About Our Farm & Philosophy
The idea behind Schooner Farms was to take our little 20 acre corner of the world and expand our use of it by raising chemical free pick your own raspberries and blackberries in 2009. We already had a natural pond and lake management company, Inspired By Nature, established at the site. The focus of Inspired By Nature is to encourage pond owners to care for the water resources naturally. We do not use any synthetic chemistry at all on our farm. This notion of land stewardship and conservation was really the incentive of trudging forward into the berries. honey and now a CSA.
In 2010 we also began a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) garden. The response has been tremendous. We have had the opporunity to meet so many wonderful and like minded people. Naturally, we picked a rough year weather wise to begin but it ought to make the future garden season seem less difficult! In 2010 Schooner Farms CSA grew food for 60 families. In 2012 we had expanded our memebrship to 80. Our goal to keep the "Community" in our CSA program means that we do not wish to be like a subscription produce farm. We want to keep the "Community" in our CSA. We want you to know the farmer growing your food, we want you to feel like you are a part of our farm and to do that we chose to limit our membership to 30 in 2013. Along with our produce we also have 10 beehives that we harvest raw honey from for sale. Our three ponds are managed naturally and a full of healthy fish. The ponds provide the irrigation to our fields.
Our goal is to be able to offer classes on a variety of topics, such as: beekeeping, canning, organic gardening, nature crafts, land ethics and much more. We both enjoy learning and sharing with others - that connection to like minded people is something we cherish.
If you are in Weston, Oh please stop in! We'd love to show you around the farm!
Schooner Farms & Inspired By Nature from above
News and blog
Classes at the Farm
Posted by Don Schooner :: Monday, March 19 :: 8:59am
I think this season I will be teaching more and more classes at The 577 Foundation in Perrysburg and the farm will offer more "event" centric opportunities. Stay tuned - we are still working it out.
Feb. 10th Beginners Beekeeping CANCELLED
Posted by Don Schooner :: Thursday, February 8 :: 3:34pm
Due to possible nasty weather, we have decided to cancel our Feb. 10th class, BUT there is a second class offered on Feb. 24th. Please sign up on our ticketleap site to secure your spot.
Sign up here
Beginner's Beekeeping Class Feb. 10th
Posted by Don Schooner :: Monday, January 29 :: 11:45am
You won't want to miss this class if you are interested in keeping bees. Mike Soboleski of SoBee Honey keeps bees at our farm and other regional spots. Mike is a fabulous teacher and very passionate about bees. Mike is a great resource and active in several beekeeping groups.
Learn more here - Beekeeping
Happy January
Posted by Don Schooner :: Monday, January 8 :: 10:10am
The farm is not getting a chance to nestle in this winter. We have been busy working with the lobster, planning out 2018 and keeping up with the daily stuff. We have several fun classes coming up! I am still sorting out a class schedule for myself. Stay tuned!
Yoga with Amanda - check out the yoga page for a listing of all the classes Amanda has planned.
Beekeeping - Mike has a great slate of classes coming up. Beginners all the way to Advanced 2. Check out the beekeeping page for dates and more info. Mike also is part of a Bee Club - Bee group meeting will be the third Thursday of the month (January 18th) 7:00pm, Big Fab Lab in the Woodland Mall, Bowling Green. You might want to email Mike for more info - mike@sobeehoney.com
Thank You!!
Posted by Don Schooner :: Monday, December 11 :: 1:00pm
Thank you so much for supporting the Grounds for Thought Holiday Boutique. We are grateful for the opportunity to be there with so many talented and wonderful people. HUGE thanks to the Wicks Family and Kathy Almeida for putting this excellent event together!
MERRY CHRISTMAS & THANK YOU!!!
