Weltevrede Farm

19/05/2024

A new swarm of bees have moved into the hive that’s been out for the winter . Hoping for some great honey this year .

19/05/2024

Pigs are 3 and 2 yrs old respectively now . Living life and enjoying the warm sun .

19/05/2024

Belle joined the farm last weekend after I adopted here ( foster fail ) . She’s 4 yrs old and has duck hunting experiences. Hopefully she hunts rabbits and gofers as well .

19/05/2024

New babies which mom just brought back to the farm after giving birth .

11/01/2024

If you're jealous of all those baskets filled with colorful chicken eggs, check out our list of chicken breeds that lay colored eggs.

31/10/2022

The weight of the eggs and color of the yolks tell you what is the healthiest.

05/02/2022

Great uses for Thyme which is easy to grow in most gardens.

One of my favorite scents of summer is thyme. I love the way it smells when the plant has been baking in the sun for hours, and you brush your hand across it. The fragrance

18/01/2021

A fascinating look at how worker bees collect pollen and what they use it for.

04/12/2020

Some of the new Guinea fowl on the farm 😀

17/08/2020

When Cilantro plants go to flower , seed then die, I collect all the seed ( Coriander) for cooking and also to plant next season .

10/08/2020

Another order ready for a loyal customer . Just collected from the hens

28/07/2020

Just added these 5 babies to the family . So cute . The solitary hen seems to have taken to living with them well.

26/07/2020

Plum production has its ups and downs. You will never harvest the same amount from year to year. One summer you will harvest buckets and bowlfuls of the sweetest purple gems, the next year just

15/07/2020

Not bad for a quick afternoon harvest of potatoes 😀

13/07/2020

Sunflowers and grapevines at Sunset

08/07/2020

Just because vegetable gardening is usually an exercise in patience doesn’t mean you can’t grow fast food. For all the keen and restless gardeners out there who can’t stand the long wait for fresh…

07/07/2020

A nice harvest of plums and , apricots and zucchini from the garden .

17/06/2020

I have eggs to sell. Will have them at work on Wed and Thursday this week.

14/06/2020

Some interesting facts about the Queen bee and swarming.

03/06/2020

3 dozen eggs available for purchase . Let me know 😀

26/05/2020

The swarm I caught this morning now happily settled in their new Ritz Carlton ! It’s the one on the left

25/05/2020

Bee Safe, Bee Kind and Bee Grateful this Memorial Day...

25/05/2020

For those interested in raising bees .

If you’re considering ways to become more self-sufficient, you’ve likely looked at the reasons to raise bees. Harvesting your own backyard honey sounds like a homesteading dream come true, but is it…

18/05/2020

Not a bad number of eggs for today’s collection . 🐔🥚🐔

18/05/2020

Our new branding labels arrived and will be on our produce that is sold 🐝🐔🐣

14/05/2020

Plums in the making