Farm fresh eggs. They’re a hot topic these days—often in short supply since more and more people are moving away from grocery store eggs. There are several reasons why farm fresh eggs are sometimes scarce. There’s the seasonal demand such as festive times of the year...
We’re managing our woods to harvest the most sunlight, for a bounty of firewood, maple syrup, lumber and even nuts.
There's a property across the road from us which had a beautiful stand of old growth forest on it and also a blueberry patch. The larger part of it was sold after the owner died. They've cleared it and are now growing corn on it. Recently the smaller part with the...
A local organic apple farm has agreed to let us use some land that they are not using. We are clearing it with plans to grow organic feed on it for our grass-fed pigs, turkeys and chickens. We have been buying most of our grains from an organic farm in PEI. This...
Spring is here with new life and new growth. When we work with nature there's always the typical seasonal work cycle. But there are also constant changes and adaptations on a diverse family farm, as we keep discovering better ways to work with our natural resources,...
We've been blessed this year. I'll show you some pictures of our summer. As you can see from the leaves on the trees, most of these pictures are from at least a month ago. Here's a summer shot of Adoniram taking a break from digging carrots. (Or was he just...