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4-R Homestead

We're a small urban homestead focused on sustainability, food security, building connections, and empowering our local communities.

12/18/2021

Looking for a unique Christmas gift or a fun activity to do with the kids over the holiday break? Try our "Cookies in a Jar"!

There are five kinds of cookies and two sizes are available for each one:

- Chocolate Chip ($12 small, $20 large)
- Peanut Butter ($12 small, $20 large)
- Sweet and Spice ($10 small, $18 large)
- Ginger ($10 small, $18 large)
- Gingerbread Kids, including icing and sprinkles ($14 small, $22 large), +$5 for cookie cutter kit.

Small sizes make ~10-12 cookies (8-10 for the Gingerbread Kids) and the large make ~20-24 cookies (16-18 for Gingerbread Kids).

10/09/2021

A Jeep full of corn is a wonderful thing. And you know it's fresh when the leaves are still attached. 😍 Thanks to Kaiser Lake Farms for letting me get in on the last pick of the season!

10/03/2021

Local food is affordable food!

Part of our mission is to raise awareness that you don't have to pay a lot to eat well. The total for everything in the three 11L baskets in the second picture came to $29.

I ❤ Local 🍅🍆🥦🌶🥕🌽🍎🍇
Mcclureeats
Hagerman Farm
Creasy's Apple Dabble Farm

10/01/2021

Thanksgiving is almost here! The Mobile Market will be doing a round of farm shopping on Saturday - harvests are in and lots of everything is available. If you're not able to get out to the farms, we'll bring the farms to you!

An order form with a list of items available are in the pictures below. The prices are what you'd find at the farm gate - part of our mission is to raise awareness about the affordability of home grown food so it's important to us that we don't mask mark-ups in our prices.

To help fund the Market we'll add 20% to each order, to a maximum of $5 (no additional costs added to wholesale volume purchases - these items have a $5 fee included to cover the cost of transportation due to the larger size and weights). If you'd like (and can afford) to add a tip it's appreciated but definitely not required.

Delivery within the core area of Napanee will be free. Outside this area within 10 km of town is an extra $5, or we can arrange for you to pick up as well.

Message or phone in your order - if you'd like some hardcopies of the form let me know and I can drop them by.

Deadline for orders is Saturday afternoon. We can arrange to drop off whatever you'd like sometime on Sunday or Monday, or we can do a small pop-up market where you live if there are a number of people interested. We'll aim to keep the pop-ups as small and private as possible to mimize covid risk.

Payments are cash or e-transfer on delivery. For large wholesale purchases we might ask for 1/2 downpayment before we buy, depending on the order.

Any questions, suggestions, or alternative ideas are welcome! This is a new thing we're trying out in the community so we're making it up as we go. Missteps and hiccups will be likely and the patience and kindness everyone has been showing us as we grow and learn is much appreciated. 😊

I ❤ Local! 🍅🥦🌽🌶🥕🍆🍎🍐👩‍🌾👨‍🌾

09/16/2021

Great news! I found a new source for local pears AND plums! I love being able to connect with neighbours. ❤

For anyone wondering about the differences in prices, the deal is that I'm passing along whatever I can find, at whatever prices I can find them at, plus a small delivery fee. Let me know what you'd like and I'll arrange to pick them up for you.

1/2 bushels now available:

PEARS:
Bartlett, Flemish Beauty, d'Anjou
$25 Grade A, $15 Grade C

PLUMS:
Italian Prune, Mount Royal
$45 Grade A, $25 Grade C

09/16/2021

Pear season is here!! 🍐😀

Right now there are a limited number of locally sourced 1/2 bushel C-grades: Bartlett ($25) and Flemish Beauty ($30). Great for canning and cooking (and of course eating too!). Smaller quantities also available.

Next week, depending on demand, we may switch to some tree run fruit from Niagra (mixed Grade A & Grade C).

A fresh batch of fruit syrup is also ready - peach and nectarine - perfect for pancakes or a topping for ice cream. 🍨

08/01/2021

Visiting with a friend in a nearby city the other day made me think of how fortunate I am to be able to grow most of my own food. In my small homestead world, the answer to "What's for dinner?" is generally "Whatever's ready in the garden today". And if I don't grow it, I can be pretty much guaranteed that one of my neighbours does. It's a nice life here in Greater Napanee.

What my visit with my friend reminded me though, is that not everyone knows where the good food is. That so-and-so has really great corn, and the neighbour down the road makes amazing bread. That the farm over on County Road take-your-pick has an excellent selection of veggies and that high quality beef can be found a 5 minute drive from there.

Now the best thing, of course, and I highly recommend it, is to go and visit each of the farm gate stands and home based businesses yourself. It makes for an excellent weekend drive, and some of my favourite Sundays are spent doing exactly that.

Not everyone has the time or resources to go visiting, however, or sometimes it's just a matter of knowing where to go.

So, the "Mobile Market" is born! More details to come. I'm looking forward to meeting more of my neighbours, and helping to connect people who want to eat local with the amazing folks who grow and raise great food. ❤

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