Our Story

In 2017, Bonnie & Jai Bird left their little San Francisco home and bought Fiona, a Nigerian Dwarf goat. Fiona came with a little over an acre of land and a lovely little house in Sebastopol, California. The Lady Pond is a home, a gathering place, a refuge, a farm, a campground, an outdoor movie theater, the home of Smash Fest, a music studio, an orchard, a very busy kitchen, a concert venue, a welding school, a never ending project, and home to Fiona, her 37 duck, goat, dog, cat and chicken sisters, 1 duck brother, and 1 rooster brother.

Jai and Bonnie went a little crazy on the poultry acquisition and are the proud parents of 28 bantam hens, 1 bantam rooster, 3 Indian Runner ducks, and 1 Cayuga drake, named Sugar. The layers produce Love Eggs.

In 2020, The Lady Pond went through some major renovations courtesy of Jai to create Hope Acre, a little functioning farm full of vegetables (mostly tomatoes) and Bonnie’s macrame tomato trellises.