New season honey
Andrew has been busy the past week harvesting a good crop of honey. We have always enjoyed his honey but I think that this year’s is the best yet! The flavor of some of it is lighter and more fruity, probably because of … Continued
Building a new life in the County
Andrew does not care much for promotion so was reluctant to be interviewed by a Prince Edward County staff member who wanted to feature him in a County promotional website designed to attract younger entrepeneurs to the County. The … Continued
Honey and Tomatoes
Are these two things, honey and tomatoes, connected? They were this past weekend. Here is the story: The Black River/Morrison Point Road area is becoming quite well known in the County partly because of Vicki’s Veggies which is about 2 … Continued
Big increase in Livestock
This past weekend we went from 48 farm animals (12 goats, 8 pigs, 10 laying hens and 18 five-week old chicks) to about 1,400,000 livestock. Andrew arrived back at the farm at about 2 am Saturday after driving four hours … Continued
Bees in B.C.
Guest post by Andrew Burkinshaw. (Andrew and Colleen and their four children are still in Chilliwack, BC, but are planning to move here, to their cottage on the north side of the farm, in May.) Back in BC the beekeeping … Continued
Back in BC
It is going to be very quiet around here for about four months. Andrew, Colleen and their four children have now arrived back in BC after being at their cottage, which is adjacent to the far end of the farm, since late November. They … Continued
While trail scouting
A pleasant break from the heat and humidity today encouraged me to do a bit more trail scouting in the northwest area of the property where we want to plant more chestnut trees. We won’t be planting the little trees for a … Continued
Farming plans #4.
Making multiple use of marginal land. That is one key to making our farm sustainable. The northwest section of our property is covered with very sandy soil. In some places it is so sandy that it looks more like beach … Continued
Farming Plans #3
More bee flowers In Farming Plans #1, we noted that this is excellent land for bees, partly because of the variety of blooming plants and trees. I will leave it to Andrew to do a guest post someday to give more … Continued
Farming plans #1
Long ago, we promised to explain more about our plans for the farm. We have been so busy moving, getting settled, clearing bush, cutting firewood and overseeing a house being built, that we haven’t kept that promise yet. But that is … Continued