Dawn's Early Light Homestead

Dawn's Early Light Homestead Since March 2021. Poultry Breeders, Fresh Eggs, Seasonal Produce, Fresh Breads, Jams, Jellies and More!

10/01/2025

We've been informed that the Jacksonville Farmers Market has been canceled by City officials for this Saturday, October 4th. The police are going to be using City Hall as a staging area for a planned political protest. We have other engagements on Saturday, Oct 11th and several upcoming Saturdays. We hope to be at the next Sunset Market, but will not be at the final Farmers Market of the year scheduled for Saturday, Oct 25th. I believe they are planning a couple of Holiday Markets that we will attend (more details coming soon). In the meantime, we can be contacted here if you need us, have a question or just wanna say "Hello!" We will continue to offer products in Anniston at Kolectic Treasures, Fitz & Co. And from our home. Thank you!

09/27/2025

We apologize for not updating in the past couple of weeks. It's been a roller coaster of broken appliances, a gender reveal party, birthdays and our anniversary. And we attended Weaver Heritage Day where we almost sold out of canned products and fresh veggies. But we will be back on track tomorrow at the Jacksonville Farmers Market with some tomatoes and squash (last of the season) and a variety of pumpkins. Dawn has been working hard to replenish her stock of goodies now that our A/C has been repaired. There were three weeks of open windows and box fans. It almost made me nostalgic. Enough of my rambling. Y'all come see us at the market.

09/06/2025

Join us tomorrow at the Jacksonville Farmers Market for fresh watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, canary melons, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini and Honey Crisp apples.

Well, we're at it again. We're at the Jacksonville Farmers Market with fresh okra, tomatoes, cucumbers, and both red and...
08/23/2025

Well, we're at it again. We're at the Jacksonville Farmers Market with fresh okra, tomatoes, cucumbers, and both red and yellow watermelons. We currently have a yellow watermelon cut and it's begging to be sampled, along with our canned goods and jellies. Yall come by and see us!

We forgot to post at the market last weekend. As soon as the first vegetable hit the table we were busy. It was a hot ...
08/20/2025

We forgot to post at the market last weekend. As soon as the first vegetable hit the table we were busy. It was a hot day but that didn't stop folks from picking up some fresh veggies and canned goods.
I will take this oppurtunity to give an update on things here. We are recovering nicely from our dog attack. We have chickens of all ages now. The chicks are growing into adolescence, the adolescents are growing into young adults and one of our oldest survivors is sitting on 10 eggs. Let me tell you about that.....
We had 8 layer hens of different breeds but they had stopped laying. I was collecting 1 or 2 eggs a day. I went out there and found 4 eggs and decided to leave them for a day to encourage the others to start laying. The next day there were 8 total, then 10. I decided that I would gather them in the morning. I found an Orpington in the nesting box trying to lay, I thought. I came back late that afternoon and she was still in there. She had spotted those 10 eggs and decided they would make a nice family, so we're going to let her be a mommy. Stay tuned!
Dawn has been making jellies and canning veggies pretty regularly for the market and we decided to dial it back during the winter months. We will be discontinuing some of the products and focusing more on the ones that yall love. We will put our heads together and decide which ones stay and which ones go. We will probably have a poll sheet at an upcoming market (since it's election season).
We will have watermelons tomorrow just in time for gameday tailgating. I will sell in front of Dollar Tree in Anniston Thursday afternoon,, and what I have left I will bring to the Jacksonville Farmers Market this Saturday. I have red and yellow.
The Coturnix quail are thriving. We hatched our first (Covey? Clutch? Nest?) bunch of 16 quail and they are so TINY, and faaast! Ive got to provide more housing for them before they actually need it. I will be culling a few of the adult males soon and we are currently filling the incubator for the next batch(?) with 22 eggs.
For WKRP in Cincinnati, this has been Les Nessman reporting......Sorry, flashback! Not sure where that came from. Anyway, that's all for now. See you at the market!

Wow, these things are popping out like popcorn. We check the incubator every few hours and each time there are more qua...
08/11/2025

Wow, these things are popping out like popcorn. We check the incubator every few hours and each time there are more quail. It reminds me of the old popcorn poppers from the 70's that you added kernels and butter to, then everyon would watch in amazement. Flip it over and the lid becomes your snack bowl.
When we first got the quail, they were upset from the transport and stopped laying for a few days. One by one, as they began to lay again we put the eggs in the incubator. And that is the way they began to hatch.....one by one. We had one, then another, none the next day, then four more. Currently there are 16, no 17! Ive got to stop posting and get started on building another brooder. We still have about 21 or so that will hatch over the next few days. Next time we will collect for a few days before starting the process. Lesson learned! Now, who wants POPCORN!!

We share a birthday! Our first quail.
08/03/2025

We share a birthday! Our first quail.

Tommy will be at the Weaver Farmer's Market tomorrow with some good looking tomatoes, GREEN and RED! He will also have ...
08/01/2025

Tommy will be at the Weaver Farmer's Market tomorrow with some good looking tomatoes, GREEN and RED! He will also have a few Peaches, Canary Melons, Honeydew and Bell Peppers.
Dawn will be at the Jacksonville Farmers Market with all of the home canned goods....Pickled Eggs, jams, jellies along with the usual free samples.
New products.....Chow Chow, Plum Jelly, Blackberry Jam and QUAIL EGGS (both markets). Come early for the best produce and avoid the heat. Stay safe!

07/26/2025

We're heading to Fitz & Co., Hwy 431 North of Anniston for a product tasting. Y'all come shop and enjoy some free samples

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