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Small Holdings Farm

An ecological farm in Pictou County, we sell our vegetables and fresh flowers June through October right here on the farm through our CSA and on-farm store.

Hello, we're Keltie and Michael of Small Holdings Farm. In our 9th season here on the farm, we sell our veggies and cut flowers June through October Fridays 2-6PM here on the farm (1999 Millsville Road, Scotsburn). We also offer a flexible farm subscription program -- our unique take on Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Our CSA is sold out for the 2025 season however our on-farm shop is open

to all on Fridays, 2pm-6pm June through October. If you would like to join our CSA Waitlist for the 2026 season, you can do so here: https://forms.gle/UVmWP96VcHdVZZpN8

09/03/2026

And we're open!

Our seasonal on-farm shop is open every week:
Thursdays 2pm-7pm
Fridays 2pm-5pm

Each week the shop is piled high with so much variety. You'll find weekly staples like carrots and potatoes as well as a mix of ever-changing seasonal favourites including tomatoes, corn and melons.

And fall crops are making their appearance -- arugula, baby kale, leeks, fennel, kohlrabi and delicata squash.

Oh and each week we have a few crops on sale -- a way to share the season's abundance.

This week's sales include a DOOR CRASHER (or should I say barn crasher) deal on sunflower bunches.. Sunflower bunches -- normally $20 -- are just $12. Maybe pickup one bunch for you and one bunch to drop off to a loved one? 🌻❤🌈

Our farm shop accepts cash, credit/debit and on-site etransfer. We have lots of parking, a friendly team, and farmyard seating if you can stay awhile to enjoy the sights, sounds and good company of folks coming and going,

09/03/2026

If you are in the transition to back-to-school, let me suggest a few veggies for those lunchboxes and after school snacking 🎒✏️

🥒 We grow a few different cucumbers on the farm -- each selected for having awesome flavour. One of the varieties we grow is a mini cucumber with thin skin -- we call it our "Snacking Cucumber", a perfect snack right in your hand.

🥕 Our farm carrots are SUPER sweet and the skin is so thin that there is no need to peel. We even have bags of "baby carrots" this week!

🌶 Our sweet red peppers -- a long, Italian variety -- are so delicious you household will eat them like apples, seriously.

Good luck this week and take care of yourself! Come on out to the farm this Thursday or Friday for fresh veggies and a bit of farm R&R 🌻🌈

ON-FARM STORE
1999 Millsville Road, Millsville/Scotsburn
Thursdays 2pm-7pm
Fridays 2pm-5pm

09/03/2026

Well, we are nearing the due date of my pregnancy so I thought it would be a good time for an update from the farm.

This season, Michael and I swapped our roles in a big way. For the past nine years, we would have described me (Keltie) as “lead” here on the farm. And Michael would often describe his role as being two-fold: (1) working for me/for the farm with key areas of responsibility (irrigation, washing veg, animals, etc.) and (2) being a “consultant” to me and the farm, a sounding board to help make decisions, deal with issues that arose, etc. Well, with the timing of my pregnancy this year, we decided to change things up in a big way. Michael became the lead here on the farm and he has done such an amazing job in this role. AMAZING.

And speaking of amazing, this season has been so deeply shaped by our amazing farm team. We are so grateful to our team and just love spending our days with these awesome people. Our farm team includes staff as well as three weekly volunteers – two of whom have been with us for five seasons now – and my dad who travels from Cape Breton weekly to help with Fergus care.

All of a sudden, we are feeling the seasonal change here on the farm – the shift from summer to fall. Our focus is now harvest, harvest, harvest with little planting still to come but so much bounty still to harvest and share.

Our on-farm shop is open Thursdays 2-7pm and Fridays 2-5pm weekly – and that’s where our harvest goes. The farm team will keep the harvest coming and the farm shop open through the arrival of our baby and the first days/weeks postpartum.

Social media communication is one of the few responsibilities still on my plate this season but I am planning to be a bit “offline” following the birth of the baby. Farm team members are going to fill in as they can but you may find we are a bit quiet online for a time.

One way to keep in touch is to join our weekly newsletter as that is written by Erin – amazing farm team member and lead in the farm shop. Join our newsletter here to get updates: https://smallholdingsfarm-mailing-list.subscribepage.io/

But please know that our farm season is not planned to stop or even pause. The farm team will keep things running and we hope that you, our customers and community, will keep coming out to the farm, placing CSA orders, and shopping our farm store. And we’ll keep you posted on baby news as well ❤

Know that:
- Our farm season continues through until the end of October 🎃
- Our farm shop will be stocked for you. Open weekly, Thursdays 2-7pm and Fridays 2-5pm 🛍
- CSA members can continue to place orders in our online shop and “top up” their CSA credit. 🥕

Thanks for reading! Warmly, Keltie

09/02/2026

The farm and the farm team are just buzzing today!

