Claddagh Farm & Orchard

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Claddagh Farm & Orchard Welcome to our homestead! We grow produce, raise heritage breed poultry, & grow an orchard of various fruits.

The new homestead is being adapted to suit our needs and to include the new orchard.

This week at the farm: Oxheart Carrots. This was our autumn harvest of them. After canning, these turn into about 21 qua...
09/29/2026

This week at the farm: Oxheart Carrots. This was our autumn harvest of them. After canning, these turn into about 21 quarts of glazed carrots; a favorite of Sam & Steve. Sam grew his own variety of carrots so we could compare the yields. After a full season of growth our Oxheart carrots were, by far, the best yielding. We will stick to them as our preferred variety from now on!

Last night we went out to do a tomato hornworm check in the garden. A friend told us that hornworms were easy to find wi...
09/14/2026

Last night we went out to do a tomato hornworm check in the garden. A friend told us that hornworms were easy to find with a blacklight, so we gave it a try. This picture shows how well they glowed! It made dealing with them kinda fun and our birds loved the results.

Five Stars!

As an update, we ended up with over 40 quarts of canned beets! If anyone is interested, they are $6 for pints and $11 fo...
08/31/2026

As an update, we ended up with over 40 quarts of canned beets! If anyone is interested, they are $6 for pints and $11 for quarts.

Now, we move into tomatoes. This cluster of 10 beefsteak tomatoes was just one branch on the plant and they all ripened at about the same time. What a welcome into tomato season!

Last thing, we hope everyone is doing well and avoiding the many industrial food recalls. There have been so many and more come each day. Buy local and know your farmer. You and your food are cared about by most local small farmers and we rely on your health to keep your business. Stay healthy!!

This weekend's project: Beets! We harvested a wagon-full this year. Here's the biggest Cylindra Beet that Sam grew. Thes...
08/15/2026

This weekend's project: Beets! We harvested a wagon-full this year. Here's the biggest Cylindra Beet that Sam grew. These beets grow longer and in a cylindric shape, easy to slice and can.

We took care of a few weeds in the garden this week...
07/11/2026

We took care of a few weeds in the garden this week...

It appears that Steve's first graft is alive!
06/03/2026

It appears that Steve's first graft is alive!

What a wonderful way to end the day.
05/30/2026

What a wonderful way to end the day.

Beautiful day for some planting!
05/17/2026

Beautiful day for some planting!

New Skill level achieved.Yesterday Steve attended a grafting class at Nash Nurseries in Owosso. This was his first Apple...
05/04/2026

New Skill level achieved.
Yesterday Steve attended a grafting class at Nash Nurseries in Owosso. This was his first Apple tree graft from the class. It is a Kingston Black apple scion on an MM111 rootstock that ended up being 9" tall. They had a wide selection of scions to choose from, but not of Northern Spys; his preferred variety. He landed on this variety, which is a bittersharp c***r apple from England. He did find out that it is a more challenging tree to maintain. Nonetheless, with luck this will be part of next year's addition to the orchard. He did enjoy hearing about people's amazing monster trees...the ones with 52 to 100+ apple varieties on one full size tree. That seems like a lifetime achievement tree. He got a new goal, too.

Spring is in full swing on the farm! We did a big coop cleanout, have been keeping a close eye on the fruit trees, plant...
04/26/2026

Spring is in full swing on the farm! We did a big coop cleanout, have been keeping a close eye on the fruit trees, planted seedlings in the garage, and started planting our raised beds. It's a busy and challenging time of year on the farm, but a fun one!

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