Small Holdings Farm

06/18/2026

We put out a call for a sourdough baker this season and Meghan from Sourdough Bliss responded.

At the same time, we had a number of customers reach out to us to recommend Sourdough Bliss with rave reviews (!!!). A great sign for sure!

Well, low and behold, this Friday it begins -- in fact, Meghan will be on the farm this Friday for a pop-up in the farm shop! For this one Friday, Meghan's sourdough goods will be sold directly by Meghan here on the farm. She will be accepting cash, cards and etransfer. She will be here in person so you can meet her and she can meet you. Then going forward, we will fold Meghan in as a partner producer, meaning we will carry her sourdough in our shop weekly and have it available for our CSA members to order as well.

*For this week, purchasing from Sourdough Bliss will be outside of your CSA share. So, consider bringing along your wallet!

**This week, and all season, our on-farm shop is open to the public as well as our CSA members. Come on out!

Here's Meghan's description of her business:

"Sourdough Bliss is a small-batch home bakery specializing in sourdough bread and other sourdough baked goods. Every loaf and treat is carefully made with quality ingredients, patience, and a whole lot of love. From our kitchen to your table, we bring the simple joy of fresh, artisan baking to every bite."

06/17/2026

This Friday in our On-Farm Shop, we have two local producers doing pop-ups...!

Christine of Do and Hope Fine Teas will be on site sampling her delicious tea blends -- perfect whatever the weather!

And Meghan of Sourdough Bliss will be joining us as well with a table piled high.

Oh, and we will pile our tables with the farm harvest of spring veggies!!!

OPEN HOURS
Fridays 2pm-5pm (June)

06/17/2026

That’s right!

Sourdough starts this Friday in our farm shop, woot woot!

To kick it off, Meghan is coming in person to sell, sample, and talk sourdough. Meet the maker!

We had so many folks reach out to tell us how awesome this sourdough is. We are thrilled to be partnering.

Yah!

Small Holdings Farm
Farm Store
Fridays in June, 2pm-5pm
All are welcome to come and shop!

🌾🍞 Exciting News from Sourdough Bliss! 🍞🌾

Sourdough Bliss has partnered with Small Holdings Farm, and I'll be attending in person on Friday, June 19th to kick off what promises to be a wonderful season!

For this Friday only, I will be personally handling payments on-site. After that, throughout the rest of the season, all CSA members will be able to use their farm credits toward Sourdough Bliss products directly through the farm. 🎉

I'm so excited for this amazing opportunity and can't wait to share all of my fresh sourdough bread and baked goods with you throughout the season.

Thank you to Small Holdings Farms for this partnership, and thank you to everyone who continues to support my small business. See you Friday! ❤️🍞

06/12/2026

FRIDAY FARM SHOP
Open 2pm-5pm
1999 Millsville Road, Millsville (Scotsburn)

This afternoon in our on-farm shop, all remaining seedlings are 50% off. Next week we flip our Nursery greenhouse into a crop house for cucumber production so help us clear the last of seedlings. It's just a smattering of things so best to come with an open mind rather than a list -- but 50% off!

And in the farm shop, you'll find:
🥚fresh eggs
🍁 maple syrup
🐝 honey
❤ a mountain of ruby red radishes
💚 green garlic, a seasonal treat!
🍰 rhubarb
🥗 heads of lettuce as well as Salad Mix
🌱 fresh bunches of dill
🥗 arugula (it's soooo good!)
🌱 spinach
🌱 sweet, tender baby kale
🍄 mushrooms
☕ local tea
🌱sauerkraut
🍞 Vollkornbrot bread
and more.

Come on by today between 2pm and 5pm. It is a beautiful day on the farm.

06/11/2026

This Friday in our Farm Shop, we will have a first offering of Wine Cap Mushrooms from Doggart Farmstead.

These Wine Cap mushrooms are cultivated and cared for by Ryan and Corrina of Doggart Farmstead. They use the companion planting method with their mushrooms, planting the wine caps under their tomatoes and corn. Winecap mushrooms have a mild earthy flavor with a slightly sweet and bitter red wine flavor. They have a firm meaty texture comparable to portbellos and they have a great replacement/stand in for portobellos. $6.50 for 250gr

We are really excited about the growing partnerships being forged with other local producers. We so love locally produced food and it's ability to gather people together and here it is doing just that ❤

06/11/2026

Okay, so to be honest, my message to the world last week was a bit of a warning and apology that we wouldn't have much of a harvest for our farm shop last Friday.

I am thrilled to say that we did have a harvest today and that it will be piled in our farm shop for our open hours tomorrow of 2pm-5pm.

It's still early season but, if you swing by the farm tomorrow afternoon, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Oh, and we'd LOVE to see you!

So, if you are a fan of fresh salads, early season crops like radish, rhubarb and green garlic, and if you'd like to snag some fresh farm eggs -- and more -- we've gotcha!

Check out our 50% seedling sale as well and you might be lucky enough to grab wine cap mushrooms and/or Vollkornbrot bread ... !

