Plete’s Homestead

06/07/2026

🌿 Fresh from our homestead to your home! 🐔💛

Stop by Plete’s Homestead for farm fresh chicken & duck eggs, handmade bug off spray and candles, fire starters, seed packs, and seasonal plants. Everything is made or grown with care and a whole lot of country love.

📍 Swamp Rd, Remsen, NY
Thank you for supporting local! 🌻

06/07/2026

🌿✨ Summer is here and at Plete’s Homestead we’ve been busy making some of our favorite handmade essentials for all your backyard gatherings, camping trips, porch evenings, and garden days.

🐝 Bug Off Spray – Made with natural ingredients and essential oils to help keep those pesky bugs away.
🕯️ Bug Off Citronella Candles – Hand-poured and perfect for relaxing outdoors.
🔥 Fire Starters – Available in both Unscented and Citronella, making it easy to get your fire going whether you’re camping or enjoying a backyard bonfire.

Everything is handmade with care right here at our homestead. ❤️

Stop by and check out what we have in stock, including fresh eggs, plants, seeds, and more!

Thank you for supporting local and shopping small—it truly means the world to our family. 🌻

05/25/2026

Memorial Day Weekend at Plete’s Homestead 🇺🇸

This weekend, we pause to honor and remember the brave men and women who gave everything for our freedom. We’re grateful every day for their sacrifice.

If you’re heading out to a BBQ, the lake, or just working in the garden, our farm stand is stocked for you:

Weekend essentials:
Farm fresh eggs - for those big breakfasts
Bug Off Spray - $2 travel size, $5 for 2oz - because mosquitoes didn’t get the day off
Garden starts - Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant ready for planting
Seeds, fire starters & candles - for campfires and quiet nights

Self-serve, dawn to dusk all weekend.
Swamp Rd, Remsen NY

From our family to yours: Have a safe, meaningful Memorial Day. We’ll never forget.🦅

05/24/2026

Why you won’t see store cartons at our stand, and why we went with plastic 🥚

We get this question a lot, so let’s talk cartons.

Why we can’t reuse store-bought egg cartons:

It’s the law in NY
NYS Ag & Markets requires eggs sold to customers to be in new cartons. Reusing a Walmart or Wegmans carton with our eggs is a no-go. Keeps labeling honest and food safety consistent.

Cardboard = can’t sanitize
Raw eggs can carry Salmonella. Cardboard is porous. Even if it looks clean, bacteria hides in those fibers. We can’t run it through our sanitizer like we do with collection baskets and our own cartons.

Allergy cross-contact
Those cartons came from big plants that also process milk, soy, nuts. We have customers with serious allergies. New cartons mean no surprise exposures.

Traceability
Our label has our farm name, address, pack date, and safe handling instructions. If there’s ever an issue, we’re responsible for what’s in our carton, not what was in it before.

So why plastic cartons instead of paper?

We chose clear, reusable PET plastic cartons because:

They’re actually sanitizable
Unlike paper, we can wash and sanitize these between uses. Hot water + food-grade sanitizer = truly clean. If you return our cartons in good shape, we can reuse them. That’s less waste long-term.

They protect your eggs better Humidity + cardboard = floppy, crushed eggs. Plastic holds its shape in coolers and cars. Fewer cracks, less food waste.

You can see what you’re buying
Farm fresh eggs are gorgeous. Different shell colors, bloom still on. Clear cartons let you pick the dozen you want without opening them 20 times.

They’re recyclable
Our PET #1 cartons are curbside recyclable in most towns. Or bring them back to us. If it’s a Plete’s Homestead carton and it’s not cracked, we’ll sanitize it and run it again.

How you can help:
✅Do return our plastic cartons - drop ‘em in the crate at the stand
🚫Don’t bring us store cartons - but please do recycle them at home
✅Compost your paper cartons - gardens love them

We’re all for reducing waste. But with food, safety has to win. Thanks for trusting us to do it right.

Plete’s Homestead | Swamp Rd, Remsen NY
Eggs • Candles • Fire starters • Bug Off Spray

05/23/2026

New product drop:
Bug Off Spray is here 🦟🚫

You asked for it, the mosquitoes demanded we not make it. We made it anyway.