The harvest list this week is HUGE and we are just doing our best to try and keep up!

A few highlights for your farm shopping list:
- First harvest of delicata squash will be in the farm shop this Thursday and Friday...!
- Super gorgeous arugula, and we'll have it available in two sizes to suit your household. 🥗
- Baby kale as well and oh boy is it tender!
- The sweet red peppers continue to yield a weekly bounty and my gosh they are delicious -- somehow even more delicious than usual. We eat them like apples on the farm. 🌶
- Oh, and speaking of peppers, our shisito "frying" peppers are also bountiful and we have them on sale this week. This is not a crop you are likely to find in a grocery store but once you try them, you'll be hooked.
- For flowers, you can expect colourful mixed bouquets ($25) as well as straight bunches/single variety flowers (just $10), and a DOOR CRASHER special on sunflower bunches at $12 rather than $20.
- For the straight bunches of flowers this week (just $10 😉), we have a customer favourite ... euphorbia, aka Snow on the Mountain. Simple green and white for a classic look -- check out the photo.
- Thanks to Garrett's Harvest, we will have sweet corn this Thursday and Friday in the farm shop...! What?! No joke. Fresh Pictou County sweet corn 🌽
- And, last but certainly not least on my highlights list ... thanks to Penner Family Farm, we will have 30 cantaloupe and the first 25 watermelons... 🍉.

Now, we know that 25 watermelon is definitely not enough watermelon. Please know that there will be more to come. This is the initial harvest and a larger harvest is expected for next week and the coming few weeks. Watermelon season 2026 here we come!!!

PS: Last year, the Penner's grew a small amount of cantaloupe as a trial for us and boy were they sweet and delicious! So, don't let the watermelons get all the attention 😉

09/01/2026

Meet The Farm Team

I'd like to introduce you to Mallory Wilson.

Mallory grew up in New Glasgow.

She is currently in her final year of the Bachelor of Education Program at St.FX where she is majoring in Math with a Minor in Earth and Environmental Sciences. She chose Math as her Major because it was a challenge which allowed her to deepen her problem solving and critical thinking skills -- skills that she believes are important for today's learners and often not given enough emphasis in the classroom.

Her dream job would be to work in the Agricultural Sciences faculty at Northumberland Regional High School. (Yah, agriculture!) She loves NRHS' focus on eliminating food insecurity in the school itself and in the broader community.

She loves working at Small Holdings Farm ☺️☺️☺️ and, although just in her first year here, she readily took on the key role of Nursery Lead back in the spring -- taking on the responsibility of starting seeds weekly for later transplanting across the farm, for daily watering, monitoring and care of these precious plants. (Thank you!) But Mallory also works across the farm -- in the Nursery, fields, greenhouse, pack shed and with flowers.

Mallory appreciates a hard days' work and puts in plenty of it! She also truly believes in lifelong learning -- that's likely part of how she came to take on the challenge of a farm job!

Mallory also says she loves working on the farm because it is a place that demonstrates and practices reciprocity between humans and the Earth. Mallory is a witness and a participant in the importance of giving back to the land because of how much the land gives to us.

She is truly a lovely addition to the farm team and we are so happy (and lucky!) to have her. Mallory heads back to school but she plans to keep working most Fridays for September and October -- a sweet (and much needed) bonus for us!!!

08/31/2026

CSA members, this post is for YOU 😉😉😉

Just a reminder from your farmer that ordering is open now -- but closes at 7:59am on Tuesday morning (that's tomorrow morning my friend!).

When you place your order, you select pickup for Thursday (we're open Thursdays 2-7pm) or Friday (open 2-5pm).

Easy peasy right?

Online shop for CSA members: https://smallholdingsfarm.localline.ca/shop

08/31/2026

CSA members,

(That stands for Community Supported Agriculture!)

Ordering is open now for farm pickup this Thursday and Friday.

Our online shop allows CSA members to order ahead/shop online -- and you are always welcome to also shop in person. In fact, if we get a chance to greet each other in the farm shop on Thursday or Friday you will likely hear me say "oh, and we had an unexpected harvest of ____ so if you'd like to grab that from the shop while you are here, please go ahead!"

Aiming for flexibility for our CSA members although we know that shopping from a local farm like us is never the most convenient way to shop. Boy we appreciate the extra effort of our customers and community!

Each week, our online CSA member store opens Sunday morning, and closes Tuesday morning.

You browse the online shop and select the items you want. Then you choose your pickup day -- either Thursday (2-7pm) or Friday (2-5pm).

Ordering is not required -- just a perk of CSA membership, available to you if it's a fit.

