Pot of Gold Farms

Pot of Gold Farms Small homestead outside Digby, NS offering eggs, honey, sourdough bread natural personal care products and more….

Join us on our journey from the ground up, as we grow our homestead, enabling us to offer our community nutrient dense, locally grown food.

🌻 A little quiet over here… but certainly not a little quiet on the farm.August has been full of bees, bunnies, gardens,...
08/30/2026

🌻 A little quiet over here… but certainly not a little quiet on the farm.

August has been full of bees, bunnies, gardens, harvesting, projects, and all those everyday farm jobs that somehow multiply faster than we can finish them. 😂

Sometimes we get so busy doing the farm that we forget to share the farm.

But we’re still here — growing, learning, creating, raising animals, tending hives, and soaking up the last of summer. 💛

We have lots to catch you up on, so you’ll be seeing more from us again soon. 🌿🐝🐇

What would you like an update on first — the gardens, bees, rabbits, chickens, or Golden Apothecary?

A little rabbitry update. 🐇❤️We’ve shared lots of happy updates lately as Hazel’s eight babies have grown, but farm life...
08/14/2026

A little rabbitry update. 🐇❤️

We’ve shared lots of happy updates lately as Hazel’s eight babies have grown, but farm life isn’t always made up of happy endings.

Sadly, we lost Pearl’s entire litter. All five babies were born healthy and Pearl built a beautiful nest, pulled fur and nursed them. They initially grew well, but beginning around 10 days old we started losing them one by one. Despite watching them closely and making changes to their nest, the last little one didn’t make it.

We don’t know exactly what went wrong, and sometimes that’s one of the hardest parts of raising animals.

We’ve also decided that as our rabbitry grows, we’d like to focus our purebred breeding program on the heritage Silver Fox breed. Because of that, we’re going to look for a new home for Pearl.

Pearl is a 2-year-old Californian doe who was sold to us as a proven breeder. She’s a healthy, sweet girl, and we’d love to find her an experienced rabbit home where she can either be enjoyed simply as Pearl or given another opportunity as a breeding doe.

If someone in Nova Scotia thinks Pearl might be a good fit for their rabbitry, send us a message. ❤️

✨ Meet Goldie ✨Well… we did a thing. 😂We brought home this 25-foot vintage beauty and, of course, she needed a name. Mee...
08/12/2026

✨ Meet Goldie ✨

Well… we did a thing. 😂

We brought home this 25-foot vintage beauty and, of course, she needed a name. Meet Goldie. 💛🐝

She has been incredibly well cared for over the years and still has so much of her original character — wood panelled walls, vintage cabinetry and some pretty fabulous retro curtains (the yellow ones) that I absolutely refuse to get rid of.

The plan isn’t to gut her and make her look brand new. We want to clean her up, give her some love and let her stay simple, traditional and vintage.

We aren’t completely sure what Goldie’s next chapter will be yet. She may become a little home-away-from-home for people who come stay and help us on the farm through programs like WWOOF or Workaway… or, after putting all this love into her, we may just have to keep her going. We’re picturing her tucked onto our land across the road with a covered deck, power and her own little outhouse. 🌿

Either way, she’s officially another Pot of Gold Farm project.

And you know we’re going to take you along for the transformation. 💛

Welcome to the farm, Goldie.

🐝🍯 Well… apparently we’re keeping the bees AND the honey!This season has turned out a little differently than we planned...
08/09/2026

🐝🍯 Well… apparently we’re keeping the bees AND the honey!

This season has turned out a little differently than we planned.

We had a few of our provincially inspected nucs available for sale, but three didn’t find homes. With some additional inspected equipment now on the farm, we decided that was just fine with us. We moved them into full-sized hives and officially added them to the Pot of Gold Farm apiary.

And then there’s the honey…

So far we’ve harvested 211 lbs of beautiful raw honey, with another 7 boxes downstairs waiting to be extracted. We’re estimating there could be another 100 lbs or so still to come — and there are still honey supers on most of our hives!

That means we’ve managed to grow our apiary and produce hundreds of pounds of local honey in the same season.

From catching swarms and raising queens, to making splits, losing a nuc to a bear, having hives swarm anyway, passing our provincial nuc inspection, and learning approximately 400 new things along the way… 😂 this has been one heck of a beekeeping season.

The three nucs we couldn’t sell?

Turns out we didn’t lose a sale.

We gained three more hives. 🐝💛

And we’re pretty excited to see what they—and the rest of our growing apiary—can do next year.

