Heart and Soil Farm NS

07/15/2025

Dear deer; kindly F RIGHT OFF’A MY PEPPERS.

Sincerely: the lady who you are making really upset AKA your chef 😑😡😖🤬.

07/15/2025

We planted, harvested, met our CSA folks, attended the market at Eli+Trix and got to leave the farm for a day to celebrate our anniversary. (We clearly love what we do because our vacation was to another farm haha!).

07/14/2025

Perfectly said Jennifer Spencer.

Be gentle with yourself . But be disciplined enough to wash the dishes up before bed, and to change your scivvies daily. And pjs are meant for chores, not stores.
Be kind to others. But watch out for the takers, and know even if it didn’t end up on social media, it was still the right thing to do.
Be kind to animals. But understand the difference between livestock and pets. You will be so grateful for that turkey’s life while watching your whole family being nourished while gathered around the table. And the family dog gets the turkey neck.
Be grateful for what you have. But don’t ever stop striving to improve your circumstances. Even if for today it just means sweeping your front step.
Be a force to be reckoned with. But don’t trample over others rights and boundaries. Listen carefully to those that struggle with the word no.
Be healed. But get to a place that allows you to bless the broken road that got you here. Broken young people just become broken old people. There is no magic pill at 50. It’s work you’ll do your whole life.
Be proud of your accomplishments. But never so much so you forget the dusty dirt road you grew up on. It’s where you learned to fix the bicycle chain yourself so you could catch up to your cousins.
Be joyful. But understand trauma can dull every single person’s sparkle. It’s easy to forget God wants you to make it in this world. A lot of people want you to make it too. Listen for them.
Be generous. But understand some people, charities and organizations just have a weak moral compass. No need to harbour a chip on your shoulder about those ones, just give heaps to the others.
Be the change you wish to see in this world. But remember that starts within your own house. And that doesn’t necessarily mean swimming pools, perfect lawns and white kitchens. It’s as simple as the feeling you get when you’ve baked a loaf of fresh bread, and it’s spread with homemade jam made from berries you picked as a family. Now take that feeling and repeat it in some small way for 364 more days.
Be patient. But remember you were made to have a good life. It’ll come.

07/14/2025

The first Flower CSA is also headed out the door!

A bouquet of wild and grown flowers that changes every week.

This week it has: baby sunflowers, godetta, giant zinnias, apple mint, wildflowers & fauna, lavender, banquet flowers & a few pansies for good measure. AKA everything in bloom on the farm today.
We hope you enjoy this S!!

07/14/2025

Cutting the last bit of herbs for your CSA night now!
See you all soon!

07/14/2025

It’s Farm CSA Day!

We have been busy harvesting lots of veggies and herbs this morning and can’t wait to meet (and see again) this years Farm Fams!

Reminder for Leslie, Sara, Anna, Suki, Susannah, Karen & Jill: items will be ready from 5-7pm- tonight you receive a plastic tray with your name on it. Please bring your cooler bags for next week!

If you miss your pick up or have any issues just send us an e mail to [email protected].

SEE YOU TONIGHT!!
🥬🌿🥒🫑🥕🌶️🧅🥦🫛🫜🥔🧄

07/13/2025

HAPPENING NEXT WEEK!!!!

It’s CSA tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime!

🌻Our first farm pick up will be on Monday July 14th.
Veggie boxes will be ready and available from 6pm 8pm, our farm is located at 1213 Lower Branch Rd, Branch LaHave B4V 4K1.
*this pick up can sometimes be contactless, meaning you will find your cooler bag or box with your name and veggies on our farm table in the middle of our driveway for you.

🛻Our first “farm-to-table” delivery will be on Thursday July 17th. Veggie boxes will be delivered between 6pm-8:30pm to your door. If you are not home to receive the box it will be safely left at your doorstep area for you. 🥷

**to our market pick up fams: your first CSA drop off will be on Sunday July 20 - this will be doubled.

ADD ONS: if you would like to add extra items to your weekly CSA send an email by Wednesday of that delivery week and we’d be happy to stock you up!

•Pro tip: it is ideal to have two large cooler bags available for the program. Having the ability to exchange your cooler bags each week ensures your food is protected from the elements, is in a secure box/bag/cooler of your choosing and streamlines our delivery process. The first week you will receive a veggie tray on us, we ask you have your cooler bags available at that time to use for the following week. This applies to delivery customers AND farm pick up customers.
Also try having some small bags, jars or containers available is great for herbs or loose items like tomatoes. Please label ALL.

Missed boxes - Any missed farm/market pick ups will be donated to our charity of choice.

🌡️🌩️Weather policy- If we experience a storm or heat wave on our harvest day or the days surrounding harvesting, there may be a post-dated box. You receive all 8 weeks of veggies, Mother Nature can sometimes prolong that timeline. We will do ourbest to communicate and post any foreseeable storms or weather issues.

Weekly menu - We post our weekly box contents on our social media platforms every week - keeping in mind there may be items in your boxes that we don’t post. That’s because they’re small batch and special for you and your family. Shhh.

Our preferred and most reliable form of communication is via email. If you need to tell us something, want to add items to your delivery or have questions please email.

We have a market at Eli + Trix in Mahone Bay happening every Sunday morning.
CSA customers receive 25% off farm to fork orders and save 15% if purchasing items from the market.

Every dollar reinvested back into our town and growing your families food is a step tword a healthy and sustainable future for all.

We can’t wait to feed you!

***THERE IS STILL TIME TO JOIN***
We have ONE CSA space left for Farm Pick Up!
If you’d like to take part send us an email to [email protected] ASAP.

07/12/2025

Happening tomorrow!

07/11/2025

pumpkin garden✔️

07/10/2025

6” of dirt +
some seeds +
sunshine and rain.
= all a person needs to find simple peace, if you ask me.

Time in a garden isn’t measured by a clock, it’s measured by the temperature and the weather. A cool and cloudy day like today means it’s time to plant leafy crops. We plant until it’s done, not because it’s 5 o’clock.

07/10/2025

You asked what all of the plants are, well, here is MOST of them. I’m sure I forgot a few but needless to say; there is a lot.

The greenhouse provides a controlled environment for special plants and the nursery for all of our plant starters. We’d be lost without the bubble!