Come see us folks! We'd love to host you.
Hi! We are Angela Grace and Dean
We're here to help you learn, grow, & make necessary changes
Our family advocates for the proven benefits of sharing our lifetime of experiences with each other.
We envision a community of like-minded people who believe that the secret to making the world a better place lies in teaching and preparations, as we are all part of something greater than ourselves.
Angela Grace
Welcome to FarmStay Family - Your Go-To Lifestyle Blog
Our Purpose
We find deep joy in teaching others the importance of making spiritual, financial, and physical lifestyle changes. Together we can make the world a better place.
My husband Dean and I are making major lifestyle changes and at times they are both mentally and physically challenging.
We are getting closer to our golden years so we are making better use of our time. We are creating a lifestyle that will help us have a better quality of life and a closer relationship with God while we prepare for future events.
Not only are we sharing our experiences with our farmstay guests that we host on our farm, we are now sharing our life with others through this blog.
We've had to make major family and individual lifestyle changes because our health and livelihood (yours too) are depending on it! We hope our story can help you in some way.
Follow us here on our blog and at our very own short term vacation rental and RV park on location at Prominence Homestead of the Ozarks, just outside of Harrison Arkansas.
Our Mission
"Help families learn, grow, and make necessary changes..."
Dean and I have been married for over 34 years and for many years we have been growing a self-sufficient homestead.
We also have 29 combined years in the hospitality industry, 13 years in the mental health field, 6 years in the US Army, and much more life experiences.
Recently, we started building a "Farm-stay Business" on our tiny family farm, Prominence Homestead of the Ozarks (PHOTO). Even though it's a hospitality business, it is still a major lifestyle change for us.
It is featured throughout this website. It is changing our lives for the better.
Even though our world seems turned upside down right now, we are committed to enjoying life, appreciate the people in our life, and share our combined knowledge with you.
We are not "business experts or know it all's", but we do know what we are good at:
GROWING A SELF-SUFFICIENT HOMESTEAD AND BUILDING A PROFITABLE FARM-STAY BUSINESS.
But what exactly is a self-sufficient farmstay business you ask?
Farm definition- According to the United States Department of Agriculture, “A farm is defined as any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the year.” It does allow for years when the smaller farms experience lower sales in a particular year due to bad weather, etc.
Farm-stay definition- creating unique spaces and experiences for paying guests in the country.
Farm-stay hacks-ways to generate multiple streams of income on one's farm-stay property using services, products, and produce.
So, since we are going to continue to homestead and we are going to be gardening and raising farm animals anyway, if we could show you what we are doing to generate multiple streams of income, while creating unique spaces and experiences for guests and customers, would you like to know?
Are you ready to make necessary changes in your life too? To learn and grow?
If you love what you see here and want to know more, continue reading our blog posts and contact us.
We hope our story inspires you and you reach out!
Our Vision
"Help families change their lives in order to prepare for the future."
Our 10-acre homestead produces 2 organic gardens. Herbs and flowers in one and vegetables and elephant garlic in the other.
This is so much healthier than buying from local grocery stores! Besides, we have to be healthy if we are going to be ready for what the future holds. WE are preparing now.
We grow elephant garlic on about 1/10 of an acre to sell for profit. This profit qualifies us as a "small" farm. This is a work in progress and every year we are gaining ground. (Pun intended). 😃
In addition to our gardening, another source of income on our homestead is our farm-stay.
When we opened our FarmStay vacation rental in 2022, we earned an additional income averaging approximately $1200 per month and that is with just one unit, the upstairs master's suite of our home. We converted it into an apartment.
We were going through some really hard times financially at that time and had to make some major lifestyle changes quickly. So, we opened our brand new farm-stay business as least expensively as possible.
To our surprise when we opened we made money immediately!
Six months later we bought our domains and started building this website and "FarmStay Family" was hatched.
It's now 2024 two years later. In addition to the "Rooftop Garden Luxury Suite" we just opened up our first RV camper site on property at PHOTO.
But we are not the only ones upgrading our homesteads and small farms for profit.
Did you know that many homesteaders, ranchers, and farmers from around the world are hacking their premises and starting campsites and short-term rentals (STR's) on their properties to diversify and supplement their incomes?
In today's economic downturn, this is the new "cash cow."
Did you know that Airbnb was formed during the 2007-2008 recession? People were paying to sleep on "air mattresses" instead of going to hotels due to the economic downturn of that time.
We've found a better way! We've turned our homestead into a self-sufficient farm-stay, a hospitality and agri-tourism business!
You will find that Farm-stay vacations are reasonably priced and have become a necessity (in many cases) to save the farms.
Now, after years of hosting our Airbnb/vacation rental and making major lifestyle changes, we have found that the biggest surprise of all was all the friendships we have made with our guests!
Come see us folks, we'd love to host you.
Angela Grace
(I just semi-retired in January 2025 at 62 devoting all my time time to the farm, hospitality, and making the world a better place).