Dispatches from the sanctuary. Every rescue, every recovery, every rooster who thinks sunrise is his personal achievement.
Cold nights are coming. Ten dollars buys a bale, and every shelter on the property needs filling.
Where the hens rule, the roosters reign, and the ducks were never formally invited.
They see the hay. They want the hay. They will have the hay.
Sponsorship for the cats who live with us at the sanctuary as permanent residents.
Funding the pipeline that brings ferals from shelter euthanasia lists to forever placements across Julian backcountry.
#gratitude We woke up to more than twice the amount of forecasted rainfall, and my gut response was terror. An ominous shadow cast over the first morning of 2026. We knew that 64 bales of straw weren’...
🖤✨ SPROUT HAS BIG NEWS FROM THE BARN ✨🖤 You may notice some changes around here... and we want to be fully transparent about why. Steampunk Farms Rescue Barn’s soap company has officially grown into...
There’s a whole lotta water on the horizon! We wouldn’t mind a white Christmas, but a flooded one sounds downright awful. 😭 Send your warmest, driest wishes our way, please. We’re gonna need ‘em ALL!...
A little alfalfa breakfast on this drizzly but not-too-chilly Christmas Eve. Pima, her adopted boys Nimbus and Scotty, llama Florian, and a glimpse of Andy in the back are helping themselves to the ca...
Have a peaceful longest night this Winter Solstice. Sunset: 4:43pm in Ranchita.
Some days don’t go as planned. I had a headache at breakfast time, so instead of checking in with Tierra’s diners on my usual schedule (immediately after serving the Seniors and Special Care yards), I...
🚛💨 Nine holiday packages have left the building! 🎄🎁🎅 Many thanks to everyone who supported small business, rescued animals, and a very special, little pig in Arizona, too! 🥰
When we met Gabe in 2017, the shelter said he was female, and we - naive and unquestioning - took them as experts. It was nearly a year later that we realized we’d been deceived. Gabby became Gabe. T...
When we met JD, he could’ve fit INSIDE that pumpkin. 😱 #truestory #forreal #pumpkinseason #theygrowupsofast
Loaded! Many thanks to everyone who supported our Giving Tuesday fundraiser to make this pick-up possible, and to Corena for organizing, Louis the pig for being awesome, Marilyn for allowing squashes ...
