Sandcrest Haven

Meert Tree Farm event today. So many people. Nice crowd.

This lovely was living best life in our kidney bean patch.

New babies have arrived...

I baked!
Smores brownies
Banana bread
Zucchini with pecans bread
Gooey Butter Cake singles
Gluten free brownies

Elderberry jelly is ready for tomorrow's market at Herculaneum Farmer Market .

See you tomorrow at Herculaneum City Park

Come see us at the Herculaneum Farmer Market until 6:30 at the Herculaneum City Park.

Coming soon....
Elderberry Jelly
Elderberry Syrup

The dogs enjoying their special dinner.
From Oak Grove Valley Farm.

Picking elderberries tomorrow to make jam!!!!

When you can't find your favorite Pampered Chef paring knife...look in the chicken house.
Sneaky kids....

I'm baking for tomorrow's market.
Cherry Pie
Strawberry Rhubarb pie
Gooey Butter Cake
S'mores Brownies

Of course we will have lots of farm fresh eggs, tomatoes, grape tomatoes, green beans, and other garden veggies.

See you at Herculaneum Farmer Market from 3 to 6:30.

There are 7 other nesting boxes. Crazy chickies

Blueberry Jam is back in stock!

Also...Blueberry Mojito Jam.

Come get your's tomorrow from 3 to 6:30 at the Herculaneum Farmer Market

I'll be baking for Saturday event at Bonebrake Acres.
What is it that I can make from scratch for you?
Pie
Gooey Butter Cake
Lemon Blueberry Cake
S'mores Brownies
Biscuits/Scones
Bread

A tale of 2 Guineas:

Monday night Mr Klahs went to put flock to bed. The 2 guineas got spooked and flew out of the pen. After much calling, searching, and weeping we gave up for the night around 11pm.
Tuesday morning, early, he goes out to start looking again. They miraculously are right by the gate into the pens. He reaches to open gate and they flew off again.
The rest of Tuesday we could see them running back and forth on the outside of the pens.
We get home from farmers market and go to put flock to bed. I trudge the a jungle of weeds to try to get them. I see them. They are in a corner right outside the pen.
Blue, turkey, called them all day and was right by them. They escaped my attempt of capture.
So we decide let's leave that gate open overnight and maybe they will go back in on their own.
Wednesday morning, early, Mr Klahs finds success! Half way anyway. One is inside pen. Comes gets me up and we trudge through weeds (nearly as tall as me) back to same place I saw them last night. We come from opposite directions like velociraptors on the hunt. Success!!! He catches the 2nd one. I'm like through her over the fence.
So now the baby flock is reunited. The turkeys are happy.

Now tell me why if those birds could fly out of the pen why oh why couldn't they figure out how to fly back in.

Adventures on the farm.

We will have tomatoes 🍅 today.
Also, back in stock are these jams:
Blackberry
Honey Peach
Triple Berry
Habanero Peach
and
Pina Colada

Blue, Palmer, Guinea, and Ginny all enjoying being out of the baby pen.

Turkeys 1st day out.
Blue and Palmer (white)

We will have lots of eggs 🥚 today at Herculaneum Farmer Market.
Also have specialty jams/jellies and a few garden veggies.
3 to 6:30.

If you need eggs come to the farm or we can setup a meet.
Farm is about 4 miles from Pevely.

Due to anticipated extreme heat the Herculaneum Farmer Market will not be held this coming Tuesday, June 14.

Looking forward to seeing everyone back the next week.

Be safe out there.

We will be at Herculaneum Farmer Market today from 3 to 6:30 in the Herculaneum City Park.
Lots of farm fresh eggs.
Specialty jams & jellies
2 Strawberry/Rhubarb pies.

I baked!!! Very limited quantity.

2 strawberry/Rhubarb pies $14 each

4 strawberry Swirl gooey Butter cakes $8 each

Available tomorrow at Cedar Hill Farmer's & Vendor's Market at the VFW

If you want to reserve yours send me a message. Otherwise, FCFS.

I borrowed this from a friend.
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I have been super fustrated over this lately, after seeing something like this floating around I thought this was a great time to share a little information on store bough eggs!

Saw these prices for eggs at Walmart this weekend.

WALMART.

And I wanted to take a second to educate on what the difference is.

In the first photo you see: Free Run Omega-3 eggs for $6.94
Free run= not in a cage, but still in a community building. Think 10,000 chickens on the concrete floor of a large "barn". No access to the outside. But they aren't kept in cages, right?
Omega-3 = an omega 3 powder supplement sprinkled in their processed feed. Much the same that we as humans would take in a vitamin supplement. Less than 3% of that translates to the eggs.

In the second photo you see: organic, free range brown eggs for $6.28 (was $7.07)
Organic= 20% of their feed is certified organic. Yup. That's it.
Free range= they aren't in cages. They MIGHT have access to a covered, outdoor run but it isn't mandatory.
Brown eggs do not equal unbleached. All commercial eggs go through a bleach bath.

