Our Story
We are Tricia and Dave. Our journey began with a dream to learn to be more self-sufficient and to move towards living in a more sustainable way. We wanted to know how the food that we eat was grown and cared for. We yearned to be more involved in our personal and local food supply by raising livestock and growing our own food but also by supporting local farmers with the same dreams we have.
In 2022, we fell in love with a little piece of land nestled in the rolling hills of Ripley County in southeast Indiana. With our four kids having grown and flown the nest, we packed up our suburban home in Cincinnati and started our homestead on 17 acres. We named our small farm Juniper Grove Homestead because of the beautiful junipers we have scattered across our property.
We currently keep bees and grow produce, herbs, flowers and pasture raised poultry and eggs for our family, friends and community at our local farmer's market. Tricia's background as a Registered Nurse has led to a passion for handcrafting all natural skin care products and growing and creating a variety of herbal tea blends and tonics.
By moving to our rural homestead, our day to day lives have completely changed. We are constantly humbled by all we need to learn. But we are also energized by all of the knowledge that living more in tune with nature has granted us.
