Puddleduck Farm
541 Glamorgan Rd L0A 1K0 Pontypool, ON, Canada

Awesome walk under the shine of this beautiful moon tonight. #puddleduckfarm #nightwalk #winterhalo

It’s always so nice when it’s been cloudy and then the sun comes out and lights everything up. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #sunshine

Time to finalize our garden plan and get the seed orders in! #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #cropplanning #seedorder @johnnys_seeds @williamdamseeds

Now that’s a creative way to keep your feet out of the snow! #puddleduckfarm #chickenonthegreenhouse #farmlife

Had a wee bit of the white stuff falling on our heads this morning! #puddeduckfarm #farmlife #snowiscoming

Time to assess the damage... looks like we can salvage it! And the other 3 greenhouses made it through a-ok #grateful. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #timetocleanup

Unfortunately sometimes high wind = a crumpled greenhouse. #farmlife #strongwindgusts

Crazy hair don’t care! Lots of leeks coming to market tomorrow morning! @peterboroughfarmersmarket #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #playwithyourfood

We helped the bean plants through the frosts and we checked and there were beans ready to pick for market! #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #beans

Onion harvest time! #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #onions

93 days frost free! After the hot summer we had it feels like it was a lot longer than that, but this morning we greeted the first late season frost. Thank goodness for protective row cover and greenhouses to help get frost tender plants through these early cold snaps. Anything that we didn’t cover last night was because once it warms up the plants will thaw out and be fine. Depending on the crop a frost can make them taste even better! #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #frostymorning

Big order of syrup, maple butter and maple sugars headed to the Leahy Farm Stand outside of Lakefield today. #puddleduckfarm #maplesyrup #maplebutter #maplesugars #buylocal

They don’t call us Puddleduck for nothin’! #puddleduckfarm #lovetherain #sundayfun #somuchwaterinourboots

Our sunflowers are blooming and we’re bringing them to market tomorrow morning! Come and get ‘em! @peterboroughfarmersmarket #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #sunnysunflowers #localfoodptbo

This week was harvest our garlic week. It’s all out and put into the barn to cure! #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #garlic

Come see us @peterboroughfarmersmarket tomorrow morning. We’ll be bringing some of the rainbow with us! #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #eattherainbow

Cute lil itty bitty baby toad #puddleduckfarm #babytoad #socute #farmlife

We are excited to announce that the Peterborough Farmers Market at the Morrow Building will be open again starting tomorrow, June 20! And we will have lots of fresh produce, including carrots! See you Saturday! #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #carrots #shoplocal @peterboroughfarmersmarket

We got some frost last night, eeeck! That’s the last eat we’ve had it. It was spotty but some of the zucchini got it. It was so spotty that where two plants are side by side, one got frost and the other didn’t. We may see the ones that got frost send up new growth, but luckily the majority of them are ok. Everything else outside looks good. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #latefrost

Garlic scape season is soon upon us! We planted the most amount of garlic we’ve grown yet last fall and it is looking ! The second pic shows all the beds we have part in the foreground and the rest farther back in the garden. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #garlic #proudgarlicparents #garlicscapes

Today was a take the canoe for a paddle and forget about the list of jobs we have for a couple of hours kind of day. And it was wonderful. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #canoeing #neededabreak #gorgeousday

The peas are flowering! Even found some baby peas . Won’t be long now! #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #peas #localfoodptbo

Apple blossoms and bumblebees #puddleduckfarm #appleblossoms #farmlife #busybee

Worked on getting seeds in the ground and weeding before the rain comes tomorrow. Lots going into the ground these days, both seeds and transplants. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #growseessgrow #jangcleanseeder #mutineer

White stuff...we meet again... #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #snow #springsnow

Seed starting #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #farmingwithkids #seeds #paperpottransplanter

