Off-Grid Life in YEG

10/11/2026

And just like that, the 2026 season comes to a close with a snowy Thanksgiving weekend! We are so thankful for your support of our small family business and our dream to live off this beautiful land. In particular, thank you to our season subscribers. Your investment in us means we can keep growing herbicide-free, pesticide-free veggies and deliver them fresh from the field all summer long. Thank you!!

It was another interesting year! Strathcona County declared an agricultural state of emergency for our area. We did surprisingly well considering the conditions, but our variety wasn't what we had hoped for as there was a good month we couldn't get into the fields at all. I got to perfect my baking skills and the chickens worked double time to make eggs.

We participated in Alberta Open Farm Days for the first time and were overwhelmed by the outpouring of support and interest in our little operation, especially the off-grid solar system.

We opened our farm stand so customers can place smaller orders of baking and eggs for pick up, or just to stop by on their way home from work to see what's fresh! The farm stand will be the hub for our winter egg and baking pickup program so check out our website if you're interested!

We will get some rest over the winter but there's still lots happening around here! We've more than doubled our flock of chickens with a garage full of peeping babies that should be laying by spring. Seedlings will start indoors in a couple of months so we can offer even more variety next year. And most exciting ... we're converting our gardens to a permanent no-till system as defense against the wild weather. Stay tuned!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

09/21/2026

I hate to pick favorites, but if I had to ... garden muffins might be it. These versatile little muffins are fluffy, delicious and pack a nutritional punch! As the gardens wind down, the veggies aren't picture perfect so these muffins are the perfect way to use the lumpy, odd-shaped and still perfectly tasty ones.

This week's batch features beets and their greens in addition to the standard carrots and chives. We planted classic red, golden and chioggia beets but the cool summer has them a little small, so they're perfect for pickling and baking! I harvested a whole bunch of tiny beets and stumpy carrots and shredded it all in the food processor. Beet greens are a superfood and you can hardly tell they're in there! Served alongside a salad or a bowl of soup you get all those vitamins from the veggies, plus sunflower and pumpkin seeds for protein, and a few dried cranberries to complement the earthy beets and carrots.

Farm stand will stay closed for the rest of the season but you can still pre-order baking for pick up at the stand. Check out our garden muffins, cinnamon buns, homemade bread, butter tarts and sour cream chive biscuits!

09/15/2026

Here's this week's subscription - featuring local veggies from Leduc Produce Market for extra variety. It's been a tough year but one of the best parts of a strong local food economy? Someone always has plenty to go around if you know where to look. Supporting small farms and markets keeps us all growing!

09/13/2026

We've had our first hard frost this morning on Sep 13! Wow what a year! It's almost like Mother Nature decided that maybe we could all use a little extra rest and we should just sit in front of a fire and plan for next year. Good idea Mother Nature - I'm on it!

09/10/2026

Farm stand will be closed this weekend Sept 11 to 14 to allow us to prepare for fall and next veggie season. Pre-orders are still open though so if you want some baking please head over to our website and place an order, or DM us here. Have a great weekend!

Our first-generation family farm is learning to live off this land while sharing our food and our stories

09/05/2026

With a high of 13C for today and rain forecast for the long weekend we've replaced our ice water with mint for a pot of hot coffee! Stop by our farm stand for a cup of coffee on us and take home some pumpkin spiced cinnamon buns!

Our herb-infused vinegars are back in limited quantities too - 4 different varieties for you to try!

09/04/2026

Happy Labor Day weekend! The farm stand will be open from 10 to 6 on Saturday Sep 5, Sunday and holiday Monday. We will feature our baking so please pre-order on our website so you're not disappointed! As the season winds down we will focus on preparing for next year so please watch here for reduced farm stand hours and days.

Veggies and eggs are limited as they have been all summer so visit our website to pre-order for pickup or delivery.

08/30/2026

Farm stand is open today Aug 30 and tomorrow between 10 and 6! We have limited quantities of eggs and green onions for sale and these sour cream and chive biscuits made from our own Apache green onions. Their gorgeous dark purple bulbs peek through the biscuits and have a great flavor. We also have some caramel popcorn and butter tarts. We're all sold out of cinnamon buns and bread for now but will have more available later this afternoon and tomorrow. DM or pre-order online to make sure you get what you want before coming out to visit us!

08/24/2026

Here's this week's delivery featuring small batches of garlic!

The first plantings stayed pretty safe from the heavy rainfall but they're almost finished now. Our big gardens are seriously under-performing so we have a gap in what's ready. We will supplement with baking until our later plantings catch up.

We're expecting potatoes, more beets, some fast-growing greens and plenty more carrots on the way. We have a little hope for tomatoes still and we've seen quite a few squash flowers showing up this week ... better late than never!