Fast Horses - Slow Food. Farmer with a passion for breeding fast thoroughbred horses, jersey cows, rare breed pigs and heritage chickens. Trying to take care of the environment and soils to ensure my children and grandkids have a habitable planet.
So It is official, the house is being used as a location in a TV series so we have to get used to its temporary new look, as well as a changing schedule on store opening hours
We will be adjusting our hours around filming days, the first one being next week, so here is next weeks store hours schedule, with earlier openings on Wednesday and Friday to make up for being Closed on Thursday Sept 11th when they will actually be filming.
It’s a clean up around here, come and find your treasures!
We have a couple of sale areas to browse for bargains.
We are adding things all the time as we tidy up and discover old stock – great deals on an assortment of things, including greenhouses, fences, various livestock panels, chicken stuff, horse stuff, even some feeds that we no longer carry… etc etc…
We are also making an antique furniture area in the stables that the lambs and calves were born in 6 months ago, versatile barn gets used for so many things!
Watch this space for photos of the great old furniture about to be dusted off ready for new homes.
Last but not least, the old white house is being used for a TV series this fall, which will lead to a lot of excitement and changes for the months leading up to Christmas. Due to the vagaries of the industry, we may need to close on our regular open days and so are asking for customers to provide an e-mail so we can keep everyone updated on hours. We will make sure to add flexibility to those hours so everyone can still shop but maybe on a different day than usual.
Summer is definitely here and there are some fulfilling jobs to tackle on the farm at this time.The heat makes it a bit harder but the cat knows how to stay cool in the shade The fruit trees are producing in abundance so to prevent branches breaking under the weight and to optimize the harvest when it happens I have been ruthlessly thinning fruit. First from the peaches and nectarines, apples and apple pears are next on the list, but the garlic also needs harvesting, eek only so much time available, but my little helper, 4 yr old Iris, keeps me at it, where does their energy come from? [The garlic looks fantastic]
Then the mulberries are also ripening, blackberries are coming as the raspberries start to come to an end, I freeze berries We value knowing the food we consume, we grew and is as organic as is humanly possible. We try and have extras for our customers and now we have a walk in cooler, thanks to son Stuart, the supply of great apples [Spartans] should last through the winter. Anyone interested in purchasing some of our produce, please reach out so we can try and pick for you too!
We have a whole lamb available if anyone is planning a big BBQ, 45lb pound for $600
Mimi beats the heat
Also lots of ground beef and lamb for burgers,etc etc
This July has no Long weekend closures, but watch out for August, With 5 Saturdays in the month, we will be closed on August 2nd and Aug 30, and will be hanging out, enjoying summer with family.
We started June with some race results that we were very proud of when Mascarettas’ grandkids on consecutive days won at Woodbine in Toronto (Moventothecountry) and Monmouth in New Jersey (King of Hollywood), her legacy keeps on going and thrilling us.
Maggie at 27
We will be CLOSED Saturday, June 28th for the Canada Day weekend.
We’ve brought in SIMPLY GRUBS, a Canadian-made, women-owned, nutritious treat for your poultry. The fully-dried Black Soldier fly larvae provide calcium and high protein for feather growth and egg production.
MIMI has lots of visitors and a very big fan club. Today gaining an up cycled cat tree that Leslie and Derek brought by. She thanks them!
Buttercup, Bellas daughter, in the buttercups with grass up to her belly, along with the rest of the herd
More goslings have hatched, Pilgrim females are coloured, males are white
Which means we have pilgrim goslings for sale. More info under ‘Livestock for sale’.
Check out our new ‘Sale Specials‘ page that currently lists various electric fence materials and chicken items on sale, discounted hays, and used gates available. We will update the bargains as we find them, things have a way of getting lost around here!
This wonderful spring has brought many new additions to the farm.
We have a new kitten,
Four goslings, plus 4 more to day
And a new hay option. We are trying a non-compressed 2nd cut Timothy from Washington. It comes to $34.50 per bale, more expensive than the compressed 2nd cut Timothy due to the increased freight costs compared to compressed bales. The test is available in our ‘Hay Inventory’ section.
OPEN GOOD FRIDAY April 18th, but CLOSED Saturday April 19th for Easter.
The bluebells are just starting to show there Spring beauty.
Our early sweet rhubarb is available in the store to make the delicious Easter favourite Recipe below:
Rhubarb Torte Base: 1c flour ½ c butter 5 tbls icing sugar ¼ tsp salt Filling: 2 eggs, beaten 1 ½ c sugar ¼ c flour ¾ tsp baking soda 3 c or more diced rhubarb
Directions: Preheat oven to 375C. Combine base ingredients and press into 9×13 tin, bake for 12 minutes until starting to turn golden brown. Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Beat eggs, add sugar, flour and baking soda. Fill baking tin with diced rhubarb (it will shrink once cooked) and pour filing mixture over. Return to oven and cook for 30-45 minutes. Let cool and enjoy warm with some whipped cream! Dietary notes… try substituting ground almonds for flour for a gluten free, lower carb (and delicious!) version, or maple syrup instead of white sugar
We now have finished lambing with 23 happy healthy lambs – 16 GIRLS and 7 boys!
They look particularly beautiful with all the spring blossoms, especially the pink almond blossoms in the field by the road.
Another bagged feed has made it to $20 – Alfalfa cubes (from Alfatec) are on sale for a month, to mid April. You can get a further 50c/bag discount when paying debit, cash or etransfer, a discount we always apply to help with your purchases on all our bagged feeds.
For big orders of cubes, email us and we’ll make sure there’s enough for everyone.
When that sun comes out you can feel everything growing and smell the scents of spring…. life is great here on the farm.
White House Stables 