Bug Off Spray 🦟🚫
Made right here at Plete’s Homestead with simple stuff that actually works:
Ingredients: Water, Witch Hazel, and a crew of essential oils: Citronella, Peppermint, Rosemary, Basil, Lemon Grass
No DEET. No junk. Just plants that bugs hate and humans don’t mind
Shake Before Spray!

Grab yours at the stand:
Travel sized 10ml: $2.00 - perfect for pockets, purses, and trail runs
2oz bottles: $5.00 - for porches, gardens, and chicken coops

Pairs great with our Bug Off Candles if you’re really trying to evict the whole mosquito family.

Self-serve, dawn to dusk.
Plete’s Homestead | Swamp Rd, Remsen NY

05/22/2026

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05/17/2026

Stand restock alert 🚨
The hens clocked in. The wax is melted. We’re open.

From the coop:
Chicken eggs: $4/dozen, $2/half dozen
Duck eggs: $8/dozen, $4/half dozen

From the homestead:
Bug Off Candles: $5 & $10
Fire starters: $4 & $6
Made with soy wax and essential oils, 30 feet from the world’s loudest rooster.

Self-serve, dawn to dusk.
Plete’s Homestead | Swamp Rd, Remsen NY

05/16/2026

Coop-to-Carton vs. Store-Bought Eggs: Why It Matters 🐔🥚

Ever wonder why farm eggs hit different? Here’s the breakdown:

Time ⏰
Store-bought: Can be 30-60 days old before they hit the shelf. The USDA allows 30 days from lay date to carton date, then 30 more days to sell
Coop-to-carton: Gathered today or yesterday. From the nesting box to your fridge in under 48 hours

What the hens eat 🍽️
Store-bought: Mostly corn/soy feed. "Vegetarian fed" means no bugs, which is not natural for chickens
Coop-to-carton: Our hens free-range daily. Grass, clover, grubs, kitchen scraps. You taste that variety

How they live 🐓
Store-bought: Even "cage-free" usually means thousands of birds in a barn, no outdoor access
Coop-to-carton: Small flock, fresh air, sunshine, dirt baths. Happy hens = better eggs

What you see + taste 🍳
Store-bought: Pale yolks, thin whites that spread out in the pan
Coop-to-carton: Deep orange yolks that stand tall. Thick whites that don’t run. Rich flavor you can’t fake

Washing + bloom 🥚
Store-bought: Washed + sanitized, which removes the natural protective "bloom." That’s why they need refrigeration
Coop-to-carton: Unwashed keeps the bloom intact. They’re shelf stable for weeks, though we still refrigerate for safety

Once you crack a fresh one, you won’t go back.

Swing by Plete’s Homestead on Swamp Rd for $4/dozen coop-to-carton eggs. Laid by happy hens, collected by hand.

05/16/2026

The stand’s stocked 🐔

Fresh from the coop:
Chicken eggs: $4/dozen, $2/half dozen
Duck eggs: $8/dozen, $4/half dozen

Handmade at the homestead:
Bug Off Candles: $5 & $10
Fire starters: $4 & $6
All soy wax. All essential oils. All made 30 feet from where a chicken just yelled at me.

Self-serve, dawn to dusk.
Plete’s Homestead | Swamp Rd, Remsen NY

05/10/2026

Mother’s Day at Plete’s Homestead 🌸

Give Mom a quiet moment, not more stuff she doesn’t need.

At the stand this weekend:
Fresh eggs: $4/dozen. Coop-to-carton from our free-range hens. Golden yolks for her Sunday brunch
Bug Off Candles: $5 small, $10 large. Hand-poured soy wax + essential oils. Keeps the bugs away while she enjoys the porch
Fire starters: $4 - 2 pack , $6 - 3pack. Made with soy wax and essential oils. One match lights her evening fire pit

Mom’s Backyard Bundle: 1 dozen eggs + small candle +2pack fire starters for $12

Self-serve on Swamp Rd, open dawn to dusk Sunday May 10.

Because the best gift is time to herself with no mosquitoes. 💛

Happy Mother’s Day.💐