying Cow Creamery and our dairy cows are the mamas to our waguy calves.
Selma moved to her farm in 2000. She started out with two cows, three sheep and three chickens. But as with any farm, things change over time. We had Scottish Highland Cattle for many years but now raise Wagyu X cattle. The flock of sheep has peaked out at about 18 ewes and each year we raise about 15 pigs. Still considered a small operation, but it keeps us busy all year long. Keith, Selma’s husband is a third generation dairy farmer. At the Fagernes Dairy he raises his mixed breed of dairy cows, Holstein, Jersey, Guernsey, Swedish Red, Wagyu and Normandy. These ladies provide the milk that is the base for our creamery, Flying Cow Creamery as well as being the mamas to our Wagyu X calves.
On our farm each animal has a place in the interwoven fabric of a farm. The sheep eat all the weeds and grasses the cows were not interested in. The pigs dig out the barn where the sheep spend the winter, the chickens eat the grain the pigs spill. The animals also give us manure that gets spread on the fields as fertilizer.
We practice rotational grazing, which means the cows and the sheep get moved to a clean pasture every few days. This, not only helps keep the animals healthy by reducing parasites but also makes for healthier pastures. When you have healthy pastures, you have healthy animals. In addition to good grass we provide our animals with salt and minerals, something they are not able to receive from our Western Washington pastures. Our goal is to have happy healthy animals. Animals that are content are easy to take care of. Their purpose, after all, is to provide healthy meat for many.
We sell Wagyu X beef, Icelandic lamb, Heritage breed of pork, and wool. We have an e-mail list that our customers have requested to be on. Four times a year, we send out a newsletter with info on what is going on on the farm as well as links to the meat order forms when we have some available for our customers to sign up for. We take orders on a first come first served bases. Usually within just a few weeks all the meat has been pre-ordered. We usually harvest our beef two times in the early to late summer. We do two batched of pigs every year. The summer and winter batch and the lambs are harvested in the fall. The meat is custom cut at a local butcher shop. The customer can pick op their meat at the butcher shop or opt for delivery. We have a drop off location in Olympia, Tacoma and Seattle.
If you are interested in purchasing meat or wool, please contact us at selma@bonedryridgefarm.com for availability and/or to be added to the mailing list.