It’s been hard trying to balance out our work and having the kids home all the time., during all of this. Trying to find things to keep them busy, spending time with them, working on school work plus keeping up with our job list has been stressful. BUT then we take a deep breath and remember that on the other side of things we are getting to spend a lot more time with our kids during some precious ages that aren’t going to last as long as we’d like. There are going to be hard times, stressful times and frustrations but I don’t want to look back on this time and regret spending the whole time feeling resentful or really stressed. I also want to instead look back at how we found solutions and enjoyed some extra time with our kids. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #farmingwithkids #paperpottransplanter

The peas all thawed out #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #peas

Not all plants will survive freezing temperatures but the spring plants we grow are cold hardy and can manage these chilly nights still with the row covers to help. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #resilientplants

Happy Earth Day everyone! It is officially Earth day today but everyday should be Earth day, the Earth provides us with so much everyday! #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #lovetheearth #theearthlovesyou #gratefultotheearth

Today was for starting beans and planting more spinach, among other things! #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #localfoodptbo

We usually keep the straw on our garlic all summer to help hold moisture in the soil and hold back weeds. This straw though had a lot of foxtail grass seed in it so off it comes so we can better control those seeds as they germinate. It’s a pain to weed with straw down and those grass seeds will grow right up through the straw. The straw goes onto the garlic beds in the fall right after we plant the garlic to give it some added protection over the winter. It’s a bit of job removing the straw, especially since we put 16 beds of garlic in last fall! But the advantages of being able to manage the beds easier through the spring and summer outweighs the raking now. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #garlic

Time to tuck the plants in for the night. We use this winter row cover to protect them from frost and the cold nights we have at this time of the year. All of our started seedlings that will be transplanted are safe in a heated plant room that we have. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #nightnightplants

Spring peepers braving the fresh blanket of snow we got this evening. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #springpeepers

Our early planting of peas went in at the end of March into one of our hoop houses, they will be ready to start harvesting in June. Seems so far away, but so worth the wait. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #peas #sugarsnappeas #snowpeas #sogood

We’ve got lots of veggies popping up and growing! We will keep everyone up to date on how to get your hands on some of this deliciousness when it’s ready! #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #springgrowth #vegetables #localfoodptbo #buylocal #supportlocalbusiness

Beautiful bright moon last night. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #moon

Eben is trying to dig some trenches to plant our new asparagus, but looks to me like our 2 1/2 year old has hijacked the controls #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #workingwithkids #asparagus

Thank you to everyone who sent us ideas for the name of our new calf. We loved all the suggestions and it made it very hard to pick one. We finally decided on Clara . The second picture is of our goat Charlie getting his nose in the way while I was trying to take pics of the calf #puddleduckfarm #farmlife

Grateful for time exploring with the kids today Eben and I end our day telling each other what we were both grateful for that day, we’ve been doing this everyday for close to a year. It makes such a huge difference on how we perceive how our day was. It is especially useful during times that are busy or stressful and uncertain times like what we are all experiencing right now. It’s the little things that can have a big impact. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #grateful #exploring #nature

Garden beds prepped and seeds in the ground today. Such a good feeling planting right into the ground for the first time every spring. Also found a toad friend . #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #familytime #planting #gettingseedsintheground

Last Friday we welcomed a new addition to our farm. Our cow Millie birthed a beautiful baby girl. Four years ago when Millie was born we put a post on for people to help name her. Now we need some help naming her daughter! Help us out and leave your ideas in the comments below! #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #namethecow

When we walk outside in the morning and hear the birds, see the cows munching away, the chickens exploring around it makes listening to all the COVID-19 news that much more surreal. Our thoughts go out to everyone right now during all of these changes. It can be difficult to keep positive but we know that humans can be amazingly resilient and during events that disrupt lives like this can also bring us closer. This is the time to leave judgments behind and help each other out.... We have been brainstorming about our business and how we can continue to have our products available. Customers who are interested in purchasing maple syrup can do so by sending us an email to [email protected] or message us on Instagram or Facebook. We will offer delivery to our local area including Millbrook, Cavan and Pontypool. Orders $24 and up will include free delivery, a $5 delivery fee will otherwise be charged. A full list of bottle sizes and pricing are available on our website puddleduckfarm.ca. We do not have ordering available through our website at this time. We except E-transfer and credit card, we would like to avoid cash transactions as much as possible. In order to adhere to proper social distancing we ask that customers do not come into the sugarshack at this time to purchase maple syrup. We will however allow pick up from the parking area of the sugarshack where orders can be placed in a plastic tote for easy pick up. We thank our customers ahead of time and those who have already placed orders, your support during this time is greatly appreciated. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #maplesyrup #positivevibes

