Small Spade Farm

Feral barn cats giving me the stink-eye and enjoying the heated shop in the barn. Not pictured: The Sheriff and Rudy in a cute grumpy pile on their special cat bed. @fixed_fur_life #givethemhomes #spayandneuter

This is why Eric calls Oreo the red -eyed demon. #livingwithakitchenchicken #oreothekitchenchicken

Imbolc CSA share - week 2. #deliverydayisthebestday #CSAfarmer #fourseasonfarming

Beautiful winter jewels for our CSA members. #smallspadefarm #wintersalads #seasonextension

Goat noz #drgruber #dwarfnigeriangoats #kiddingseason2020

Busy time for us all here at Small spade farm, but @oreo__thekitchenchicken always clears her schedule for morning grooming and self care. #featherbath #kitchenchicken #selfcare

Hustling to beat the frost. #FU2020

Rest in power, RBG. What a loss. An absolute bad-ass feminist that fought for the rights of women and minorities. Her most fervent wish before passing was that she not be replaced until after the election. Heres hoping. A quote from Zora Neale Hurston that feels apropos There are years that ask questions and years that answer. #fu2020 #notoriousrbg #riprbg

Preach, Mr. Lynch.

Oreo chicken helping with course planning. #herewegoagain #farmerteacherartistlandscaper #zoomlectures

Oreo chicken and I are tired today. First week of teaching, CSA prep and delivery and landscaping in Toronto. Slow start this morning while she has a chicken bath on my shoulder and tries to eat my earring. #takingaweebreak #kitchenchicken #featherdandruffonmyshoulder

Landscaping views. #gardinermuseum #sustainablelandscaping #crevicegarden

Streaming @pam_palmater during my class as part of the scholars strike digital teach-in. Emotional, articulate, super smart human listing human rights abuses against indigenous peoples, and teaching us to use our knowledge to take power back. #scholarstrikecanada #

I will be participating in tomorrows #scholarstrikecanada to protest anti-black and anti-indigenous violence. I will be hosting a discussion in my class about the ways in which academia perpetuates harm and enacts violence upon the bodies and minds of BIPOC folks. We need a better world and we need it now.

First fire of the season. #woodheat #fallishere #gladwesplitwoodlastfall

Yes! Cannot agree more.

Oreo says happy long weekend, everyone. #kitchenchicken #smallspade #smolbean

@shannon_gerard and I found this weirdo on my cherry tree the other day #automerisiocaterpillar #intenselookingdude #createhabitatandweirdosshowup

I would like to buy this lobelia but this lil bee butt is so busy I had to give him a minute or two to collect himself #pollinatorswelcome #lobelia #pollinatorfarm #smallspade

Autumn gardens steal the show every time. I planted this clients garden almost a decade ago. #eupatoriummaculatum #rudbeckia #anemone #septemberblooms

I do love perennial gardens in the fall. #chasmanthiumlatifolium #northernseaoats #sustainablelandscaping #smallspade

Butts. #goatbutts #bestbuddies #gangofthree

Violet (aka violent) is a bully and her only friend is me. Note the logjam on the left of the feeder, and violets lonely mean ass on the right. Except shes not lonely, she rules this herd and eats all the hay. #badass #butbulliesneverwin #assholegoat

Our heritage breed (aka the gangsters) hens free ranging in the lower field. Dramatic skies and green grass. #freerangechickens #heritagebreedchickens #freerangeeggs

What a bunch of furtive jerks. #reallyfreerangechickens #uncooperative #poultryattitude

Yesterdays CSA (double share) #smallspadefarm #feedyourcommunity #communitysupportedagriculture

All I need. A 2 lb tomato (our own breeding project) and lacto-fermented pickles from our greenhouses. #eatingseasonally #eatinglocally #sustainableagriculture

The things I miss. This summer has been a new and challenging experience. #imisscommunity #covidishard

Nibbly McNibblerson here is why the general perception is that goats eat everything. In reality, if I slightly change the proportion of sunflower seeds in their grain Ill hear about it all day long. #gourmandisegoats #nibblers #dwarfnigeriangoats

We have discovered Oreo chicken loves wine grapes. We need to work on her table manners a little more...#kitchenchicken #smallspadefarm #petchickens

Preserving the harvest any way we can. #excaliburdehydrator #preservingtheharvest #smallspade

Eppie always gets a tasty date treat after we finish milking. That is, after she devours a giant bowl of grain and gets a bunch of head scritches. #spoiledgoat #ethicaldairy #femalefarmer

Tiny kitchen chicken sleeping on farmers shoulder, emitting tiny sighs and the occasional gurgle @oreo__thekitchenchicken #kitchenchicken #shouldbelivestockbutisnowapet

Look, Im soooorrry I tried to eat the chicken, ok? They just look so taaaaassty and they run and flap like a squeaky toy - dont give me the silent treatment mooooom #jerkteenager #enormousbaby #120lbstobeexact #LGDfailure

I do love a classic begonia situation #landscaping #smallspadeinc #falliscomingandicantwait

First delivery of the aug/sept 2020 CSA session. We have had some of our faithful customers take a quick break from this session as they are away on holiday, so we have a few (very few) spaces left. If youre interested in a weekly home delivery of a share like this one, get in touch. #regenerativeagriculture #feministfarming #artistsgrowingfood #smallspadefarm

Bubble, bubble, tool and trouble. 8 gallons of lacto-fermented deliciousness! #sandorkatz #fermentationstation #homegrown @ Small Spade Farm

A short and sweet video of part of my (very humble) milking process.

A kiss from a very big boi who is going through some very big teenager feels. #LGDintraining #coloradomountaindog #sofrustratingbutworthit

@juddy_stuff zinnias just doing their gorgeous zinnia thing. #pollinatorplantings #augustflowers #rainplease