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...
Blog Posts
Shaping the Bounty Woods
We’re managing our woods to harvest the most sunlight, for a bounty of firewood, maple syrup, lumber and even nuts.
We’re clearing land to grow organic feed
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...
New Device Can Test For Nutrient Dense Foods
How would it be if you could detect nutrient dense foods at the farmers market - just point a smart phone at a carrot and instantly know if it was high in nutrition... or otherwise? Announcement: the Bio-nutrient Food Meter is coming soon! I’ve been watching this...
Our Naughty Grass Fed Beef
100% grass fed beef doesn't always want to be that way.. Several weeks ago we had an episode of bovine rebellion happen right in broad daylight - and at our Open Farm Day of all times! (gulp.) Our yearling heifer that has been raised on only pasture, hay, and her...
Why we make our own gold.. (you can too!)
Well, we are two weeks into the latest batch of gold in the making. Of course, the yellow kind isn't much good on the farm; we make black gold. We (and you) would starve if all we had was elemental gold, but our black gold can be a big help towards feeding many...