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.

🐝 What is a bee swarm? 🐝We've had a few people ask, so let's talk about one of the most fascinating things honey bees do...
06/11/2026

🐝 What is a bee swarm? 🐝

We've had a few people ask, so let's talk about one of the most fascinating things honey bees do!

A swarm happens when a healthy, growing colony decides it's time to reproduce. The old queen leaves the hive with thousands of worker bees to search for a new home, while a new queen stays behind to take over the original colony.

When you see a swarm, it often looks like a cloud of bees flying through the air before settling temporarily on a tree branch, fence post, or other object.

The good news? Swarming bees are usually much gentler than bees protecting a hive. They have no brood or honey stores to defend and are focused on finding a new home.

For beekeepers, a swarm is both exciting and a sign that the colony was thriving enough to reproduce. It's nature's way of making more bees! 💛

If you ever spot a swarm, give them space, enjoy the spectacle, and contact a local beekeeper if they're in an inconvenient location. Chances are someone will be happy to give them a new home.

🐔💛 They're here... Round 2 has arrived! 💛🐔A fresh batch of day-old meat birds has settled into the brooder and kicked of...
06/11/2026

🐔💛 They're here... Round 2 has arrived! 💛🐔

A fresh batch of day-old meat birds has settled into the brooder and kicked off the next stage of our poultry season.

Meanwhile, Round 1 is already out on pasture at 5 weeks old and looking fantastic. In just 3 more weeks they'll be heading to the freezer, making room for the next group coming up behind them.

One batch in the brooder, one batch on grass — that's summer farming in full swing! 🌱☀️

🐝🎨 We have a few spots available! 🎨🐝Due to a couple of cancellations, we've decided to open our Hive Box Painting Party ...
06/10/2026

🐝🎨 We have a few spots available! 🎨🐝

Due to a couple of cancellations, we've decided to open our Hive Box Painting Party to the public!

Join us this Sunday from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (or longer if your masterpiece needs more time) and help us transform plain hive boxes into beautiful homes for our bees. No artistic experience required — just a willingness to have fun and get creative.

🌿 Paint and supplies provided
🐝 Great company and lots of bee talk
🎨 A chance to leave your mark on our apiary

Spaces are limited, so please PM us to reserve your spot.

We do ask that participants bring:
🪑 A folding table if you have one
🥤 Something to drink
🦟 Bug spray and weather-appropriate clothing

Looking forward to a fun afternoon of creativity, community, and bees! 💛

06/10/2026

Swarm went to the first apple tree then decided to move to the larger one. They eventually clustered around the queen and took a break.
Honeybee colonies only have a 20% chance of survival in the wild.

06/10/2026

We just happened to walk into the bee yard at the right time and catch our bees leaving as a swarm. Not exactly what a beekeeper wants to see, but it was also awesome! 🤩

One of my hives are swarming. Hillgrove please contact if they make it your property. Thank you. 902-856-2633
06/10/2026

One of my hives are swarming. Hillgrove please contact if they make it your property. Thank you.
902-856-2633

Hive Box Painting Party update for Invited Guests.
06/10/2026

Hive Box Painting Party update for Invited Guests.

🐇✨ We've been keeping a secret... ✨🐇Last week we introduced everyone to Pearl, our beautiful Californian doe. But while ...
06/07/2026

🐇✨ We've been keeping a secret... ✨🐇

Last week we introduced everyone to Pearl, our beautiful Californian doe. But while that was happening, there was a lot more going on behind the scenes.

We've been quietly building our rabbitry and expanding our colony! 💛

Meet our newest additions:

🖤 Onyx – Silver Fox buck
🤎 Hazel – Silver Fox doe
💜 Lucy – Silver Fox doe
🖤 Molly – New Zealand doe

The Silver Fox rabbits are especially exciting for us. Developed in the United States in the 1920s, they're considered a rare heritage breed and are known for their calm personalities, excellent mothering ability, beautiful silvered coats, and dual-purpose qualities. Their unique fur can actually be stroked backwards and will stand up before slowly returning to place—a trait that helped earn them their name.

Right now they're still youngsters and not quite ready for breeding, but in just a couple of months they'll be old enough to begin the next chapter of our rabbit program.

For now, we're enjoying getting to know their personalities and watching them settle into farm life. And if first impressions are any indication, these four are going to fit in just fine 🐇💛

🌱🌸 The gardens are finally planted! 🌸🌱Over the course of the week, we spent roughly 6 hours prepping beds, deciding wher...
06/06/2026

🌱🌸 The gardens are finally planted! 🌸🌱

Over the course of the week, we spent roughly 6 hours prepping beds, deciding where everything would go, and getting plants tucked into their new homes. It's always a lot of work, but one of my favourite times of the year.

The GreenStalks are entering their sixth season, and they've been quite the learning journey. This year I'm especially happy with them, focusing more on herbs, flowers, and a few bush beans. They seem to fit our garden style perfectly.

The front kitchen garden, on the other hand, is pure chaos gardening 😅. I pack everything in tight and plant lots of it. It's not the easiest garden to harvest, but I absolutely love how it looks by July when the beds are overflowing with food and flowers. I've also found that all that diversity helps keep pest pressure surprisingly low.

One flower I'm especially excited about this year is the Cigar Flower. The hummingbirds absolutely adore it, so I've made it a major focus in the garden. 🌺🐦

And our mighty Valerian has returned once again and is already beginning to flower. She comes back bigger and stronger every year, and I can't wait to see what she does this season.

Now we wait, water, w**d, and watch the magic happen 💛🌱

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