Forgotten Fruits Food Forest

06/18/2026

Hello! 🐽💫💕

If you’re new here, welcome to Forgotten Fruits Food Forest!
We’re a small regenerative farm in Michigan sharing our journey of raising animals, growing food, and working with nature every step of the way.

Our food forest is filling with abundance, including Mangalitsa hogs, Freedom Ranger poultry, laying hens for fresh eggs, honeybees producing delicious honey, chestnut trees, elderberries, kiwiberries, apples, cranberries, cherries, and so much more! We’re passionate about growing nourishing food while caring for the land and creating a thriving ecosystem for people, plants, and animals.

Follow along for farm life, sustainable agriculture, cute animals, and plenty of muddy noses!

We have a YouTube filled with How-To videos, Come With Us videos, Tips and Tricks, and more!

LINK IN BIO 💫

🌳 Our Link Tree:

https://linktr.ee/forgottenfruitsfoodforest?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=f986bc4e-b7fb-4cb7-bd86-bc2a125ab5a8

06/16/2026

Wait for it!🥹🐣💫

06/14/2026

Soil life thrives when you have a cover crop ☘️🌸💫

This lush clover is doing more than just looking beautiful. Cover crops help feed soil microbes, reduce erosion, suppress weeds, retain moisture, and even fix nitrogen naturally.

Before we started caring for this land, it was farmed conventionally, with bare and dead soil left between planting cycles. Now, instead of leaving the ground exposed, we keep living roots growing as much as possible to support the biology beneath the surface.

Healthy plants start with healthy soil, and healthy soil starts with keeping living roots in the ground.

06/12/2026

Gooooood morning! 🌞🥚

06/11/2026

Rotational Grazing in Action! 🐓🌱

One of the best things we do for our meat chickens is move them regularly through fresh pasture in our homemade chicken tractor.

If you look closely, you can see the dark green strips of grass where the chickens were previously located. Those lush patches are a result of the natural fertilizer the birds leave behind as they graze and forage.

This system helps:
• Improve soil health
• Reduce waste buildup and odors
• Encourage healthier pasture growth and healthier chickens
• Give the chickens access to fresh grass, bugs, and forage for a cleaner and happier life
• Create a more sustainable and regenerative farming system

It’s a simple system that works with nature instead of against it.

Nothing goes to waste, and every move helps build healthier soil for the future!

06/10/2026

The BEST compost system 🐥💫🍄‍🟫

Nothing goes to waste around here.
This mushroom got a little too big and overmature for us to enjoy, but that doesn’t mean it went to waste. Our chickens were more than happy to help with cleanup! 🐔

One of the things we love about raising animals is how they help close the loop on the farm.

Scraps, overgrown produce, and other things that aren’t suitable for us can often be turned into valuable nutrition for the flock or our pigs. In return, the chickens provide eggs and manure for the crops!

It’s a simple example of regenerative agriculture in action. Making the most of what we have, reducing waste, and letting every part of the farm serve a purpose.

Nature doesn’t waste much, and we try not to either. 🌱🍄🐔

06/09/2026

Cuteness overload incoming….🥹💫🐥

06/08/2026

Bee yard update is now LIVE! 🐝🍯

Like many local apiaries, we weren't immune to the harsh winter and unfortunately lost our original hives to a total dead-out.

That’s the harsh reality of farming, it's a constant learning process, BUT we aren't slowing down! We are working hard to rebuild, and this new video takes you behind the scenes as we show you exactly how we split and combine our hives to help them grow back stronger than ever.

Come see how we're rebuilding and moving forward, link below!

https://youtu.be/VsyuuYE_6V0

Bee Yard Update | Splitting & Combining Hives to Strengthen Our Api...

06/06/2026

Here we go again! 🐥💫

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06/02/2026

Out in the Bee Yard! 🐝🍯

We had to start over this year with all new hives after the harsh winter. Unfortunately, several of our fellow beekeepers experienced the same losses.

The good news is the bees are looking happy, healthy, and hard at work! 🌼🐝

Beekeeping comes with its ups and downs, but it’s exciting to see the hives thriving again. We can’t wait to watch them grow throughout the summer and hopefully bring in a great honey harvest! 🍯🌸

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