Cedar Brook Homestead LLC

05/27/2026

🐷🌱 Sitting here gazing as the pigs are grazing! 🌞🐖

Notice in the background the pasture that’s bare soil? 👀 We’re experimenting with a **wagon wheel rotational grazing system** this season. 🚜🌾

Here’s how it works:
🛞 The center “hub” is a sacrificial area the pigs always have access to. This is where they’re fed and watered. 💧🌽
🌿 Surrounding the hub are the “spokes” — separate pasture sections that we rotate through to allow time for grass regrowth and healthier forage. 🌱♻️

We’re excited to see how this grazing method works for our farm over the course of the season! 🐖💚 Stick with us for updates, progress photos, and lessons learned along the way. 📸🌤️

05/27/2026

Today's farm shop product update features maple syrup from Windy Mountain Farm 🍁

Gallon $50
Half Gallon $25
Quart $15
Pint $8
Half Pint $5

We are excited for this new partnership! Please be sure to check out their farm for tree seedlings and garden starts 🌲

05/19/2026

Stuffed pork chops make for a delicious dinner option, and fortunately, we have an abundance of thick, boneless chops available for this specific purpose.

How to prepare: Create a small incision in the center of each chop, taking care not to cut through or compromise its integrity. Fill with your preferred ingredients (this time, we opted for a straightforward pre-made stuffing), although numerous combinations are suitable, ranging from fruits and vegetables to rice, grains, or nuts. Apply dried spices on the outside (we recommend ranch or Nashville hot seasoning mixes), then place the chops in a pan and bake in a preheated oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 30-40 minutes, or until the thickest part reaches an internal temperature of 145 degrees Fahrenheit.

05/17/2026

We are excited to be back at the Chelsea Farmers Market starting this Friday at 3!

This Friday, May 22 from 3-6pm, celebrate the opening of the 2026 Chelsea Farmers Market season with these great folks:

🎸Music: Eric George
Traditional American Folk and Country Music @ www.eric-george.com

🍛Hot Food: Shere Punjab

💪Public Service Organization: Safeline

🍪Baked Goods🥐
Baked by Trizmo
Sarah Bump
Whitney Family Farm

🎨Crafts
Blackbird Pottery
Cedar Brook Homestead LLC
Midnight Hour Woodworking
Miles Tiles
The Tucker Farm Registered Nigerian Dwarf Goats

🥦Produce
Crossmolina Farm
The Tucker Farm Registered Nigerian Dwarf Goats

🍖Meats, Dairy, and Eggs🍳
Cedar Brook Homestead LLC
Loeffler Homestead
Sarah Bump
The Tucker Farm Registered Nigerian Dwarf Goats

🌳Maple Products
Loeffler Homestead
Whitney Family Farm

🌱Plant Starts
Blue Dragonfly

🥪Prepared Food
Cedar Brook Homestead LLC
Loeffler Homestead
The Tucker Farm Registered Nigerian Dwarf Goats

05/17/2026

Not a swing but make use of what you have I guess! 🐓 🤪

05/16/2026

Despite being the afternoon napping hour around here, our farm shop is open and fully stocked with a variety of products including eggs, meat, and soaps. If you're not taking a break, feel free to stop by our self-serve farm shop anytime.

05/15/2026

This time next week…FRESH CHICKEN!

05/15/2026

Come join us at the seasons opening market @ Randolph Farmers Market!

Join us tomorrow, Saturday, May 16, 2026 for the first market of the season! The weather is going to be beautiful! We will be on the Gifford Medical Center green from 9am to 1pm!
We've got live music from Vermont singer and songwriter, Django Soulo! Django Soulo plays Americana music blended with soul - from the heart and for the heart!

Wash and polish up those wheels and head on down to the Car & Truck Show - all years, makes and models welcome!

We've got a great line up of vendors with produce, plants, meats, eggs, baked goods, pickles, jams and other canned goods, pottery, sewn and quilted items and lots of other local, handmade crafts!

We will have information booths from Gifford Medical Center and Safeline!

Here's to the start of another great season made possible by the help of our sponsors, Gifford Medical Center, Northfield savings Northfield Savings Bank, Third Branch Pottery Supply, Farm Credit East and The Grass Roots Environmental Fund!
Support Local? Buy Local!

04/26/2026

It’s moving day for the first batch of broiler chickens. These 4-week old broilers have been in the brooder house so they can grow and manage their body temperatures through freather growth. Now that they have some 🪶 , they can hit the grass🌱and manage the cooler nighttime temperatures. We will still button up both ends of their coops at night to help maintain heat better at night.

The first chicken 🐔 will be available for Memorial weekend, ready for the BBQ.

04/15/2026

Spring training is in full swing. Each spring, we buy piglets and train them on electric fencing behind a hard fence before turning them out onto pasture. A pig's natural tendency when shocked is to run straight forward. Without a hard fence, they will run through the electric (ask me how we know), rendering it ineffective. The hard fence stops them running through and teaches them to turn and run away.