In the third picture you will see: free range eggs for $6.27
Free range just means no Cages. They are allowed to live in a community style. Often they have a covered outdoor run, but it isn't mandatory to have that in your advertising.

All of these eggs are similar in price to ours. With advertising that makes you think your getting the good, all natural stuff, when in reality....if you saw how these chickens were raised you'd cry over the mistreatment 😭

But for $6(or in some cases as low as only $5!) You can get eggs from Pastured Poultry. And what does that mean?

It means our chickens are doing what you think Free Range Chickens are doing. Running around the grass, eating bugs, and soaking up the sunlight. (Because did you know, that a chicken that has access to sunlight lay's an egg that 50% higher in Vitamin D?)
Our eggs are rinsed with fresh clean water, no bleach or other chemicals. 🤢

The love and care we put into all our animals can be seen in the color of the yolks, felt in the thickness of the shells and tasted in the creaminess of the eggs.

So if your going to spend $7/at Walmart for "free run" eggs, why not spend $6/at a local farm, support a small business, and get better quality?

And it doesn't have to be through us. Support any of the many small farmers this summer and taste the difference for yourself💖

Here are pictures of our flock and Pasteur and coop areas

Fresh 🍓 are ripening.
Strawberry/Rhubarb pie.

We have 6 pints of fresh Strawberries.
Lots of farm fresh eggs
Over 20 varieties of specialty jams and jellies.

Come see us at Herculaneum Farmer Market from 3 to 6:30

Set up & ready Cedar Hill Farmer's and Vendors Market

Jam $8 (27 flavors)

Farm fresh eggs from our spoiled chickens $5 dozen

We are finally back selling in Cedar Hill. Hope to see Saturday morning.
If you want any favorite baked good please comment below.

Things are buzzing here at our little farm.
Pollinators out doing their thing. Flowers blooming. Wild turkey in the garden.
Baltimore oriole on hummingbird feeder.
Jay planted tomato and pepper plants this weekend. Carrots and beets are starting to grow.
The new chicks, guineas, and turkeys are doing well and growing fast.

We are setup and ready for the day at Bonebrake Acres.
LOTS of gorgeous colored chicken eggs from our spoiled flock.
23 flavors of specialty homemade jams and jellies. If you can't find flavor you have been searching for: ask, I'll make it.
Custom baked goods orders being taken.
2 bags of sugar free treats that you can share with your best canine friend.

Oh if I were to get a cow, this would be it.
I love the gentle Jerseys.

Easter is coming fast. Get beautiful eggs colored by God.
We have a large amount available.

See you this Saturday Arnold Farmers Market from 9 to 11:30.
We will have lots of farm fresh eggs and our specialty jam & jellies.
Please PM any baked goods requests by Thursday 6pm.

Farm life.
This hen is missing toe and another has a severely swollen leg joint.
Both are being Pampered in isolation.

We have LOADS of fresh chicken produce available.

We will be at Arnold Farmers Market on Saturday the 12th from 9 to 11:30.

We will have lots of farm fresh eggs and homemade specialty jams & jellies available.

Delivering to High Ridge and House Springs.
Tuesday.
$4 dozen

We have LOTS available.
Who wants to meet tomorrow??

Planning on doing a meet up in Herculaneum City Park at 5pm on Tuesday.

Message me with what you want.
We currently have 15 dozen eggs.
Also available are jams and jellies.

Any baking requests?

New record:
30 eggs in one day.

Our girls are busy providing breakfast goods.

We will be at Arnold Farmers Market tomorrow from 9 to 11:30.

Gooey Butter Cake
Cranberry Gooey Butter Cake
Gingerbread Gooey Butter Cake
S'mores Brownies
Mexican Hot Chocolate Brownies

Limited, reserve yours by sending a DM, or text to farm.

We will also have some eggs and over 20 flavors of jams & jellies.

We will be at Arnold Farmers Market tomorrow starting at 9.

We have:
Lots of fresh farm eggs, Butternut squash, maybe some turnips.

30+flavors of jam/jelly

Baked goods:
S'mores Brownies
Mexican Hot Chocolate Brownies
Gooey Butter Cake
Cranberry Gooey Butter Cake
Peppermint Gooey Butter Cake
Gingerbread Gooey Butter Cake

Foggy morning chicken humor

Jam making day.

JD Apple Pie in a Jar
Strawberry Margarita
Jalapeno Strawberry

What else you want??

Friend sent picture of breakfast.
Waffle with our Maple Bourbon Apple Butter.
Yummy!!

Fresh out of the oven for customer.
Happy Thanksgiving all.

Garlic for next season starting to grow. Woot!!

Well the Cranberry Gooey Butter Cake was such a hit I sold out.
I'm making more for a custom order on Tuesday.
Anyone want one?