🍯 Pot of Gold Farm | Digby County, Nova Scotia

08/06/2026

🐝 Well… that wasn’t part of the plan! 😂

We picked up some inspected used beekeeping equipment to help grow our apiary.

It was hot, we got home, life got busy… so instead of unloading everything right away, we rolled the windows down on the car so it wouldn’t get too hot for the wax remaining on the frames.

Apparently, the bees got the memo.

By the time we came back, the car was absolutely FULL of bees! 🐝😂

They were inspecting every box, every frame, and had decided our SUV was the newest hive in the apiary.

And because no good farm story is complete without an audience…

A customer stopped by while we were tied up with chores. Since we didn’t answer the door, they grabbed a lawn chair, sat down beside Gracie while she was on her lead, and enjoyed the bee show from the driveway! 😂🐶🐝

Honestly… you can’t make this stuff up.

Farm life isn’t always picture-perfect. Sometimes it’s messy, sometimes it’s chaotic, and sometimes your vehicle becomes the hottest bee attraction in Digby County.

We’re all learning as we go, and every season comes with a few stories we’ll be laughing about for years.

Welcome to life at Pot of Gold Farm! 🍯💛

Watching Hazel’s babies grow has been one of the highlights of this summer. ❤️It’s hard to believe these are the same ti...
08/05/2026

Watching Hazel’s babies grow has been one of the highlights of this summer. ❤️

It’s hard to believe these are the same tiny pink “hippos” we were introducing just a few weeks ago. Now they’re racing around the grow-out pen, nibbling hay and pellets, climbing on everything (including Mom!), and their personalities are starting to shine.

Every day they look a little bigger, a little bolder, and their beautiful colours become a little more unique. We can’t wait to watch them continue to grow and see how each one develops.

One thing is for sure… Hazel has been an incredible mom. 🐇🥰

08/02/2026

🐝 What happens after we harvest honey?
🍯Did you know that after extracting our honey, the bees help us clean up?
Once we’ve spun the honey from the frames, there’s still a thin coating of honey left behind. Instead of washing the frames, we place them outside near the apiary for a short time.
Within minutes, the bees discover them and get to work!
🐝 They lick every last drop of honey from the comb.
🐝 They clean the wax cells until they’re spotless.
🐝 The cleaned frames are then ready to be stored or returned to the hive for the next honey flow.
It’s a natural, efficient process—and nothing goes to waste.
One important note: we only do this for a short period and only on our own property where our bees are located. Leaving honey or wet equipment exposed for too long can encourage robbing or attract unwanted visitors like wasps.
Nature has an amazing recycling crew, and they’re always happy to lend a helping wing! 💛🍯

🌼 There are no rules when it comes to beautiful bouquets.Pick what makes you smile. Mix flowers with herbs. Fill your ho...
08/02/2026

🌼 There are no rules when it comes to beautiful bouquets.

Pick what makes you smile. Mix flowers with herbs. Fill your home with the scents of the season.

Today it was calendula, mint, and a handful of treasures from the garden. Tomorrow, it might be something completely different.

Grow what you love. Pick what brings you joy. 💛🌿

There’s something incredibly satisfying about harvesting garlic. 🧄Every season teaches us something new. As we grow more...
07/28/2026

There’s something incredibly satisfying about harvesting garlic. 🧄

Every season teaches us something new. As we grow more of the food and herbs we love, we’re always thinking about better systems to make the next season even better.

This year’s harvest has officially added another project to the bucket list—a dedicated herb drying shed. A simple space where our garlic can cure properly and our herbs can dry slowly, preserving all of their beautiful colour, aroma, and medicinal goodness.

One project at a time, Pot of Gold Farm continues to grow.

This year’s garlic harvest includes Great Northern, Mennonite, Marino, and Italian Purple. We can’t wait to compare the varieties and choose our favourites to plant again this fall.
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Ladies Night Market Feature!🫐 Golden Berry Farmhouse FocacciaSweet meets sourdough in our newest favourite.Long-fermente...
07/25/2026

Ladies Night Market Feature!

🫐 Golden Berry Farmhouse Focaccia

Sweet meets sourdough in our newest favourite.

Long-fermented sourdough topped with our homemade blueberry filling, made with local blueberries and Pot of Gold Farm honey, then finished with a drizzle of homemade vanilla icing.

Freshly baked on the farm and available while it lasts! 🍞💜🍯

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