We've had beehives producing honey on our farm for over 20 years and in this time I've managed to pick up a lot of info from our beekeeper David. Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend an Introduction to Beekeeping workshop held at Dancing Bee Apiaries and led by the Ontario Beekeepers Association Tech Transfer [...]
Our Celebration of Spring was a busy one. We had beautiful weather Saturday and a good number of families enjoyed the bubbles, the animals, Dairy Farmers of Canada cow Moonica, walks in our Enchanted Forest and more.The animals had a wonderful time visiting with everyone and eating lots of treats. Our sheep were sheared and [...]
My shearer has been booked to come Saturday around 11:00am to shear our sheep as part of our Celebrate Spring event in Markham.Looks like the weather will co operate and give us some sunshine.
We just may see some sun, the forecast sounds better for Saturday than it will all week. We've been getting lots of rain so wear your boots even if it is sunny.We've got lots of fun planned for this weekend.This will be our first ever Celebrate Spring event and we've been planning for weeks. Dairy [...]
Hurray, the sun shone for us on opening day. We were blessed to have some triplets born Friday night just in time for the kids to visit on Saturday. A single lamb was born to another mom Friday morning, it needs some bottle feeding to help it along as mom isn't too keen on feeding [...]
The date is quickly approaching and we're busy getting ready. The animal pens are cleaned out, the playareas are getting freshened up and Lynda and Eileen are busy getting the market ready. The last few days of sunshine have been a help. Myrna has been busy booking the school tours. We've still got some openings [...]
Winter didn't seem to take too long this year, it was a busy one. Check out our website for some new stuff. We are currently developing our birthday party program and there is a page for that. You can email us an inquiry and we'll send you out the information as soon as it is [...]
A sure sign the winter is coming to an end - the birth of lambs. So far we have had 2 sets of twins and a single born to our ewes and there are more to come.All babies are doing fine and holding their own in the flock.Horse CrazyIt has all started with our son's [...]
The season just flies by. I hope all of you are enjoying the coming of Christmas and not too stressed with all the preparations.Our tree sales have been going well, we still have some beauties - Fraser Fir, Balsam and Scotch Pine.There is still time to order your turkey. I am very limited on small [...]
Shortbread cookies, mince tarts and pies, the smell of a Christmas tree; oh the traditions of Christmas.It's one of our favorite times of the year.Our farm and market is now open daily until Christmas eve day. We still have apples, carrots, squash and other Ontario produce available, we're baking our pies, and there is a [...]