Black Walnut Lane

Thanks To All Our Customers

Ron — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:49:15 +0000

BWL wishes to thank all our customers for their patronage over the years. We will be altering our operation and making some changes to go in new directions with our business.

Thanks,
Ron Service
Black Walnut Lane

RETIREMENT AUCTION – BWL Up For Sale!

Ron — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:48:33 +0000

RETIREMENT AUCTION

Sheep ~ Cattle ~ Coverall Buildings

Machinery ~ Sheep Stabling

On Saturday October 1, 2011 @ 10:00 AM

FOR

Ron & Adele Service, Black Walnut Lane Farm

814 Millgrove Side Road, Millgrove, ON

Directions:

Take highway #6 between Hamilton & Guelph to Millgrove, at the lights on Hwy 6, turn West onto Millgrove Side Road & follow through past 1^st road (conc. 5) and the farm is on the left blue # 814

Sheep Ewes selling include:

40 Junior Ewe Lambs: Not exposed. Breed genetics include possible Booroola
lambs, sired by a Texel ram, full blood Jacobs, full blood Katahdins and full blood Texel.
25 Senior Booroola Ewe Lambs: Not Exposed. Breed genetics include, Texel, Jacob, Dorset and Suffolk crosses, all sired by a Booroola ram)
45 Adult Booroola Ewes: Exposed to Texel Rams.
5 Purebred Registered Texel Ewes: Exposed to Texel Rams.
50 Texel Upgrade Ewes: Exposed to Booroola Ram.
60 Full Blood Katahdin Ewes: Exposed to Katahdin Ram.
15 Jacob Ewes: Exposed to Booroola Ram.

Sheep/ Rams

Includes 2 Texel , 3 Full Blood Katahdin, 4 Jacob, 1 Romanov Teaser Ram

Katahdin Flock Exposed To Ram

Rams selling include Texel, 3 full blood Katahdins, 2 BB++ Booroola Rams, 1-4 horned, 1-2 horned Jacob rams that are registered & Scrapie resistant, 1 Romanov teaser Ram

Sheep Inventory Data Sheets Available By Email Request and Will Be Available Sale Day.

For more information on the Booroola gene visit Prolific Acres

6 Llamas” selling that have been running with the sheep

Cattle selling – Dexters – 15 cows & calves with 5 yearling heifers – all have been exposed to Dexter bull. Most of the Dexters are registered.

Dexter Pregnancy Check Conducted Monday Sept 26, 2011 by Dr. Bruce Robinson of Dundas ON. Results Are As Follows:

Sale ID Number:

90-120 Days
150 Days
Open – Exposed to Bull
90 Days
150 Days
90 Days
90 Days
100 Days
Green 2969 – 90 Days
100-120 Days
60 Days
150-180
40 Days
90 Days
180 Days

Ron & Adele sold a good amount of Breeding stock as well as “Gourmet Beef & Lamb”. These breeds of cattle & sheep lend themselves well to this business.

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Coverall structure– Less than 2 yrs. old 50’x144’ with 14’ centers – drive through doors both ends, plus 2 smaller 10’ fabric doors each end, 3’ eves, roll up turkey curtains both sides, electrical panel, plus 4 High Pressure Sodium lights. Posts not included. Owner will dismantle building for buyer at no charge.

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In Addition:

1 – 26′x50′ fabric Coverall Quick Structure Arch Series, Sandstone colour fabric, no ends (non engineered) (still packaged) The Arch and Guardian Series buildings retail for between $5,000 – $7,000 (these are not low end shelters)

Possible applications of Arch Series Buildings – click on picture to expand

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Plus:

1 – 14’x14’x30’ fabric Coverall Quick Structure Guardian (non engineered) crated and ready to go

Possible applications of Guardian Series Buildings – click on picture to expand

2- 20′ Macro air fans, low energy, less than 2 years old, with variable speed. Owners found them exceptionally effective for livestock environment.

Tractor – John Deere 6200, quad range, dual remotes, 3500 hrs. 18.4”x30” rubber.

Skid steer attachments – steel cat tracks for Bobcat 853 and other models – grapple in perfect working order 2 yrs old

Equipment – Bauman 4100 silage wagon (tractor drawn) hydraulic driven, used for feeding. Hydraulic hoist dump wagon, 20′ Creekbank bail rack with steel racks, mesh floor, thrower wagon, 20’ Horst steel mesh floor wagon with lights & end supports for round bales, 2 gravity wagons. 5′ rotary mower, 6′ blade, 11′ Packer, 12′ cultivator, white disc, International 420 3 harrow plow, post hole auger (land pride) New Idea spreader, pallet & manure fork for Frey loader. 16′ tag along steel trailer plus other pieces. TRAILER -JDJ tandem axle utility with sides & tarp.

Sheep and livestock equipment include a sorting & crowding tub, weigh scales, hay feeders large & small, water bowls & tubs, portable loading chute, plastic feed mangers, Richie and SPF water fountains, chore time steel 5 ton feed bin, cattle squeeze head gate, pick up box for lambs. Penning & gates – 280’ Bauman tombstone feeder panels, different lengths, a HUGE assortment of gates, panels & slant bar feeders in very good condition all used for penning and feeding. Foot shears, air powered, hardly used. Large selection of used fence posts various sizes in good condition.

BALAGE – approx. 200 individually wrapped 4×4 1^st cut bales (cut mid June)

Misc. – 16 cement blocks, 2′x2′x4′., 100 gallon hand pump fuel tank, earth tubes 4′, portable gas generator (5200 watt) 6 rolls 30” plastic wrap, plastic culverts 18” x 20′. Vermont Castings Resolute wood stove.

