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Knotalotta Acres

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Knotalotta Acres

Started in 2013 with the goal of producing our own food. We proudly raise rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and bees, as well as garden.
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We technically began our journey in 2010 with the hopes of having a successful garden. We harvested everything from corn to beans and herbs to lettuce. It was decent, but we both learned a lot from that first garden. In 2011 we had a little more luck with our produce and we added a flock of chickens. We built a chicken tractor and they spent much of their time grazing in the yard. However we had b

igger plans for them. In 2012 we moved the garden to a larger part of the yard, and let the chickens have that space to roam. We also added some guinea hens and ducks to our flock, which we later decided wasn't such a good idea and traded them for some bantams. In 2012, we harvested 400+ pounds of produce. Yet again we had bigger plans for the following year...

This year we have added meat birds (cornish X rocks), and are adding Black Australorps, Auraucanas, and White Orpingtons. We are trying to produce our own meat chickens for a whole year. On top of adding meat chickens, we also added some Flemish Giants, Anne and Henry, who produced a litter of 7 on 1/23/13. We are hoping to crossbreed with either Californians or New Zealands for a smaller meat rabbit. Our other goal for 2013 is to produce 800+ pounds of produce. So join us on our journey of trials and tribulations. We hope to inspire everyone in our approach to a more simple, self sufficient life. We'll be doing everything from butchering our first rabbits and meat birds, canning and food preservation, producing heirloom fruits and vegetables, cooking with our produce and home grown meat, and everything in between.

07/24/2024

Stand is open today and tomorrow! Then we will reopen daily again on 7/30

Available:
Pickling cukes
Jalapeños
Green Beans
Quail eggs
Fresh herbs

5670 Oak Rd

07/23/2024

I missed my garden while we were away! This is what we cane home to. About 70 #'s of produce 😳
Stand will be open tomorrow with pickling cukes, quail eggs, jalapeños, and green beans.

07/16/2024

Last day that we're open until the 24th. Stop by for free herbs! Lemon basil, lime basil, purple basil and parsley. Take a much as you'd like, no need to purchase anything 😊

5670 Oak Rd

07/16/2024

The struggle with pests this year is real 😫 Squash vine borers, squash bugs, cabbage moths (attacking my kale), and potato bugs have all made their presence known. In the 13 years of us gardening it's never been this bad. We torch the eggs, dunk and squish the bugs, and cover the plants that we can.
The one thing we don't do is use insecticides 😁

07/15/2024

I harvested a small amount of pickling cukes, beans, and ground cherries this morning.

Open 10-7 today and tomorrow, then closed until 7/23

5670 Oak Rd

07/14/2024

Any raw feeders interested in whole prey quail or ground quail. We're processing 27 and I really don't feel like doing them all for human consumption today 😆🥵

07/13/2024

Stand is open 10-7 today and tomorrow. We have, freshly picked this morning, cabbage and beets available!

07/12/2024

We have swiss chard at the farm stand....BIG swiss chard!!! If you don't know what to do with it, here are some great recipes!

Stuffed Swiss Chard Rolls
https://www.inkansascity.com/eat-drink/recipes/a-timely-recipe-for-swiss-chard/

Lebanese Stuffed Swiss Chard (we have fresh parsley 😉)
https://thesaltandsweet.com/vegan-stuffed-swiss-chard-rolls/

Swiss Chard Egg Bake (we have fresh dill available 😉)
https://www.healthyseasonalrecipes.com/chard-and-egg-bake/

07/11/2024

New items have made it to our farm stand!!
Not only do we grow delicious veggies and herbs, but we also make awesome crafts! Keep an eye on our page for more to be added, as well as seasonal fall and winter items.

At the stand now:
Chard
Romaine
Basil
Parsley
1 dz chicken eggs (Our birds have taken an unauthorized summer vacation 🤣 Hopefully they will be back to work soon)

We have fresh herbs available, but would like to pick them fresh for you. Message us for fresh herbs:

Sage
Cilantro
Purple Basil
Lemon Basil
Lime Basil
Chives
Marjoram
Rosemary

5670 Oak Rd Vassar

Coming very soon:
Green beans
Jalapeños
Cucumbers
Garlic

07/11/2024

Harvested around 1.75 # of lemon basil today 😳 I had to trim my plants, they were shading out the beets. 2/3 went to the rabbits and chickens. The rest is going to get dried and used for finishing salts. I've got tons of plans for items to be added to the farm stand 💚

07/08/2024

Farm stand is open! 10-7 every day this week.

Available now:
Beets
Chard
Green Romaine
Basil
Parsley
Quail and chicken eggs

Coming soon:
Jalapeños
Green beans
Tomatillos
Onions
Garlic

5670 Oak Rd

07/08/2024

Came home from vacation and found plenty of stuff that was ready for harvest!! White onions, beets, and garlic. We got 44 heads of garlic, some as big as the palm of my hand 😳

07/04/2024

In so many ways 💚🌱💚

07/03/2024

So....many....babies 🤪 Poor mama has 22 babies to keep an eye on. I found one on top of another mama on a nest, so it got added to the flock. Only because she is laying on chicken eggs now, so I'd rather it be out with it's own kind, lol. While I love the duckling stage, I'm not looking forward to this many adults running around 🤣

07/02/2024

The geese hatched 9 more muscovies overnight. Brian noticed them on our barn camera this morning. We took 5 and put them with mama duck. These 4 were not in the nest, and really cold. We have them under a heat lamp, with a seedling mat under the bin. Hopefully with some warmth and rest they'll be ready to join the others soon ❤️

06/30/2024

With the weather being nice and cool today, I put out bags of lettuce. The green romaine leaves are huge! Perfect for lettuce wraps!
We also have chard, kale, basil, parsley, and eggs.

