Here we tend honeybees who forage from the flowers of diverse trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals growing on our organically-managed land. We harvest some of their sublime honey each year and offer it raw and unfiltered.  

We've been through many changes and iterations over the past 20 years of growing food on a very small scale in our gardens to offer the community, but the constant has been our use of all organic practices to enrich the mineral and microbial health of the soil. We harvest all veg and flowers to order the same day you pick it up onsite:)

 

For 2026...

With the arrival of spring, the hope and promise of abundance and liveliness returns with the sun! The honeybees came through the relatively hard winter and have been bravely collecting pollen and nectar from the earliest blooms. The hens began laying again in February with the lengthening light and April-June is peak egg season. Garlic has been sending blue-green leaves high and robust roots deep down. Asparagus has been growing inches per day as always in May, and rhubarb too! For this 2026 season we're focusing on growing an abundance of nutrient-loaded leafy greens alongside lots and lots of flowers for the bees and for cutting to enjoy and share.

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:: About our growing practices ::

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Kitchawan Farm is not Certified-Organic, but our principles and practices for growing are organic and regenerative. We do not use synthetic herbicides, pesticides, fungicides or fertilizers, instead always choosing the OMRI-Certified alternatives and adding vital trace minerals back into the soil with kelp, volcanic and other rock dust, and adding mycorrhizal fungi to help plants thrive and better utilize the minerals. We make compost from greens, hardwood tree leaves collected in the fall and manure from our chickens who eat Certified-Organic feed. We nurture diversity of beneficial insect and plant species by planting native wildflower seed in large areas including our solar field, cover cropping, rotating crops and ongoing active removal of invasive species. We primarily choose Certified-Organic and open-pollinated seeds from the Northeast. We are guided by our intention of organic integrity, giving back to the land more than we take from it and enhancing biodiversity and soil health.