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All the new girls are starting to lay and wi have plenty of eggs now for a time, in a few weeks we will start to sell eggs for breeding to all (in Sweden) that whant to be a part of the conversation of our heritage breeds #eggseggseggs #sustainablefarming #pastureraised…

Spring is getting closer and the pigeons are getting prepared for the breeding season. Unlike our other birds pigeons produce milk that they feed too there young. The parents share the responsibility brooding the two eggs and too defended and feed the baby’s. We have the old Swedish breed Svensk…

Ever seen 2 dozen Chinese painted quail eggs? Now you have also named King quail these super small birds lay a lot of eggs and sometimes even try to brood them. They lay more eggs then the mum to be can sit on so we put the surplus in the…

When bees collect nectar from flowers they also pollinate them, as a bonus bees also bring back pollen to the hive an stores it in special wax comes. For the bees pollen is the best protein source and essential for the well-being of the hive. The value of the pollination…

The unsung hero’s of today’s agriculture system are the ones that say NO! No to letting the genetic diversity of our farm animals disappear. No hybrid seeds that make farmers dependent on big business companies at the same time as we lose our history. No to poisoning the world around…

Finally we get to harvest the Oca or New Zealand yams. Planted at the same time as our potatoes they need a long time to mature but in all honestly we have been harvesting leafs and shouts all summer for our salad mix. It truly is a dual purpose plant…

After getting mother stock of rhubarb from @klintatradgard a few years back we are now splitting the plants to make more plants, a big and very suitable variety that let you crop crisp tender leafs all season long in to autumn. 80 new plants in the first wave and more…

The most important crop of the year is finally in place You may remember our greenhouse design from this spring, now after a season of tomatoes. After the frost we moved the greenhouse to a more prominent position in the garden and now our Säfstaholmskål is in place. Out of…

In five months this is what we are hoping for, today our rams 🐑 meet the ladies to both party’s delight. Now during the wettest part of the year our sheep trade the outside for a much more comfortable stable. The ewes are pregnant for 147 days and usually have…

A big responsibility being the teacher for our young ewes so the task falls to our oldest and most experienced lady Sheep lives in flocks that’s lead by the older females, they pass on the knowledge to their lambs so if you have good leadership life is easy for us…