Seasonal cut flowers, vegetables & sauerkrauts in Canning, Nova Scotia since 2015

Seven Acres Farm & Ferments

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Our line of traditionally fermented sauerkrauts, kimchi and pickles are inspired by Nova Scotia grown seasonal ingredients.

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We grow vegetables and cut flowers on a small acreage near the charming village of Canning, Nova Scotia.

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Our products can be found in over 30 retail shops in Nova Scotia, at our on-farm seasonal farm stand, and at farm markets in the Annapolis Valley and the South Shore.

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View fullsize We’ve had a pretty underwhelming season of annual crops this year. Between us having less time to dedicate to them and the drought, the farm’s typical late August abundance is pretty non existent. The zinnias are the one crop that we plan
View fullsize Woodside Woodstock 2025 🌅 Thanks to our neighbour Kevin @hedgerowfarm.ns for hosting such an awesome annual music & food event this weekend. Had a great time with friends, music was incredible, plus it’s within walking distance to our fa
View fullsize If you’re noticing limited ferments in our farm stand fridge, It’s because we’ve hit the time of year where we’re running out of krauts made with winter storage cabbage before our new krauts made with summer cabbage are ready.
View fullsize 🌸🌸🌸 We love this dog so much. 🌸🌸🌸 August so far: tinderbox dry and flowers blooming. Trees are stressed but they’re still holding fruit. Our little garden pond is keeping the neighbourhood wildlife watered.
View fullsize The lawn is dying but the zinnia patch is blooming! It’s been getting limited irrigation and that seems to be enough for these resilient flowers. Might start referring to them as desert flowers. 🩷🧡💜
View fullsize I’ve been feeling conflicted about my last post, implying it’s been a hard farming season this year because in truth, it’s been fine. Great, actually, if I just look at our accounting numbers and really great if I look at how I get
View fullsize August and Everything After. I have lots of feelings about this year and this farming season but every time I try to put them into words, I end up deleting them, so I just won’t. I will say though that I’m so grateful we’ve hit Au
View fullsize July on the farm. We aren’t harvesting much yet. Most of the crops we grow are late season crops with August - October being our busiest months when it comes to harvesting. Things are very dry and we’re entering another week of heat warn
View fullsize I’ve been building a garden pond over the last couple months. It’s still a work in progress, particularly the landscaping around it, but my gosh does it ever make me happy. 🥰🥰🥰 The only thing I’ve spent money on is the pump (les
View fullsize A very foggy beach. One of yesterday’s breaks during a full day of on-the-road deliveries. Some people are surprised that we drive so far to deliver our products, but we do it as efficiently as we can (multiple deliveries in one day) and trea
View fullsize 💐 💐 🐶 I love this dog so much. 💗💗💗 On the cusp of summer. ☀️☀️☀️
View fullsize We’ve had the magical opportunity to witness Luna Moths mating this past week. Earlier in the week, Tim discovered a female Luna Moth drowning in a puddle of water on our farm. We could see that it was still alive so we placed it on a large tre
View fullsize Peony season has arrived on our farm! It’s a pretty fast and furious flower variety for us to grow. Once they start blooming, the different varieties we have come on quickly. Find them daily in our farm stand for the next couple weeks. ✨💕✨💕✨
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View fullsize Fama deep blue scabiosa is blooming. 😍💙💜
View fullsize It’s potato time! The first of our new German butter potatoes are in the farm stand, harvested this morning. 😍😍😍