Silvertop Farm & Vineyards

11/29/2025

We have lamb and pecans available at the Cherokee Strip Company, 409 E. Grand in downtown Ponca City OK 74601. We also offer pecan cracking there as well - 50 cents a pound.

10/11/2025

Awesome

05/29/2025

Good idea

"When 79-year-old George retired, he didn’t buy a golf club or a hammock. He hung a handmade sign in his garage window: “Broken things? Bring ’em here. No charge. Just tea and talk.”

His neighbors in the faded mill town of Maple Grove thought he’d lost it. “Who fixes stuff for free?” grumbled the barber. But George had a reason. His wife, Ruth, had spent decades repairing torn coats and cracked picture frames for anyone who knocked. “Waste is a habit,” she’d say. “Kindness is the cure.” She’d died the year before, and George’s hands itched to mend what she’d left behind.

The first visitor was 8-year-old Mia, dragging a plastic toy truck with a missing wheel. “Dad says we can’t afford a new one,” she mumbled. George rummaged through his toolbox, humming. An hour later, the truck rolled again—this time with a bottle cap for a wheel and a stripe of silver duct tape. “Now it’s custom ,” he winked. Mia left smiling, but her mother lingered. “Can you… fix a résumé?” she asked. “I’ve been stuck on the couch since the factory closed.”

By noon, George’s garage buzzed. A widow brought a shattered clock (“My husband wound it every Sunday”). A teen carried a leaky backpack. George fixed them all, but he didn’t work alone. Retired teachers proofread résumés. A former seamstress stitched torn backpacks. Even Mia returned, handing him a jar of jam: “Mom says thanks for the job interview.”

Then came the complaint.

“Unlicensed business,” snapped the city inspector. “You’re violating zoning laws.”

Maple Grove’s mayor, a man with a spreadsheet heart, demanded George shut down. The next morning, 40 townsfolk stood on George’s lawn, holding broken toasters, torn quilts, and protest signs: “Fix the law, not just stuff!” A local reporter filmed a segment: “Is kindness illegal?”

The mayor caved. Sort of.

“If you want to ‘fix’ things, do it downtown,” he said. “Rent the old firehouse. But no guarantees.”

The firehouse became a hive. Volunteers gutted it, painted it sunshine yellow, and dubbed it “Ruth’s Hub.” Plumbers taught plumbing. Teenagers learned to darn socks. A baker swapped muffins for repaired microwaves. The town’s waste dropped by 30%.

But the real magic? Conversations. A lonely widow fixed a lamp while a single dad patched a bike tire. They talked about Ruth. About loss. About hope.

Last week, George found a note in his mailbox. It was from Mia, now 16, interning at a robotics lab. “You taught me to see value in broken things. I’m building a solar-powered prosthetic arm. PS: The truck still runs!”

Today, 12 towns across the state have “Fix-It Hubs.” None charge money. All serve tea.

Funny, isn’t it? How a man with a screwdriver can rebuild a world."
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05/24/2025

We will host two more Silvertop Farm Open Houses in June before our farm auction on Tuesday, June 24th beginning at 6 pm at the Carolyn Renfro Center in Ponca City.

Here are the remaining Open House dates and times:

Thursday, June 12th from 3 to 6 pm
Monday, June 23rd from 3 to 6 pm

We are located at 6151 W. Fountain Road, Ponca City, OK 74601/

Sometimes Google gets it wrong. Make sure you are taking the Ponca City Fountain Road west off of Highway 156. Otherwise, you might be on Tonkawa Fountain Road.

05/11/2025

Additional Auction Information

www.schraderauction.com/auctions/9138

Trusted by our clients. We are a national marketing specialist selling farmland, timberland, recreational land and farm equipment by live or online auction and private treaty listing.

05/04/2025

For those who have inquired, on Tuesday, June 24th at 6 pm at the Carolyn Renfro Center in Ponca City, OK, the land holdings of Ruth Steichen and Silvertop Farm will be auctioned to the highest bidder(s) both in person and online. Questions may be directed to Brent Wellings with Schrader Real Estate, out of Stillwater, OK, at 405.332.5505.

03/10/2025

It's lambing time!!

03/01/2025

Nice day for grazing on wheat pasture.

01/10/2025

YOU want snow...I want snow...WE ALL want snow. Come on, Mother Nature, let it snow! Winter storm watch and warning in SE OK, keep watching those forecasts for any changes before the big show tomorrow morning! https://ticker.mesonet.org/