Sleepy Cow Farm
The black barn with its copper roof below a hay field, hills behind it Tractor and baler working a mown hay field under blue sky Two cow statues on hay bales surrounded by pumpkins Green pasture rolling down to wooded hills Orange and pink sunset over the tree line

Sleepy Cow Farm

★ Lakeville, Connecticut ★

Hay, maple syrup, firewood and apples, with sweet corn, pumpkins and sunflowers at the farm stand.

Hay

We mow, rake and bale our own fields all summer. Small square bales are packed into large bundles and stacked dry in the barn until they leave on a trailer.

  • Small square bales
  • Bundled for loading
  • Mulch hay
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Windrows of cut hay curving across a hillside Square bales dropping behind the red baler Tractor with mowers cutting tall grass
Tractor pulling a baler across a mown field under blue sky
Hay bales stacked to the ceiling inside the barn

Maple syrup

Every spring the sugar shack runs until the sap stops. We boil it over a wood fire and bottle it in glass, including the maple leaf bottles with our cow on the label.

  • Wood fired
  • 100% pure
  • Glass bottles
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Glass maple leaf bottle full of amber syrup Round glass bottles of dark maple syrup Syrup bottles with the farm label dressed up for the holidays
Maple leaf bottle with the Sleepy Cow Farm label, sitting in grass
Wood fire burning under the evaporator in the sugar shack

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Pint, quart or half gallon. Choose your bottles and send us the order. We reply to confirm the total and set up pickup and payment.

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    Firewood

    We cut and split firewood here on the farm with our own processor. It is $300 a cord, sold by the tote, and we deliver.

    • $300 a cord
    • One third of a cord per tote
    • Cut and split here
    • Delivery
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    Open totes heaped with split firewood Flatbed truck loaded with firewood, with the farm dog out front Log piles and the firewood processor in the yard
    Wire totes stacked two high with split firewood
    Close view of split firewood

    Apples

    The orchard is the newest part of the farm. Rows of young trees are staked and growing on the hill, and the first blossoms have opened.

    • Young orchard
    • First blossoms
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    A newly planted apple tree with a trunk guard New leaves on a young apple tree Fenced orchard rows below a wooded hill
    Pink and white apple blossom with rows of young trees behind it
    A yellow lab walking down a grass lane between orchard rows

    Sweet corn

    Our sweet corn is ready in late summer. It goes from the field to the farm stand and is sold by the dozen.

    • By the dozen
    • Late summer
    • At the farm stand
    Ask about sweet corn
    Tractor and seed drill planting a tilled field Harvesters working a corn field below a wooded hill A black bear sitting at the edge of the corn
    The farm stand with its Sweet Corn sign and ears of corn on the shelf
    Ears of sweet corn in their husks

    Pumpkins

    Pumpkins come in for the fall. You will find them piled up by the farm stand, each one marked with its price, with our two cows keeping watch from the hay bales.

    • Every fall
    • Priced each
    • At the farm stand
    Ask about pumpkins
    Pumpkins with price stickers lined up on a pallet Pumpkins on a pallet beside the farm stand Cow statues, hay bales and pumpkins in the field by a Sweet Corn sign
    Two cow statues standing on hay bales with pumpkins around them
    A pile of bright orange pumpkins

    Sunflowers

    We cut sunflowers and set them out by the stem at the farm stand through late summer and into fall.

    • Cut stems
    • Late summer and fall
    • At the farm stand
    Ask about sunflowers
    Sunflowers in a metal bucket on the farm stand shelf
    Close view of a sunflower in bloom

    The farm stand

    47 Diamond Road
    Lakeville, Connecticut

    In season the stand has sweet corn, pumpkins, sunflowers and maple syrup. Prices are marked and it runs on the honor system, so bring cash for the box.

    • Open in season
    • Honor system
    • Cash in the box

    The stand is seasonal. Check our Instagram to see when it is open.

    The small black farm stand with a Sweet Corn sign, fields behind it
    Hand-written Sleepy Cow Farm board listing sweet corn, maple syrup and pumpkins

    Around the farm

    Cows, dogs, tractors, and the occasional bear in the corn. Scroll sideways for more.

    Brown and black cows beside the white barn The hanging Sleepy Cow Farm sign on its post Green pasture and wooded hills under a grey sky The farm dog next to a black cap with the Sleepy Cow Farm logo A rainbow over a tractor in a green field The farm dog sitting in front of a sprayer in the equipment barn A black cow pushing its nose through the fence Round Sleepy Cow Farm signs and a flag on the white barn wall A tractor tilling a field in a cloud of dust A black bear sitting at the edge of the corn Orange and pink sunset over the tree line A John Deere tractor with dual wheels, seen head on A wild pheasant standing in clover Metal Sleepy Cow Farm sign with three cows on a wood wall Three black bears crossing a farm lane

    Write to the farm

    Looking for firewood, hay, or news about the apples? Pick a topic, tell us what you need, and the note opens in your email ready to send.

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