Online shop: https://smallholdingsfarm.localline.ca/shop

*If you are not a CSA member but are interested in fresh farm produce, know that our on-farm shop is open Thursdays 2pm-7pm and Fridays 2pm-5pm to everyone. Come on out! And, if you'd like to add your name and email to our CSA Waitlist for 2027, you can do that right here: https://forms.gle/7mhWZY3fiDURYbr2A

08/29/2026

Happy Saturday!

Saturdays are quiet on the farm -- a rest day for us and for the farm team.

But our online CSA member shop is plenty busy -- open Friday night and Saturday for "Surplus Box" orders.

SURPLUS BOXES are a new addition to the farm this season.

As we pack up the Farm Shop on Friday evening, we box up the remaining produce into what we call "Surplus Boxes". Each box contains approximately $30 worth of produce, but costs just $15.

Our standard surplus box is a mix of veggies from the farm -- you don't choose your items but we do keep variety in mind.

Last week we added a second type of surplus box into the shop -- one meant for folks looking to preserve some of the summer abundance. Last week we had surplus boxes of $30 worth of tomatoes, $30 worth of cucumbers, and $30 worth of green beans -- but for just $15 each.

Summer abundance means it’s time to freeze, preserve and feast! In farming, you never know what next week will look like so, if you can, sn**ch these up when you see them!

This week's Surplus Boxes are available now for order for CSA members -- based on availability. Pickup is Monday 9am-2pm.

CSA members can order here: https://smallholdingsfarm.localline.ca/surplusbox

*If you are not a CSA member but interested in fresh farm produce, know that our on-farm shop is open Thursdays 2pm-7pm and Fridays 2pm-5pm. Come on out! And, if you'd like to add your name and email to our CSA Waitlist for 2027, you can do that right here: https://forms.gle/7mhWZY3fiDURYbr2A

08/28/2026

Happy Friday!

Our On-Farm Shop is OPEN today 2pm-5pm.

The Farm Shop is piled high with so much variety -- summer favourites like tomatoes and cucumbers, as well as lots of early fall crops.

And, on special:
- $5 cherry tomatoes
- $4 mid size tomatoes and
- $5 boxes of beefsteak tomatoes 🍅
- $2.50 rainbow swiss chard (that's 50% off!) 🌈
- shisito frying peppers $5.50/pint or two for $10

Plus, inside the farm shop we are set up with a DIY FLOWER BAR -- that's right, make your own bouquet of fresh farm flowers!

DIY Flower Bar
Friday, August 28th
2-5pm

There are three size options for making a bouquet starting with $15 for 10 stems of your choosing. We wrap your bouquet in a kraft paper sleeve and you -- or a loved one -- enjoy the blooms all week!

08/27/2026

AND WE'RE OPEN

Our seasonal on-farm shop is open every week:
Thursdays 2pm-7pm
Fridays 2pm-5pm

The farm shop is piled high with so much variety, from summer favourites to early fall specialty crops.

On special this Thursday and Friday:
- $5 cherry tomatoes
- $4 mid size tomatoes and
- $5 boxes of beefsteak tomatoes 🍅
- $2.50 rainbow swiss chard (that's 50% off!) 🌈
- shisito frying peppers $5.50/pint or two for $10 *see below for how to cook them!

Plus, in the farm shop we are set up for a DIY FLOWER BAR -- that's right, make your own bouquet of fresh farm flowers! There are three size options with the smallest being $15 for 10 stems of your choosing. We wrap your bouquet in a kraft paper sleeve and you -- or a loved one -- enjoy the blooms all week!

SHISITO FRYING PEPPERS

The shisito frying peppers are just amazing right now! You may be unfamiliar with them so check out the photos and here is my favourite "recipe" -- if you can even call it that. These blistered shisito peppers are the definition of easy in the kitchen but they are sure to impress 😉 *They look like they would be a hot pepper/spicy pepper but they are not.

BLISTERED SHISITO PEPPERS
Ingredients
- 2 boxes of shisito peppers
- olive oil or avocado oil
- salt
- lemon juice
Directions
(1) Heat a pan on your stovetop to medium-high. (A cast iron pan is ideal but not required.) Once hot, add a bit of oil.
(2) Dump the two boxes of shisito peppers in -- or one box at a time if your pan is not large enough to accommodate. You want the peppers to be in a single layer in the pan for the most part rather than piled.
(3) Blistering the peppers will take about 5-8 minutes. I prefer them blistered but not cooked to soft. Every minute or two, shake your pan to have the peppers move around.
(4) Pour the blistered peppers onto a serving plate. Top with a bit of salt and lemon juice. Serve!

Address

1999 Millsville Road
Scotsburn, NS
B0K1R0

Opening Hours

Thursday	2pm - 7pm
Friday	2pm - 5pm

Telephone

+19024762316

Website

http://www.smallholdingsfarm.ca/

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