At Little City Farm we love to barter! Consider joining BarterWorks, K-W's local trading network. We are also happy to do informal trades.
- overnight stays
- woodfired or vegan baking
- handmade soap
- soapmaking lessons
- gardening advice & seedlings
- fresh salad greens/produce
- free range eggs
- herbal products & consultation
- tuition to workshops at LCF
- catering
- light construction/landscaping
- firewood
- fruit tree pruning
- woodchips
- graphic design help
- a serger
- mason canning jars
- hand-powered grain mill
- more rainbarrels
- bicycle repair
- 2-inch seedling containers
- occasional use of trailer
- a manual typewriter
- native plants & grasses
What’s An Urban Homestead? 
The general term "homesteading" applies to anyone who is part of the back-to-the-land movement and who chooses to live a sustainable, self-reliant lifestyle. While land is no longer freely available in most areas of the world, homesteading remains as a way of life. A new movement, called "urban homesteading", is a simple living lifestyle, that incorporates small-scale agriculture, sustainable and permaculture gardening, and home food production and storage into urban or suburban living.
As with any homestead, here at Little City Farm there are always projects on the go, which vary with each new season. We welcome guests to explore these projects, or lend a helping hand if interested, while visiting.
SPRING - the greenhouse is brimming with seedlings, the gardens are being planted, the chickens are discovering the great outdoors and new building projects are being assessed.
SUMMER - our gardens are in full bloom, we are busy canning & preserving the bounty, making wine, harvesting herbs for the annual herb shares, firing up the cob oven, hosting workshops, and enjoying meals outdoors.
FALL - we are planting garlic for the new season, harvesting the last root crops, planting the cold frames, making soap & herbal products, and relaxing around the fire on cool evenings.
WINTER - we fill our time with researching, attending organic agriculture conferences, taking courses, mapping out the next year's garden, sprouting greens, listening to CBC Radio, and reading a few more books in our home library.
Click here to view our Homestead Herbals page.
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Current Projects
- Pond building and landscaping as part of greywater recycling system
- Exterior plastering finish to strawbale house addition
- Living roof project for our house addition
- Development of Homestead Herbals online store
- Herb harvesting
- Weekly wood-fired bread baking
- Canning, drying, and preserving the harvest
- Purchasing a hand-crank grain mill
- Replacing electric appliances with hand-powered options
- Lacto-fermenting foods
- Installing wood-burning stove
Future Projects
- Renovation of barn as studio / additional guest space
- Setting up wood-fired hot tub and expansion of outdoor patio
- Establishing rooftop garden to B&B guest space
- Providing additional workshops onsite (soapmaking, herbal crafting, organic gardening, ponds, homesteading)
- Establishing small tree nursery
- Continued development of gardens on property
- Expansion of solar panels
- Build solar dehydrator
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