Plete’s Homestead

07/26/2026

Our Sweetest Harvest Has Arrived! 🌸

With hearts overflowing with love, we’re so excited to introduce our precious daughter, Evelyn Kay. 💕

Born on July 17, 2026, she arrived weighing 8 lbs. 0.2 oz. and measuring 20 inches long.

Our family is soaking up every precious moment with our newest blessing. Thank you all for the love, prayers, and support as we welcome our sweet girl to the homestead. 💚🌻

07/04/2026

🇺🇸❤️🤍💙 Happy 4th of July from Plete’s Homestead! ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸

Today, we’re celebrating more than just Independence Day—we’re celebrating 250 years of America and the freedoms that make small family farms and homesteads like ours possible.

We’re incredibly thankful for this beautiful country, our amazing community, and every customer who chooses to support local. Every dozen eggs, every candle, every plant, and every visit to our little roadside stand helps our family’s dream continue to grow.

As we celebrate with family and friends today, we hope your day is filled with laughter, good food, fireworks, and gratitude for the blessings we share.

From all of us at Plete’s Homestead, thank you for being part of our journey. Wishing you a safe, joyful, and memorable Independence Day as we celebrate America’s 250th Birthday! 🇺🇸✨

God Bless America, and Happy 4th of July! ❤️🤍💙🌻🐓🎆

07/02/2026

A Little Update from Plete’s Homestead 💚🐣

As our family gets ready to welcome our newest little blessing to the homestead, we’ll be slowing things down for a little while.

Over the next several weeks, fresh eggs and garden produce will be very limited as we prepare for baby’s arrival and take time to adjust as a family. Our self-serve stand may not be stocked as regularly as usual, but we’ll do our best to keep it filled whenever we can.

We are so incredibly grateful for each and every one of you who has supported our little homestead over the years. Your kindness, patience, and understanding mean more to us than words can say.

Thank you for continuing to support our family, shop local, and be part of the Plete’s Homestead community. We can’t wait to introduce our newest little helper and get back to serving you soon!

With love and gratitude,
The Plete’s Homestead Family 🤎🌻🐓

06/24/2026

Nothing sweeter than watching our Cochin bantam hens with their chicks. Sunshine, dust baths, and tiny peeps — summer on the homestead at its best 🌿🐓

06/07/2026

🌿 Fresh from our homestead to your home! 🐔💛

Stop by Plete’s Homestead for farm fresh chicken & duck eggs, handmade bug off spray and candles, fire starters, seed packs, and seasonal plants. Everything is made or grown with care and a whole lot of country love.

📍 Swamp Rd, Remsen, NY
Thank you for supporting local! 🌻

06/07/2026

🌿✨ Summer is here and at Plete’s Homestead we’ve been busy making some of our favorite handmade essentials for all your backyard gatherings, camping trips, porch evenings, and garden days.

🐝 Bug Off Spray – Made with natural ingredients and essential oils to help keep those pesky bugs away.
🕯️ Bug Off Citronella Candles – Hand-poured and perfect for relaxing outdoors.
🔥 Fire Starters – Available in both Unscented and Citronella, making it easy to get your fire going whether you’re camping or enjoying a backyard bonfire.

Everything is handmade with care right here at our homestead. ❤️

Stop by and check out what we have in stock, including fresh eggs, plants, seeds, and more!

Thank you for supporting local and shopping small—it truly means the world to our family. 🌻

05/25/2026

Memorial Day Weekend at Plete’s Homestead 🇺🇸

This weekend, we pause to honor and remember the brave men and women who gave everything for our freedom. We’re grateful every day for their sacrifice.

If you’re heading out to a BBQ, the lake, or just working in the garden, our farm stand is stocked for you:

Weekend essentials:
Farm fresh eggs - for those big breakfasts
Bug Off Spray - $2 travel size, $5 for 2oz - because mosquitoes didn’t get the day off
Garden starts - Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant ready for planting
Seeds, fire starters & candles - for campfires and quiet nights

Self-serve, dawn to dusk all weekend.
Swamp Rd, Remsen NY

From our family to yours: Have a safe, meaningful Memorial Day. We’ll never forget.🦅

05/24/2026

Why you won’t see store cartons at our stand, and why we went with plastic 🥚

We get this question a lot, so let’s talk cartons.

Why we can’t reuse store-bought egg cartons:

It’s the law in NY
NYS Ag & Markets requires eggs sold to customers to be in new cartons. Reusing a Walmart or Wegmans carton with our eggs is a no-go. Keeps labeling honest and food safety consistent.

Cardboard = can’t sanitize
Raw eggs can carry Salmonella. Cardboard is porous. Even if it looks clean, bacteria hides in those fibers. We can’t run it through our sanitizer like we do with collection baskets and our own cartons.

Allergy cross-contact
Those cartons came from big plants that also process milk, soy, nuts. We have customers with serious allergies. New cartons mean no surprise exposures.

Traceability
Our label has our farm name, address, pack date, and safe handling instructions. If there’s ever an issue, we’re responsible for what’s in our carton, not what was in it before.

So why plastic cartons instead of paper?

We chose clear, reusable PET plastic cartons because:

They’re actually sanitizable
Unlike paper, we can wash and sanitize these between uses. Hot water + food-grade sanitizer = truly clean. If you return our cartons in good shape, we can reuse them. That’s less waste long-term.

They protect your eggs better Humidity + cardboard = floppy, crushed eggs. Plastic holds its shape in coolers and cars. Fewer cracks, less food waste.

You can see what you’re buying
Farm fresh eggs are gorgeous. Different shell colors, bloom still on. Clear cartons let you pick the dozen you want without opening them 20 times.

They’re recyclable
Our PET #1 cartons are curbside recyclable in most towns. Or bring them back to us. If it’s a Plete’s Homestead carton and it’s not cracked, we’ll sanitize it and run it again.

How you can help:
✅Do return our plastic cartons - drop ‘em in the crate at the stand
🚫Don’t bring us store cartons - but please do recycle them at home
✅Compost your paper cartons - gardens love them

We’re all for reducing waste. But with food, safety has to win. Thanks for trusting us to do it right.

Plete’s Homestead | Swamp Rd, Remsen NY
Eggs • Candles • Fire starters • Bug Off Spray

05/23/2026

New product drop:
Bug Off Spray is here 🦟🚫

You asked for it, the mosquitoes demanded we not make it. We made it anyway.

Bug Off Spray 🦟🚫
Made right here at Plete’s Homestead with simple stuff that actually works:
Ingredients: Water, Witch Hazel, and a crew of essential oils: Citronella, Peppermint, Rosemary, Basil, Lemon Grass
No DEET. No junk. Just plants that bugs hate and humans don’t mind
Shake Before Spray!

Grab yours at the stand:
Travel sized 10ml: $2.00 - perfect for pockets, purses, and trail runs
2oz bottles: $5.00 - for porches, gardens, and chicken coops

Pairs great with our Bug Off Candles if you’re really trying to evict the whole mosquito family.

Self-serve, dawn to dusk.
Plete’s Homestead | Swamp Rd, Remsen NY

05/22/2026

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