Nova Scotia's Sunflower Maze

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Want to win two free passes to next years Sunflower Maze? See your photo in a Calendar? Enter our 2017 Calendar Contest Send your favorite two photos* that you took while visiting our farm** to Contest@DakeyneFarm.com by September 30th for a chance to be in our 2017 Sunflower Maze Calendar […]

2017 Sunflower Maze Calendar Contest

September 27, 2016 in News tagged calendar / contest / dakeyne / farm / news / photo / Sunflower by Jen

Birthday Cake Recipe

April 7, 2016 in Recipes / Vintage tagged 1916 / birthday / cake / chocolate / choice recipes / cocoa / dakeyne / farm / frosting / kitchen / marshmallow / recipes / vintage by Jen

Cookbooks — Last summer, while I was in the middle of the field of Sunflowers, Annie was busy cleaning out her recipe drawer. She surprised me with a large box of old cookbooks, recipes, and promotional recipe flyers. A large box!! Of recipes from the past!! It was the best gift, a […]

Vintage Recipes

April 7, 2016 in History / News tagged cookbooks / dakeyne / farm / kitchen / recipes / vintage by Jen

strawberries — Spring is here.. which means I need to empty out my freezer to make room for this coming years garden. As I tend to save the best for last, my freezer is full of strawberries. Last year I managed to save 5 bags filled with 8 cups of strawberries from […]

Vanilla Strawberry Banana Jam

March 27, 2014 in Jam / Recipes tagged Banana / dakeyne / farm / jam / recipe / strawberry / Vanilla / yummy by Jen

Some of the best advice given to me when I first started growing my own food was “Never Let the Mint Out!” As if it were a monster hiding in the closet.. how bad could it be? Being someone who needs to learn lessons the hard way, I planted two […]

Strawberry and Chocolate Mint Jam

July 21, 2013 in Jam / Recipes tagged chocolate / dakeyne / farm / jelly / mint / recipe / strawberry by Jen

Dandelion-jelly — I’ve always loved Dandelions.. I love how they pop their little yellow heads up as if they were Mother Nature’s messengers, sent to remind us summer is on it’s way, how they fight to stay alive, the way they duck the mower, and dodge the weed puller. I love how […]

Dandelion Jelly

May 14, 2013 in Jellies / Recipes / wildcrafting tagged dakeyne / dandelion / farm / food / jelly / MountDenson / sunflowers / wildcrafting by Jen