The Hen and Hound Farm

The Hen and Hound Farm We are a little family with big hearts who live on a tiny island and run a small farm. We offer Fre
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06/13/2026

You can outsource almost anything.

But every choice gives us something… and takes something too.

For us, island life gave back quiet mornings, family dinners, muddy boots, dogs at our feet, children in the garden, and work that feels like life instead of something separate from it.

It’s not easier.

It’s just ours.

What would island life give back to you?

Come spend a little time with us.

06/05/2026

Edmonton → Giant Dogs → Babies → Salt Spring → The Farm → The Bake Stand → The Cottage → The Yurt → The Brass → Taste → FEAST → /tucked/ → The Long Table → |soak|

Maybe change is just what happens when you keep saying yes to what’s next.

06/01/2026

We do a lot around here.

This is our reminder not to.

|soak|

Opening Summer 2026.

05/23/2026

food tastes different here.

maybe it’s the salt air.
maybe it’s the fire.
maybe it’s what happens when dinners stop feeling performative and start feeling shared again.

this saturday I’ll be cooking alongside an incredible lineup of west coast chefs at prawn fest.

our kids will be nearby.
the wine will be cold… shhhhh
the prawns will be sweet.
and the smoke will drift out toward the ocean.

coastal gathering season.

05/21/2026

we used to think growth always meant bigger.

now we’re building something slower.
more intentional.
closer to the life we actually wanted.

slower mornings live here.

cross over with us.

05/17/2026

For years, Airbnb helped people find us.

But the best parts were never on the platform.

They were here.In the crossing.The salt air.The slower pace.The feeling of arriving somewhere that changes you a little before you even unpack.

So we’re building something more direct.More personal.More connected to the island itself.

A new way to book with us arrives Monday.

Find The Hen & Hound on Google.Cross over with us.

05/12/2026

The Gulf Islands have a way of stripping things back.

Back to weather.
Back to seasons.
Back to food that actually tastes like where you are.

Wild fennel on the roadside.
Blackberries in late summer.
Chanterelles after rain.
Sea asparagus along the tide line.

Somewhere along the way, we stopped trying to build a life around rushing.

Now it looks more like this:

Long-table suppers under open skies.
Rooms meant for slowing down.
Ocean air through the windows.
More time together.

Capture the feeling.
Stay. Dine. Escape.

Maybe what you need is closer to home than you imagined.

Cross over with us





05/06/2026

Most dinners ask something from you.

Another decision.Another meal.Another evening trying to hold everything together while someone melts down, refuses dinner, needs a different plate, a different spoon, a different version entirely.

For some families, dinner isn’t relaxing.It’s exhausting.

This one doesn’t ask you for anything.

Just to arrive.

One long table set in an oceanfront orchard. Shared plates. Curated pours. Children playing nearby. Dogs asleep in the grass. Candlelight settling in with the evening fog.

A dinner designed to feel less like going out, and more like letting go.

40 seats.One long table.Zero effort.

Strawberry Moon — June 27Salmon Moon — July 25Sturgeon Moon — August 29Harvest Moon — September 26

All summer dates are now open.

Let the rest of the world fall away on the crossing.Join the table. 🌙

05/02/2026

No one talks about the fact that a huge percentage of us — up to 40% — end up walking away from our work just to support our kids.

So I will.

Because when a child is in that level of dysregulation…
it’s not a moment. It’s not a phase.
It can feel like something you have to withstand.

I’ve been in it.
The kind of intensity that shifts how you think, how you move, how you respond in real time.

And yes… when it gets to that point, you learn to meet it differently.
You lower demands. You stay calm. You give space.
You stop trying to “win” and start trying to hold.

But no one prepares you for that level of constant recalibration.
No one talks about what it does to your nervous system over time.

Parenting ASD — especially with PDA — reshapes everything.

Your time.
Your capacity.
Your work.

And eventually… something has to give.

For a lot of families, that something is work.

This isn’t rare.
This isn’t talked about enough.
But it’s real.

And I’m here to talk about it.

Conditions change. So do we.”

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02/05/2026

Decision paralysis in autism doesn’t just pause a moment- it quietly reshapes an entire family. So much of the struggles of mental health can go unspoken- sharing it is how we help each other stay afloat. All parents sacrifice - but parenting autism brings sacrifices most families never have to consider - what have you been carrying quietly ?

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600 Walkers Hook Road
Saltspring Island, BC
V8K1N6

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