Sinds vandaag is Bed & Breakfast de Kandelaar uit Biddinghuizen officieel ingedeeld in de klasse van drie tulpen. Dit is de bovengemiddelde kwaliteitsklasse van het Nederlandse classificatiesysteem voor bed & breakfasts. Bed & Breakfast De Kandelaar ontving de drie tulpen na een bezoek van een mystery guest van Stichting Bed & Breakfast Nederland. Op 20 […]
The autumn work on the land is in full swing. Last week the potatoes were harvested and the week before that the silage maize went into the pit. Today the first sugar beets are being harvested. Some will remain and can continue to grow until the end of November. The sugar beets will be loaded […]
After 24 years it was time to say goodbye to the DeLaval OerClassic milking robot. It was the oldest, still working, operating milking robot from DeLaval. In 2000, it was said that these robots would last at most 10 years! 24 years later … The new robot is like a switch from a gnome to a […]
Mother Nature cannot be controlled and as the Dutch saying goes “April does what she wants” the same is true for the tulips. Due to the warm winter, the tulips started to bloom around 2 weeks earlier than usual for the time of year. Partly due to the heavy rain and high temperatures the tulips […]
The ‘Pionierspad’ is a unique walking route from Steenwijk to Muiden through the youngest Dutch county Flevoland (East to West). This Path offers what the name promises: ‘pioneering’. You will walk across what used to be the Zuiderzee (Southern Sea), which was only reclaimed half a century ago. A walk through forests and swamps, alternated […]
The election of Flevoland Business woman is an annual event organised by the Association of Flevoland Business Women, which is a network of enterprising women who share knowledge and experience. In April, Mariska received amazing news; she had been nominated for Business Woman of Flevoland in the category Independent Professional 2023! Other nominees in the same category […]
Despite the cold, rainy weather, there is always plenty to do at De Kandelaar. In recent weeks, we have made plenty of cheese in various flavours, which are now available in the farm vending machine in our milk house. More and more people find their way to our delicious milk for cappuccinos, lattes, hot/cold chocolate or […]
The holidays are over now and we are already a few weeks into 2023. On January 7th, OVDD (Entrepreneurs Association “de Driehoek Dronten”) organised a party night. At this event, the final winners were announced for the election of Retailer and Entrepreneur of the Year in the municipality of Dronten. We congratulate Klamer bicycles from […]
Dit keer een supermooi bericht vanaf De Kandelaar. Vrijdag jl zijn wij door Ondernemers-vereniging De Driehoek in Dronten genomineerd als Detaillist van het jaar 2022. Wij zijn volledig verrast door deze mooie nominatie. Begin november kregen we bezoek van de jury van de OVDD. We waren voorgedragen als bedrijf om genomineerd te worden als Detaillist […]
We hebben al lange tijd niets van ons laten horen, maar zeker niet stil gezeten. Ondanks het verlies van Marc proberen we de draad op de boerderij weer op te pakken. Zo hebben we zijn laatste project, het melkhuisje, verder afgemaakt. Met hulp van vrienden en de familie van Marc is er een prachtig kunstwerk […]
