About Us
If you want it done right, you do it yourself.
Rich and Sandi built The Mellon Patch from the ground up more than 20 years ago. What started as a vision has become a way of life — one rooted in hard work, self-reliance, and a deep connection to the land.
We live and homestead in rural northwestern Alberta, Canada. Our homestead is a fully functioning, year-round operation guided by one simple belief.
The ranch.
- Laying Flock
- Raised, incubated, and hatched on-site
- Broilers
- 200+ raised every summer
- Pigs
- A dozen raised annually
- Dairy
- One Jersey milk cow — milk, cream & butter
- Birds
- Pheasants, turkeys, and ducks
- Apiary
- Beehives for honey and pollination
- Garden
- Large garden — feeds us through every season
- Processing
- All livestock processed start-to-finish on the farm
A Practical Virtue
What some call waste, we call opportunity.
Take what we call "the beginning." When hatching eggs, only a small number of roosters are needed for the flock. The rest are raised, processed, and turned into ground chicken and rich bone broth — simple, nourishing food made with purpose.
We also make many of our own everyday products, including natural soaps, because self-sufficiency doesn't stop at the table — it's part of everything we do.
On Air
Our story, shared with viewers across the country.
The Mellon Patch Homesteading TV Series airs year-round on Wild TV, The Cowboy Channel, and RFD-TV in Canada.
This isn't a hobby. It's not a trend. It's our life.
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