Open Farm Days | Off Grid YEG

Open Farm Days | Off Grid YEG in Ardrossan offers off-grid homestead tours that show how simple, sustainable living can still feel rich and rewarding. Guests walk through a first-generation homestead that grows food by hand with deep respect for the land, using solar panels, batteries and a developing rain capture system to reduce reliance on outside resources. Visitors see cover cropping experiments that build soil health, learn how crops are rotated and protected from pests, and discover how minimal chemical inputs are used. Travellers also observe hard-working farm animals from a distance, including a guardian dog, pollinating bees, a pest-controlling cat and egg-laying chickens. The visit wraps up with a stop at the farm stand, where guests can sample treats from the garden and hear how food is preserved and stored to reduce waste and honour what the land provides.