Seasonal by nature

From the Farm

What we offer follows the flock, the trees, the bees, the garden and the season.

Butterburr chickens outdoors in the sunshine

Fresh Eggs

Our hens spend their days outdoors with fresh air, sunshine, room to scratch and forage, and a quality feed to round out their diet. We believe that happy, well-cared-for chickens make for pretty wonderful eggs — with beautiful yolks and the kind of freshness that's hard to beat.

Eggs at Butterburr follow the natural rhythm of the flock, which means availability changes throughout the year. Longer days and warmer weather generally bring plenty of eggs, while shorter winter days, molting, and seasonal changes can slow production considerably.

We don't push the hens to produce on a schedule, so when nature says fewer eggs, there are simply fewer eggs at the stand. Check our weekly email or Facebook for current availability.

Honey & Maple

The honey you'll find at the stand doesn't travel far. Our bees are kept right here on the farm, where our apiary currently includes nine hives. Throughout the season, the bees forage across the farm and surrounding countryside, producing honey that reflects the place and the season in which it was gathered.

Maple has an even longer history here. Kist Maple Syrup has been produced on this land for more than 25 years, long before Butterburr came along. From tapping the trees through boiling and finishing the syrup, careful attention to quality has always been at the heart of the process.

We're pleased to offer both our farm's honey and Kist Maple Syrup and maple products at the Butterburr stand. And whenever it makes sense, those ingredients find their way into the Butterburr kitchen as well. Farm-produced honey and real maple syrup give us the opportunity to make baked goods that are genuinely connected to this place — including one of our signatures, maple cinnamon rolls made with the maple syrup produced right here on the farm.

Fresh blackberries and mint gathered on the farm

From the Garden

Our garden is still growing — in more ways than one.

Each season teaches us a little more about what thrives up here on top of the hill, what doesn't, and what is worth planting more of the following year. What we grow is first and foremost part of how we feed our own family, but when the garden gives us more than we need, those extras make their way to the farm stand.

As the garden grows, we hope to offer more fresh herbs, seasonal vegetables and other garden extras, guided partly by what grows well here and partly by what our neighbors tell us they'd like to find at the stand.

Like most things at Butterburr, it will change with the seasons — and probably teach us a few things along the way.