bankbarnfarm

09/14/2026

The bees are looking good and strong as the summer winds down - just what we want to see!!

06/20/2026

Today is the Plattsville 175 celebration! We’ll be driving this beauty in the parade starting at noon.

Come and say hello at the vintage tractor & car display & snag a free sample jar of our delicious local honey - while quantities last.

04/11/2026

Looking for raw unpasteurized honey? We’ve got you covered!

We’re just outside Plattsville - message to arrange pickup.

01/31/2026

This is winter beekeeping:
-traipsing through deep snow on the first sunny day in weeks
-smiling when you see all the dead bees on the snow - a sign of a living hive!
-clearing built-up snow from the lower entrances so the bees can bring out their dead

Hopefully they have enough remaining food stores to get them through until spring. We’re in wait and see mode now 🫣

12/07/2025

Pure Ontario HONEY!

Produced by bees on our organic grain farm at the end of River Road, just north of Plattsville.

500 gram jar $12 or two for $20
Gift jar with wooden spoon $8 or three for $20

Raw, natural, unpasteurized, delicious. Message if you’d like to pick some up!

11/14/2025

This Saturday we’ll be in Cambridge at Granite Landing Retirement Residence with our fresh local HONEY! Come out and say hello :)

Granite Landing is a quiet and stylish luxury retirement residence that provides all of life’s comforts and so much more. To add to the charm, our warm, inviting culture will make you feel right at home the moment you step inside.

11/09/2025

Ok, growing corn is no joke.

This is organic cattle corn, meaning it’ll be fed to cows being organically raised for beef. And it’s made a mess of this field. Here’s the process:

1) Grow the corn - growing corn organically is a whole can of worms I’m not getting into here!
2) Harvest the corn using a combine - another can of worms having to do with the complexities of that equipment, the dryness of the corn, and the weather.
3) Haul wagons of corn to the storage bins & pile it in - dry it mechanically if needed (it’s usually needed).
4) Shred the corn residue - this is what I’m going in the video.
4) Plow the chopped corn residue under so it can decompose over the winter and the field can be planted with a different crop!

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So next time you’re eating a burger or a steak, think of this fieldwork that had to happen somewhere for the cattle farmer get that meat onto your plate!

11/08/2025

PSA: when a farmer says “I’ll be there Saturday to drop off a load of spelt” they *might* mean 7am.

Like today.

Before I’d even had my second cup of coffee.

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It’s cold out today, but just look at that sky! Get out there if you can 💜

10/26/2025

Today was a busy day around here - the start of corn harvesting!

Dad drove the combine and Rob & I did trips to the grain elevator & back. 4 wagon loads and maybe 1/5 of the fields harvested 😮‍💨