The sap is running great on this beautiful day! #puddleduckfarm #sap #maplesyrup #farmlife #gosapgo

Yum #puddleduckfarm #maplesyrup #farmlife #tastessogood

First fire of the season in the evaporator. Time to make some syrup! #puddleduckfarm #maplesyrup #farmlife

We started collecting sap today! #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #maplesyrup #sap

We’ve been busy this week getting prepped for maple season. Our son has been so excited to get to the sugarbush so today he got to help us out for the day. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #farmkid #maplesyrup

Now onto cleaning out the sap holding tanks. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #maplesyrup

The sugarbush is on one side of the road and the sugar shack is on the other side. So we have around 2500 feet of pipeline to lay out every year so we can get the sap from the woods down the field through a culvert and over to the sugar shack. We can now check that job off our list. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #gettingreadyformapleseason #maplesyrup #sap

Getting caught up on some bottling while the weather is still too cold for the sap to run. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #bottling #labelling #maplesyrup

Well it wasn’t the beautiful day it was yesterday, it was rather wet and windy, BUT, we worked away and got the tapping done! 4 of us and 2 full days got the job done, bring on syrup season! #puddleduckfarm #maplesyrup #tapping #sap #farmlife

Tapping has begun! #puddleduckfarm #maplesyrup #farmlife #tapping

Gorgeous day to work in the sugarbush #puddleduckfarm #almostsyrupseason #maplesyrup #farmlife

The holidays for us are officially over when the decorations are removed from the tree and it’s taken down to the barn for the annual feed the tree to the cows. The cows weren’t overly impressed with their gift, but eventually the youngsters made a meal of it. We hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Years! Now it’s time to get back to our regular schedule and it feels good. We are heading into 2020 feeling excited and looking forward to what we have planned for the farm this year. Now it’s time for us to finalize our garden plan, order seeds, do repairs at the sugar bush, start prepping for the upcoming maple syrup season and before we know get starting seeds! Look forward to seeing you all in 2020! #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #christmascleanup #cows #2020

Post Christmas in the Village chores. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #cows

Come on out to Christmas in the Village tonight in Millbrook 5 - 9 pm! @millbrook_on_bia_ #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #buylocal #christmasshopping

The woodstove: heat source for the house, glove dryer and cat warmer. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #woodheat #multifunctional

Today!! #puddleduckfarm #millbrookon #farmlife #christmasmarket

Been working on a big maple sugar order the last couple weeks. We’ll also have some packaged up for sale this Sunday at the Millbrook Christmas Farmers Market at the Old Arena! Thanks for the great labels @pieced_together_by_sarah @millbrookmarket #puddleduckfarm #maplesugars #farmlife #buylocal

Got boughs cut this morning to get restocked for market this weekend! #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #winterdecorating #winterboughs

Time to bundle the boughs #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #wintergreenery #winterdecorating

Getting more dogwood cut for market tomorrow. Come on out to market tomorrow to get your boughs for decorating! #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #winterdecorating

Had to keep the greenhouse wood stove well stoked last night with those temps. #puddleduckfarm #farmlife

What a gorgeous afternoon #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #beautifulsnowyday

We’ve got lots of yummy produce for market tomorrow, plus the first of our boughs for your winter decorating! #puddleduckfarm #farmlife #buylocal

Well hello November... #puddleduckfarm #firstsnow #farmlife

***Tomorrows market is going to be held in the old Millbrook arena by Needlers Mill, because of the forecasted amount of rain. See you there! @millbrookmarket #puddleduckfarm #farmlife