Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia
Six of us. Many animals. One very old house.
If you know, you know. If you don't, welcome to chicken math, where five becomes nine, nine becomes a flock, and somewhere along the way you find yourself the accidental owner of goats.
In 2023, we packed up four kids under the age of eight and set out to renovate a nearly 200-year-old house in the Annapolis Valley with far more optimism than experience.
Call it a hobby farm. Or one of those hobbies that quietly becomes a full-time job with zero benefits and zero pay, aside from an unreasonable amount of poop and the benefit of fresh eggs.
The land and animals
Lions and tigers and bears. Well, not quite.
Chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, goats, pigs, a horse, a cow, cats, and surely something else quietly freeloading off the copious amounts of feed we purchase and provide.
Someone always needs something and one of us always seems to find the mud or the poop, but it's home and we wouldn't change it for the world.
Meet the farmThe everyday, unfiltered.
Made by hand
From the studio shed at the edge of the trees. Goat's milk soap, soy candles, and whimsical handmade things we dream up as we go.
Fresh eggs from a flock that takes its job very seriously. Or doesn't. What can I say. They are a particular gaggle of girls.
Visit the shop"We are raising our children to notice, to wonder, to adapt, and to work hard. We are thrilled to have them joining us on this crazy little adventure."
Our story
What started with five chickens became a growing collection of animals, a never-ending project list, and a very different life from the one we left behind. This is how it happened.
Our storyFrom the farm
Pasture-raised and collected daily. Chicken eggs in cream, brown, and blue-green, or duck eggs if that's your thing. Cluckers or quackers, your call. Sold by the dozen, Greenwood area pickup.
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