Our Story

Amber Lake Farm is a regenerative farm focusing on soil regeneration, increasing biodiversity and enhancing the ecosystem through sustainable agriculture techniques.

I started with a small garden four years ago, expanding each year, and decided to start selling the extra fruits, vegetables and herbs produced. Offerings are seasonal and vary day-to-day depending on harvests.

Plants are grown from heirloom seeds harvested the previous year. The soil is not tilled and amended naturally with manure, straw and compost.

Since starting, lots of eastern fence lizards, frogs and skinks have moved in and help with pest control along with certain plants like marigolds and lavender. No pesticides, herbicides or chemicals are used.

No-till. We don't plow or turn the soil. Undisturbed soil holds its structure, its fungal networks, and its carbon. Tilling might look tidy, but it destroys the underground life that makes soil fertile in the first place — so we leave it alone and let it build.

No pesticides, no herbicides. We don't spray. Not "low-spray," not "as needed" — none. We don't use chemical fertilizers, either. That means no synthetic inputs moving through our elderberries, Concord grapes, loganberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, figs, strawberries, or herbs.

Weeds, selectively. Not every plant that shows up uninvited is a problem. Some "weeds" fix nitrogen, hold soil in place, feed pollinators, or crowd out worse competition — those get to stay. The ones that actually compete with our crops get removed the old-fashioned way: doused with plain vinegar or scorched with a propane flame-weeder. 

The result is a farm that produces real food!