Sale order as follows – wagon load – misc. machinery – cattle – sheep – gates – coverall.

Cash – sale day, cheques with ID or Debit. Owners and auctioneers are not responsible for accidents on the day of the sale.

This is a good working operation. The livestock is healthy & equipment is in working order.

Black Walnut Lane – Ron Service - 905-689-0698

Brubacher Sales

Walkers - 519-824-0796

Dennis - 519-654-7833

As Ron is fond of saying, “Life is certainly an adventure”.
Ron & Adele have enjoyed their sheep & cattle work over the past several years. While retirement from the farm comes with some sadness, they look
forward to the future, enjoying other things, as they walk along this path called life.

Life is a journey, not a destination. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

BWL’s Summer Time Markets 2011

Ron — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:36:05 +0000

Summer has arrived and along with it, the Farmers’ Market Season. This year, BWL and partner The Boar and Chick will be at a number of Farmers’ Markets in the Hamilton and surrounding area. Here’s a list:

Hamilton Farmers’ Market – Every Thurs, Fri and Sat. (Year round)
Dundas Market – Every Thursday afternoon. (Starting June 16th)
Milton Market – Every Saturday morning (except June 4th)
Aberfoyle Market – Every Saturday morning.

We are also running the Aberfoyle Café at the Aberfoyle Farmer’s Market. Every week we will feature our own products along with other local farm produce on our menu. Culinary students from the area will be on hand to prepare these tasty meals.

Whenever you can, visit your local farm market and support farms that produce good food that is grown and raised in your community.

Life is certainly an adventure!

BWL Salutes Family Member Jerry Huiskamp

Ron — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:10:06 +0000

I’d like to give a big shout out to Jerry Huiskamp today. On Monday, April 18th, Jerry completed the Boston Marathon – and in darn decent time too. Considering he is enjoying life at the tender age of 57, this has to be a tremendous personal achievement for him and one that I find very inspiring. That his wife Jane and son Jeremy have become long distance runners in recent years makes this story even more intriguing. Jerry and Jane both completed the Hamilton ON “Around The Bay Road Race” in March and Jerry used this event as final preparation for the coveted race in Boston.

Jerry and Jane have both said that they feel better now than at any other time in their lives. Young people can take heart that life can be just as good in your 50′s as it can be in formative years.

Congratulations to Jerry on his completion of the Boston Marathon and to Jerry, Jane and Jeremy for their recent long distance running successes.

~ Ron Service

… With a Canadian Flag planted on his face, Jerry takes a breather after completing the Boston Marathon ….

Eat Local Hamilton’s Visit To BWL Saturday Feb 26 2011

Ron — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:02:12 +0000

Thanks to everyone who came out to our tour on Saturday Feb 26th!

Here’s some feedback from the organizers (thanks to Juby Lee):

People came because they wanted to meet the farmer.

There were requests for more livestock farm visits.

A few wrote about your partnership with Mark and Tania (of the Boar and Chick)

People were delighted with the sheep demonstration (please thank Kim as well).

Some folks LOVED being able to hold the little lambs.

And many wrote that they appreciated being able to talk with all of you.

From Rural Routes… Saturday Feb 26th – 10:30am – RURAL ROUTES @ Black Walnut Lane Farm. Join us for a rugged outdoor adventure at the height of lambing season! The bus will depart @ 10:30am sharp from the Bread & Roses Café (27 King William Street) on Saturday February 26 (where you can buy advance tickets to avoid disappointment, since last year’s trips sold out!) and the bus returns to the Hamilton Farmers Market at 12:30. Tickets include the bus trips and delicious samples of Black Walnut Lane lamb products: $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $6 for kids. Presented by Hamilton Eat Local and Smart Commute.

For more information check out Environment Hamilton’s website:

http://www.environmenthamilton.org/view/page/rural_routes

Local Farm Food Worth The Premium

admin — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:54:37 +0000

Our farm sells to a sector of the population in the GTA and South Western Ontario who value quality food and are prepared to pay for that quality. The people who I’m referring to are always on the lookout for fresh fruit & vegetables, baked goods or meat products that have been carefully prepared and/or raised with care. Once you have tasted quality food, it’s easy to understand why products purchased direct from your local farm are worth the premium and worth the time it takes to seek them out.

At Black Walnut Lane Farm (BWL), we raise and sell vacuum packed lamb, beef, wild boar and bison – all available for our customers at our farm outlet on Saturdays. We also sell to restaurants who value quality and wish to tell their patrons the origins of their menu selections. The resurgence of small local Farmer’s Markets in recent years have been a help visa-vis the sustainability of our operation; and beginning in mid-January 2011, our new stall opens in the Hamilton Farmer’s Market with all our product, plus new ready-to-eat prepared foods! Our farm outlet will be open on Saturday mornings (9am-1pm) this fall and the coming winter of 2011.

Should you decide to visit us, you’ll be able to tour the farm itself and see how the animals are cared for. If you like, you can help us feed the sheep and you can check out and take pictures of our llamas. You might be lucky enough to see some live births too. Be sure to tell your friends and family to come out and experience our farm!

As we move forward, I hope to share some of our farm stories and experiences from Black Walnut Lane Farm – as well as introducing you to some of our partners and friends who make this small enterprise possible. We value our customers and all our partners associated with BWL . Be sure to send me any farm related questions you might have and I’ll do my best to answer them.

Did you know that our rams wear chalk harnesses during breeding season? (Ask me why!)