S1 E6 - Dental Goats, Bees and Country Living with Tooth Acres Farm aka Dental Goat

Rock Bridge Farmstead Podcast | Stories From Our Homestead and Yours!

Tooth Acres has always been a dream of mine . A combination of my two unique passions , dentistry and farming . We registered Tooth Acres Farm as an official farm and business during the pandemic. Most of our livestock has a dental related name thus, Dental_Goat at Tooth Acres was born.

Dentistry can be really challenging. I never imagined I’d relate to terms like burnout , depression or anxiety in a career I love so much. Those words were quickly becoming a new normal for me and I knew I had to take action. When reflecting on what happiness means to me, I am always brought back to my homestead . Sowing the seeds, caring for our animals, harvesting food and honey. Teaching our children this self sufficient way of life has never been more important. At the end of this life the kindness we plant and the lessons we teach is all we can truly leave behind.

My husband and I live in very rural West Virginia . When you live a rural as we do, the old Appalachian way of life or a sustainable life style becomes a necessity.

I was not raised in a way that would set me up successfully for this lifestyle. I do not have generations of grannies and great grannies who taught me life lessons or passed down their knowledge. My husbands family on the other hand comes from generations of farmers. They have taught me so much and we have also learned a lot on our own along the way. We are a first generation goat farm and beekeepers. My husband truly is like a Swiss Army knife and the backbone of this operation. He gives into all my crazy antics and usually has to fix something along the way.

One of the goals of our farm is to offer merchandise and products that we love to make and use and find value in ourselves. We currently sell various products such as all natural tooth powder, breath spray, chapstick and soap. We also sell eggs, honey ,and goats. We are working toward registered goat sales . Goats sold previously have not been registered. We hope to add some wood working items , more honey products, goat milk products, and larger scale onion and potato sales. We are still a work in progress and we are so thankful

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Rock Bridge Farmstead has grown over the years. Homesteading definitely takes time, so if you are just getting started, don’t be discouraged! Our farm began in 2014 when we bought our first home, planted our first large garden and purchased our first chickens and goats. It was a dream come true!

Everything we do on our farmstead we do as a family. We have two amazing children who participate in almost every part of homestead life. Our projects take a little longer because our kids help, ask questions and learn as we do those projects. We take every opportunity to spend time in nature, and educate our children about the important things in life.