I'm already excited about what will be added to our harvest list for next week -- but I'll save that update for next week ... ;)

See you tomorrow, Friday June 12th 2pm-5pm here on the farm.

Warmly, Keltie

06/11/2026

I have some exciting news for our farm shop this week... 🎉🎉🎉

This week in the shop we are adding specialty bread, and mushrooms, from Doggart Farmstead!

Doggart Farmstead is located in River John, owned and operated by Ryan & Corrina Doggart. We are lucky enough to have Ryan as part of our farm staff team this season and, as you can imagine, we have been asking if he might be able to supply our farm shop with some of his delicious products.

You see, in addition to being a farmer, Ryan is a pastry chef and he and his wife are bakers of delicious breads that we order for ourselves here on the farm each week (lucky us huh?!).

Well friends, this Friday, Ryan will be bringing some of his Vollkornbrot Sourdough bread to the barn shop for you to purchase. We think you will get hooked on it like we are!

Vollkornbrot has a lower gluten content with a higher sour flavour, nutty malty flavours, with the subtle spice of caraway lingering on the palate. It is heritage German bread, meaning whole bread with a moist spongy texture made with organic whole grain stone rye, & spelt flour, sourdough starter, malted rye, oats, barley, sea salt, and caraway seed.

Ryan is committed to small batch quality and craftsmanship. He sources his organic flour from Spearville Farm in New Brunswick. We are excited to be offering this unique and delicious bread this week, but get here early to buy your loaf, because it's soooo good! $9/loaf.

Ryan says he can make more for next week... 😉

06/10/2026

Happy Wednesday!

It's been a busy and beautiful week here on the farm!

We are feeling the turn towards Summer. The farm is green, the crops are growing and the team is bustling with seeding, crop care, transplanting, trellising and harvesting.

This Friday in our on-farm shop, all remaining seedlings are 50% off. Next week we flip our Nursery greenhouse into a crop house for cucumber production so help us clear the last of seedlings would you? At 50% off!

FARM SHOP
June 2026
Fridays 2pm-5pm
1999 Millsville Road, Millsville (Scotsburn)

06/05/2026

Friday, June 5th
Farm Store Hours 2pm-5pm

June on the farm this year -- because each year is different after all!

Well friends, June got off to quite a start with heavy rains and a few nights of frost... not exactly the June we expected when we made crop plans and were thinking about barn shop days and harvest!

But one of the many lessons farming teaches is that there are many things out of our control -- not least of which is weather.

On Annual On-Farm Seedling Sale was a great success and as we move through June, the initial buzz quiets for a few weeks while the weather shifts, the soil warm and the crops get to growing. We are open Fridays 2pm-5pm through June as our early harvests roll in and we build out our farm shop.

The sun is shining today and our farm shop is open 2pm-5pm. This week's farm harvest has not been bountiful unfortunately but let me tell you what you can expect this afternoon in the farm shop:
- seedlings for your garden
- a mix of early salad and cooking greens *not a lot of anything but hopefully you can get your hands on a bag of something fresh and green 🥗
- lots of lovely rhubarb, 'tis the season after all! 🍰
- bunches of green garlic, a seasonal farm treat and we even have a recipe printed to send you off with 🌱
- farm eggs 🥚🍳
- sauerkraut from our friends at Nova Kraut Sauerkraut
- beautiful golden honey 🐝
- maple syrup from our pals Creekside Farm Maple 🍁
- locally crafted loose leaf tea from Do and Hope Fine Teas ☕
- oh and we have sunshine, a beautiful farm setting and farmers looking forward to greeting you and catching up after the long winter 🔅🔅🔅

*We are sold out on tomato seedlings but our neighbours and friends at Marie's West River Greenhouses are well stocked on tomato plants and just around the corner.

06/05/2026

OUR JUNE OPEN HOURS

Our on-farm shop is open Fridays 2pm-5pm for the month of June.

To be honest, we had planned to be open more hours weekly this June but the cold spring has things coming along slowly at this point so, we adjust. There is no arguing with the weather after all.

But despite the cold spring, we DID open last Friday for our Annual On-Farm Seedling Sale and while it was a rainy, cold day itself, we had a wonderful turnout.

And last Friday was also just what we needed in terms of helping us to get the wheels in motion on our harvesting, washing, packing and selling systems! As you can imagine, we are a bit rusty after the long winter ;) We are fortunate to have an awesome team working here on the farm, so I'd say we are finding our footing at a strong pace. Nonetheless, there were metaphoric -- and literal -- cobwebs to clear!

As Michael puts it, "we are aiming to align ourselves with trustworthy things" -- not least of which are the seasons. So, as the weather slowly warms and the risk of frost passes, our harvests will grow, our variety will grow and our open hours will also grow this year.

We so appreciate you making the trip to the farm, eating with the season and sharing in the successes and challenges of this particular farming season.

The 2026 farm season has begun. We will see you Fridays 2pm-5pm for June.