Turtle Island Homestead

06/02/2026

We wanted to start sharing some simple low-tox recipes here and there that we use on our homestead! ✨️

We hope to encourage others to start limiting toxins in their homes, so that we can all lead healthy, happy lives. So much of what you find on the shelves at the grocery store have ingredients that are considered to be endocrine disruptors & carcinogens, especially those containing artifical fragrances, ingredients that have numbers in them, and ingredients that make you go, "hmm, how the heck do you pronounce that?!" 🤔

Making small changes in our every day lives can help to reduce this stress burden on our bodies. These changes can also reduce the burden of chemicals contaminating the Earth and can help shift the narrative for big corporations to start moving towards more natural ingredients in their products. 🌿

It takes a little extra time to make your own household products, but trust us when we say that it is worth it - for your body, for your wallet, for the planet. 🩵

05/17/2026

Our Midnight Majesty Maran hens never disappoint with these beautiful eggs! They're just about a year old now and are some of our most prolific layers. 😍

05/04/2026

Mid-Spring days have us swooning over the landscape! So much abundant life has come back to bless us all. We have been foraging and preserving field garlic, ramps, stinging nettle, purple deadnettle, dandelion, garlic mustard, cleavers, violets, and morel mushrooms. 🌿

Our favorite ways to preserve our harvests are by turning all our greens into pesto that we freeze and get to enjoy the mineral rich goodness all Winter long. We also do a lot of dehydrating of plants and mushrooms for future use and make lots of lovely herbal & mushroom salts that we use in dishes, as well as getting to share them through our catering business and selling them at markets! ❤️

And we have been making so much medicine to use and share! Last week we made:
Peppermint extract, lavender extract, vanilla extract, chamomile tincture, clove tincture, tulsi tincture, nettle root tincture, Love tincture (Kava Kava & Rose), Calm tincture (chamomile, passion flower, lavender, valerian root, kava kava, & ashwaghanda), & we double extracted our mushroom blends for our Fun-guy tincture (Lion's Mane, Reishi, Chaga, Turkey Tail. & Cordyceps) 🍄

The homestead life is so much about being able to be truly present in the moments with the natural world, with our plants, our animals, and ourselves, while also continually prepping to be nourished and well through the Winter. It's a beautiful balance and we are so grateful to have the opportunity to be stewards of the land & to be held so deeply by the Earth Mother & all she provides. 🌻

Stay tuned as we will have many of the medicines & culinary delights available for purchase in the coming months! 🐢

05/03/2026

Today's the day, we've got more babies just starting to make their way out of their shells. 🐣 Stay tuned for cuteness overload pictures once everyone has made their appearance. So excited to add these sweeties to our flock - Black Copper Marans, F1 Olive Eggers, Marsbars, Crested Cream Legbars, Welsummers, and Backcross OE! 😍

04/20/2026

Only a few spots left for our event this Sunday! We would love to see you there. ❤️

✨ The Circle is Almost Full: Tea & Sound Immersion ✨

Our sacred space is nearly at capacity. 🍵✨

Join us for a grounded afternoon of sensory nourishment and deep restoration. Haley & Saul from Turtle Island Homestead will share the heart of their regenerative farm through ceremonial samples of their four locally crafted organic herbal teas, paired with seasonally inspired heartfully made gluten-free bites.

Once we have sipped and centered, Hayley Godfrey will guide the room into a meditative sound immersion. This high-frequency journey is designed to help you process, reflect, and flow into your heart-led truth.

🌿 A Final Invitation: With only a few spots remaining, we invite you to claim your space in this intimate container of healing and harmony.

• When: Sunday, April 26 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
• Where: Amazing Mind Body Soul Center
• Exchange: $30

Secure your place in the circle by reaching out to Hayley at 315-830-7201.

https://www.amazingmbs.com/upcomingevents/tea-amp-sound-immersion

04/11/2026

We have some *pretty sure* cockerels that we hatched on 3/30 that are looking for new homes. A few hatched from blue eggs 🪺 and are from an Ameracauna rooster crossed with our hens that are Easter Eggers, Marans, Olive Eggers, Black Austrolorp, Rustic Rock, and Speckled Sussex. Many have beards and muffs!

Our other cockerels came from our Beleifelder & Olive Egger roos mixed with the hens above.

Located in Victor, NY
DM if interested.

Take one, take all! Open to offers, gifting, or trading these little fellas!

04/11/2026

Friends! We have a two Rouen drakes that are looking for a new pond as we have decided not to breed our hens. These fellas were hand raised on our farm in a mixed flock with chickens and have eaten all organic, soy-free feed.
There is no rehoming fee. Pick up in Victor, NY. Reach out if you're interested, thank you!