Eldredge Farm is dedicated to building a profitable and sustainable biodynamic agricultural system which includes the soil, plants, animals and humans and provides for our customers exceptional products and services.
Eldredge Farm & Nursery, which comprises approximately 17 acres at 24 Eldredge Farm Cartway in the town of Brewster (and Harwich), is an agricultural producer directly engaged in the production of agricultural products, including crops; livestock; forestry products; horticultural stock (greenhouse and potted plants); compost production; and upland and wetland habitat protection. This property, formerly known as Red Gate Farm has for generations farmed cranberries, blueberries and vegetables for the local community.
Eldredge Nursery is in its’ fourth year of horticultural operation. In our four nursery greenhouses we grow many varieties of perennials, as well as ornamental grasses (1-5 gallon), hydrangeas, shrubs, and trees. Our tree selection includes Mimosa (3’tall), Leyland’s (3-4’, 4-5’ and 6-7’), and Kousa Dogwood, with more to chose from. These products are marketed wholesale to local nurseries and garden clubs. We also retail to the general public at farmers markets throughout the Cape.
Eldredge Farm Community Supported Agricultural program is a local producer of vegetables and salad field greens and serves both the consumer market, as well as local restaurants. Our desire is to produce the healthiest, most nutritious food that we can so you can feel good about eating it and feeding it to your family. The vegetables have been well received, and marketing is now critical to its continued success and future profitability. In 2009 CSA crop fields, cranberry and blueberry bogs provided approximately 8,740 lbs. of produce to local residents and farmers markets.
The farm and nursery compost area provides for the environmentally friendly disposal for waste items reducing the impact on landfills and producing something that is valuable to our needs. Our compost provides us with enhanced soil productivity and soil health that engender increased agricultural productivity, improved soil biodiversity, reduced ecological risk and a better environment. Most commonly used in the compost area are fall leaves, lawn clippings and animal manure.
Indian Runner Ducks with a breakfast of lettuce.
This year we added Indian Runner Ducks and to the farm, not only for their beauty and usefullness but, for their eggs. Indian Runners are hardy birds who are both very excitable and wonderfully social, with a strong urge to flock together. While excitable, they are timid but trainable. They are a naturally a high-strung breed. Indian Runner Ducks can be handled by people without problem, so they are often exhibited. They do particularly well if they are calmly socialized after hatching. However, they still remain easily excitable and are prone to panic if cornered. The Indian Runners' Country Of Origin is generally listed as the East Indies (Bali, Indochina /Malaysia, East India). Like most breeds of domestic duck, the Indian Runner initially developed from domestication of the wild mallard. In the last 2,000 years or so, Runner development has been guided by human influence rather than natural selection. Runners are set apart from other domestic ducks not only by the geography or origin but also in their unique shape, bone structure, and blood proteins. |  Our free-ranging chickens roosting in the mimosa tree. The free range eggs have stronger shells, are less runny with firmer yolks, brighter colour and taste much better.  A White Cochin Rooster |
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