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Bar M Ranch We're Dave Meister and Christina Caldwell, who run a small farm in New Ross, NS. This page is to tell stories and show pictures of our life on the farm.
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We now work our professional "day-jobs" mostly from home and work on the farm in the evenings and weekends. We balance professional careers, with work on our family farm. The farm is a 6th generation cattle farm in New Ross, NS and the farm house was built around1845. Some of the things we do on the farm are:

- Host events under our pavilion
- Grow a large vegetable garden to sell produce
- Raise grass-fed angus cattle
- Raise chickens for meat and eggs
- Maple Syrup production
- Grow Blueberries
- Preserve, pickle, ferment and forage
- Harvest, prepare and deliver firewood
- Sell Christmas Tress and hand made wreathes

Our goal is to live a balanced, sustainable lifestyle using traditional farming techniques. At the same time incorporating modern technology like telecommuting, to stay connected.

Christina is set up at Ross Farm Museum with all kinds of apples from our little orchard at the farmstay. We don't use a...
10/18/2026

Christina is set up at Ross Farm Museum with all kinds of apples from our little orchard at the farmstay. We don't use any sprays of chemicals in this orchard containing a couple dozen trees. We've picked and bagged 3 pound bags of King, Jona Gold, Mutsu Crispin, Cox's Orange, Red Cortland and Gloster apples for $5 per bag. She's there from 10-3 today. Our famstand is closed for the season, so today would be a great day to stock up!

We dug dahlias and bagged apples today. Both tasks are heavy, hard work and so we will sleep well tonight. Between the 2...
10/17/2026

We dug dahlias and bagged apples today. Both tasks are heavy, hard work and so we will sleep well tonight. Between the 2 tasks, we lugged hundreds of pounds around today. We have 3 pound bags of Gloster, Mutsu Crispin, Cox's Orange, King and Jona Gold apples ready to go for the market at Ross Farm Museum tomorrow from 10-3. The market is inside tomorrow, and the last one of the year!

The farmstand is closed until Chrismas wreath season starts, but we have a lot of apples to sell. Christina will be atte...
10/17/2026

The farmstand is closed until Chrismas wreath season starts, but we have a lot of apples to sell. Christina will be attending the market at Ross Farm Museum tomorrow with 3 pound bags of our apples (Red Cortland, Cox's Orange, Mutsu Crispin, Gloster, Jona Gold).

Today, Christina dug the first 4 varieties of dahlia tubers (Jowey Linda, Alloway Candy, Snoho Sonia and Ferncliff Rusty...
10/16/2026

Today, Christina dug the first 4 varieties of dahlia tubers (Jowey Linda, Alloway Candy, Snoho Sonia and Ferncliff Rusty), and they look great. We're planning a big dahlia work day tomorrow with help from Andelyn, who worked for us this summer. Chopping down, digging and dividing 500 dahlia plants, while keeping all 26 different types sorted, is quite a chunk of work.

Once the frost kills the plants, it's a time sensitive task to get them dug up. We also need to finish with the dahlias before planting garlic. Than, we need to get the garlic planted before wreath season begins on Nov 12.

Dahlia season is over for this year and we've already been working on preparing for the big task of digging up the tuber...
10/15/2026

Dahlia season is over for this year and we've already been working on preparing for the big task of digging up the tubers to put them away for winter. Saturday night and Monday night were below freezing in the dahlia garden and so the leaves have all turned black and the flowers are soft.

The next step is removing the fence, plastic netting used to support them and then cutting down all of the plants and composting that. After that, the clump of tubers from each plant need to be dug up, cleaned off and put in the cellar for the winter. Due to the volume we grow and our storage space, we divide the clumps into individual tubers in the fall before putting them into storage for the winter.

Christina has her workshop space set up and ready to divide tubers, and we've made some upgrades to the storage space in the cellar where we store the tubers for the winter.

We will share more about the process as we work through this big task.

Sometimes you just need to get away from it all and you can, only 1 hour from Halifax. Come spend a couple of quiet days...
10/14/2026

Sometimes you just need to get away from it all and you can, only 1 hour from Halifax.

Come spend a couple of quiet days at Bar M Ranch this November or December. Our 150-year-old farmhouse is a place to slow down, enjoy the peace and quiet of the countryside, and take a break from the noise of everyday life. Put your phone down, go for a walk, enjoy a slow morning coffee, and just be for a while.

And if you’re looking for something special to do during your stay, we can arrange a private wreath-making workshop with Christina (an award-winning wreath maker). It’s a lovely way to spend a morning or afternoon, get creative, and bring a little piece of the season home with you.

The farmhouse is $200 per night plus tax when you book directly with us. Just call or text David at 902-277-1780 to arrange your stay and ask about adding a private wreath workshop.
You can also find us on Airbnb: airbnb.ca/h/barmranch

We love sharing this little corner of the world with people who appreciate a slower pace. Maybe it’s just what you need this fall

10:30 am update. We have sold all of the fresh flowers! The farmstand is open today, Sunday October 11 from 9 am to 6 pm...
10/11/2026

10:30 am update. We have sold all of the fresh flowers!

The farmstand is open today, Sunday October 11 from 9 am to 6 pm. We had a hard frost last night, but Christina harvested the last available dahlias of 2026 last night before dark. We have 6 wrapped bouquets available today, 2 pumpkin centrepieces, LOTS of apples (Red Cortland, Cox's Orange, Mutsu Crispin), garlic, shallots, apple jelly, and cookies baked by Andelyn.

Now that we have had a hard frost, this will be the last weekend for a fully stocked farmstand. We still have lots of apples available for sale for a few weeks.

We had an awesome day at the farmstand today. Thanks everyone! Christina worked until dark harvesting the last of our eu...
10/10/2026

We had an awesome day at the farmstand today. Thanks everyone! Christina worked until dark harvesting the last of our eucalyptus that she grew from seed, and picking more dahlias. We are guessing we will have a hard freeze tonight and the flowers available at the farmstand tomorrow will be the very last of 2026.

1:00 Saturday update: we are sold out of dahlias for today. We will clean the field tonight and see if we have enough fo...
10/10/2026

1:00 Saturday update: we are sold out of dahlias for today. We will clean the field tonight and see if we have enough for a few bouquets tomorrow. We still have lots of everything else available today!

The farmstand is full this morning! We are open Saturday and Sunday October 10 and 11 from 9 am to 6 pm for Thanksgiving weekend. We have vases of dahlias, tomatoes, shallots, garlic, pumpkin centerpieces, peppers, eggs, apple jelly, cookies baked by Andelyn, and lots of bags of apples.

The pumpkin centerpieces for a Thanksgiving dinner table are pretty winter squash that we grew, decorated with dried flowers from the farm. For $5, you can pretty up the dinner table, and then cook and eat the squash later!

We have 3 pound bags of Red Cortland, Cox's Orange and Mutsu Crispin apples for $5 per bag. We have so many apples, we are running out of storage space, and so we would love to sell a bunch of apples this weekend.

The farmstand is going to be well stocked tomorrow, for Thanksgiving weekend. We have lots of dahlias, oodles of apples,...
10/09/2026

The farmstand is going to be well stocked tomorrow, for Thanksgiving weekend. We have lots of dahlias, oodles of apples, and lots more. After this weekend, we will be winding down for the season and the farmstand will be closed for a while untill wreath season is here.

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379 Glengarry Road
New Ross, NS
B0J2M0

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