5670 Oak Rd. Vassar

06/28/2024

I love taking progression pictures!! These are 2 weeks apart.

06/27/2024

I'm growing more strawflowers next year!! Look at how beautiful they are!! 😍🌸

06/27/2024

Calendula, parsley, lemon basil, and lime basil all headed to the dehydrator. These will be available in dried form at our stand this weekend. If you'd like them fresh, let us know, we'll harvest them fresh for you!

Also available now-
Buttercrunch lettuce
Red and green romaine lettuce
Purple, lacinato, and blue scotch kale
Beet greens
Dolce fresca basil
Chicken and quail eggs

Coming soon:
Swiss chard
Beets
Purple tomatillos
Cabbage
Jalapenos

If all goes well, in about a month, we will be offering make your own salsa packages which will include tomatoes or tomatillos, cilantro, garlic, onions and jalapenos 🍅🌶️🧄🧅

06/25/2024

For all of our raw feeding customers:

We processed 7 ducks and 1 chicken this past weekend. We have the following available:

8 Frames & 8 sets of leg and thigh bones - $15
8 heads - $8
8 sets of feet - $8
8 sets of wings, meat still on bones - $15
8 heads - $8
Organs (hearts, livers, gizzards) ~2.5 #'s - $3

Chicken is mixed in with the duck, so I won't be able to separate.

$50 if all taken together

Located in Vassar, but can meet within a reasonable distance

06/25/2024

12 muscovy babies in all!!! This is the largest clutch of muscovies that we've ever had hatch 😍

06/25/2024

4 glorious pints of duck fat were rendered from the Pekins that we butchered this weekend. We absolutely love frying up taters in duck fat!!

06/25/2024

10 more ducklings hatched, giving us a total of 11 so far. Horrible picture because I was trying to hold mama duck back while being attacked by a goose 🥴

06/24/2024

We have a new duckling 😍 Sunny, Africa, and one of our Muscovy hens have been sharing a clutch of eggs. I'm not sure how many eggs are under everyone, I'm going to guess around a dozen or more. Can't wait to see how many more will hatch!

06/24/2024

Stand is open all week from 10-7

New items added:

Dried calendula $2/bag.
Uses include:
Add to savory dishes such as eggs, soups, salads, poultry and rice
Herbal teas
Oil infusions
Tinctures

Quail egg scissors $2/each
Great for cracking open quail eggs. Cut the top off of the egg and pour 🍳

Quail eggs are $3/dz or 2 for $5
Buttercrunch heads, red romaine and green romaine will be harvested upon request. Text me 😊

06/22/2024

Farm stand is stocked and open weather permitting.

We have kale, lettuce, peas, fresh herbs and eggs. All harvested today and yesterday.

5670 Oak Rd. Vassar
Open daily 10-7 weather permitting
Self serve, cash, paypal or venmo payments accepted. Honor system.

06/21/2024

Our farm stand is complete!!! I love it so much!! A lot of hard work went into designing and building it ❤️ I can't wait to share our produce with the community

We will be opening it tomorrow around 10. We'll have a limited amount of chicken and quail eggs, kale, lettuce and snap peas available.

As the season progresses we will have tomatoes, peppers, green beans, chard, cabbage, tomatillos, squash, onions, garlic, carrots, and herbs available. I will also be stocking it with homemade crocheted items and recipes.

We're located at 5670 Oak Rd Vassar

06/14/2024

My favorite part of the day...being in the garden first thing in the morning. Everything is so beautiful in the dawn with the dew on it. I could sit out here for hours ❤️

06/13/2024

We have produce for sale! All harvested 6/13
All of our produce is herbicide/pesticide free

Red and Green Romaine lettuce - $6/lb sold in 8oz bags
We have 3 - 8oz bags available

Kale $4/lb Sold in 8 oz bags

Purple Kale - 2 available
Lacinato Kale - 1 available
Blue Curled Scotch Kale - 2 available

06/05/2024

Our roadside stand is coming along 😍 It just needs the front doors, roof, and signage. I love all of the shelves and different options for setting it up. Again...Brian is a genius with his design skills 🤓

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48768

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**Update- Despite my best effort, the one that was moving didn't make it ☹️ As sad as it is, this has been the first time I've been able to revive a cold kit. So I will take that small victory.*** We had your first babies born today...2 bunnies to 100 Grand x Thistle, my 2 chocolate tris. Unfortunately I found them cold and lifeless. But as the saying goes, "They're not dead until they're warm and dead." So I put them on a towel on a heating pad set to 110. We have movement from one, but not the other yet. I'll periodically check on 100 grand in case she's not done having babies yet. She had plenty of straw, but unfortunately didn't pull much hair. So I'll add a rabbit pelt to the nest box when I take the surviving one(s) back out.

Brian got the deck built for the pool for the ducks and geese 🥰 I'm kinda jealous because our pool isn't even set up yet 😆

Bee's first cleansing flight 2022

It was warm enough for the bees to come out and do cleansing flights!!! I'm so happy that they survived the winter. This means we'll have honey this year 👏👏

Chocolate tri litter

100 Grand's babies before I took them back out this morning 🥰

Last quail batch of 2020

Duckling's first swim

Finally!!! Out of the 12 quail eggs I set 7 days ago, 7 are developing. I set 17, 3 days ago, hopefully most of those develop as well. My last day to set quail eggs is the 1st (due to an upcoming vacation) So I'll be setting whatever I collect in the next 4 days.