Connell’s Freedom Farms

Some situations call for early Sunday mornings…..

(Honeybee hanging with a Yellowjacket…)



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We have officially cast our vote! 😁❤️

Under Services, Best Home Remodeling Company, of course!

We have a sneaking suspicion that some of our amazing bee clients may have had a hand in this wonderful surprise for our little family-owned business. 🐝

The fact that our construction side of Connell’s Freedom Farms was nominated means more than you know.

If you feel compelled to cast a vote, we would be incredibly grateful for the continued support!

Thank you for cheering on our family and all the different things we pour our hearts into. ❤️

Voting is officially OPEN! 🎉❤️

We are incredibly grateful to have been nominated for Best Home Repair/Remodeling Company in the 2026 Best of the Twin Tiers Community’s Choice Awards!

From complete transformations to the little details that make a house feel like home, our family-run team takes tremendous pride in the work we do and the relationships we build along the way.

To know that our community recognizes that effort means more than we can say.

If you’ve trusted us with your home, followed our projects, recommended us to a friend, or simply cheered us on, we’d be so grateful for your vote!

Thank you for supporting our family and our little business. We truly appreciate you! ❤️

You can vote here:

https://stargazette.gannettcontests.com/2026-Best-of-Twin-Tiers-Communitys-Choice-Awards/

🎉 Merch Drop — Limited Run! 🎉

(Deadline for orders is 11/7 to hit fo the holidays. We *may* open another run, depending on interest)

Hey friends!

So many of you have been asking about Connell’s Freedom Farms merch… and guess what? It’s happening! ✅

We’re partnering with True North Mobile to do a special T-shirt + sweatshirt + Beanie run and this is your chance to snag your favorites! (Beanies are already in stock 😉 and the patches are hand stitched - but we are getting a restock order as well)

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✅ How to Order:

Just send me:
• What you’d like — T-shirt (toddler shirts and onesies available too) Hoodie, Zip-Up, or Crewneck
• Your size(s)

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🎨 Style & Color Options:

🖤 Black Base (T-shirts, Hoodies & Zips)
• Vinyl graphic design — bold & clean

🌫️ Grey T-shirts
• Sublimation print (Eric-approved: super soft + you can’t feel the graphic 😄)

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💲 Pricing Estimates: **confirming with supplier

• T-shirts: $25
• Sweatshirts: $55
• Crewnecks: $55
• Toddler tees: $25
• Infant onesies: $25
• Beanies w/ stitched leather patch: $25 (in stock now: Chicken, Bee or Construction logos available

📌 Pricing may vary depending on size (2XL+ may be slightly higher).
📌 Shipping & handling not included (if needed).

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Drop your order in my inbox or the comments — and thank you all for the love and support ❤️🐝
Can’t wait to see everyone rocking the farm swag!

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Thank you all for supporting everything we do!!!!

(We suspect some of our bee clients had a hand in this too).

We appreciate you all! ❤️

Well, this was a pretty incredible surprise. ❤️

We just found out that Connell’s Freedom Farms Construction was nominated for Best Home Repair/Remodeling Company in the 2026 Best of Twin Tiers Community’s Choice Awards.

We didn’t know we had been nominated. We didn’t ask for nominations. We were simply doing what we do every day.

Knowing that our clients and community took the time to put our name forward means more to us than we can say.

We are incredibly grateful to every person who nominated our small family business and continues to trust us with their homes.

Thank you. Truly. ❤️

Voting begins October 9, and we’ll share the details when it opens.

For now, we’re just incredibly grateful to have been nominated. ❤️

It’s approaching beanie season!!!

We are currently checking with our amazing supplier True North Mobile but we will be doing a new run of beanies, sweatshirts and tshirts……

Let us know if you want on the list and details to come once we have confirmation!

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🥚 Egg Carton SOS! 🥚

Apparently our egg cartons have decided they’re collectibles. 😂

We are running VERY low on cartons, so before we bite the bullet and order another mountain of them, we figured we’d ask.

If you have any Connell’s Freedom Farms egg cartons hanging around, whether they’re stamped, engraved, or any variation we’ve sent out over the years, we’ll happily take them back and reuse them as long as they’re clean!

No pressure whatsoever because we fully understand that remembering to return an egg carton ranks somewhere around #847 on the life to-do list. 😂

But if you have a stack of ours collecting dust, we want ’em!

Thank you from us, the chickens, and our rapidly dwindling carton supply. 🐓🥚

Went to go assess a Yellowjacket issue today……

Stay tuned for how it goes tomorrow…..

Any bets?

** Biggest, second biggest, top 5, top 10, just your average colony…… small- no big deal….

Removal is happening tomorrow!

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It’s been a Yellowjacket filled weekend!

🐝 Yellowjacket fun fact!

It may be September, but Yellowjacket colonies are at or near their peak size right now, and they’re still busy expanding their nests and building new comb.

Why keep building when nearly the entire colony will die with the hard freezes? Because this is their final reproductive push. Right now, established colonies are producing the new queens that will mate, overwinter and start brand-new colonies next spring.

The workers, males and original queen will die off, and the nest will be abandoned. Only those newly produced queens carry the cycle into next year.

Which means when we eliminate an active Yellowjacket colony this time of year, we aren’t just taking care of this year’s unwanted houseguests. We’re potentially preventing a whole lot of next year’s invaders too. 🐝

All that impressive late-season construction isn’t built to survive winter. It’s built to create the queens that will.