Steve and Kim Hatcher moved to Canning from the Interior of British Columbia in 2012. We didn't choose the valley so much as is chose us. We found ourselves homeowners in the heart of Nova Scotia's agriculture region.
Inspiration came from a neighbor who had recently cleared a large number of apple trees from an abandoned orchard, so we had access to lots of apple wood. "Mmmm, apple wood has a great smoke flavour. Let's roast those peppers and then smoke them!" And a sauce was born.
It has now evolved into starting an actual farm. It's a small farm, but it allows us to further the growth of our peppers and other ingredients for sauces, as well as branch out to other types of produce. We’re growing beautiful greens and veggies on our small no till farm, and creating a line of local sauces from the abundance of our land.