Manitoba Farms Open Doors To The Public

Sep 17, 2018

Over 40 host sites participated in Open Farm Day, held Sunday throughout the province.

Brad and Leanne Anderson of Cypress River opened their mixed farm to the public. The couple showcased farm machinery, animals, and their new solar power hook-up. The farm has been operated by the Anderson Family for about 135 years, with the original ancestors coming over from Iceland. Brad guessed they were the seventh generation to farm on the homestead. They've been living on the farm for the past five years.

Brad explained why they feel it's important to showcase their operation on Open Farm Day.

"We love having the kids and city people, and even locals that just don't exactly know what happens on my farm or on any farm, and they always learn so much and lots of smiles and they like to see the animals...it's always a fun day."

Source : Steinbachonline

Video: A chain harrow is a game changer

Utilizing a rotational grazing method on our farmstead with our sheep helps to let the pasture/paddocks rest. We also just invested in a chain harrow to allow us to drag the paddocks our sheep just left to break up and spread their manure around, dethatch thicker grass areas, and to rough up bare dirt areas to all for a better seed to soil contact if we overseed that paddock. This was our first time really using the chain harrow besides initially testing it out. We are very impressed with the work it did and how and area that was majority dirt, could be roughed up before reseeding.

Did you know we also operate a small business on the homestead. We make homemade, handcrafted soaps, shampoo bars, hair and beard products in addition to offering our pasture raised pork, lamb, and 100% raw honey. You can find out more about our products and ingredients by visiting our website at www.mimiandpoppysplace.com. There you can shop our products and sign up for our monthly newsletter that highlights a soap or ingredient, gives monthly updates about the homestead, and also lists the markets, festivals, and events we’ll be attending that month.