About US:

We, Jim and Jeanette Zavislan, established Grimble Hill Farm & Forest in 2016 on the historic 100+ acre property attached to the historic George and Addison Wheeler House in Canandaigua, New York.

Since 2016, we have been busy learning to be quality stewards of the home and land while making our way through an endless list of improvement projects. Inside, we have added a modern kitchen, installed geothermal and solar systems, insulated the once very chilly walls, and added a downstairs bathroom. Meanwhile outside we have established a large vegetable garden, several cut-flower gardens, a tree nursery, and berry patches, built a chicken coop for our flock of chickens, created and maintained a USDA pollinator field, and set up maple syrup and shitake mushroom operations. And, most importantly added a farm dog — Poppy! We will probably never finish renovating the house or improving the farm and forest, and we are just fine with that!

On this website you will find information about the various products grown and created on Grimble that we have to share. We hope you will come to enjoy our sustainably grown, seasonal produce, fresh and everlasting flowers, mushroom, maple syrup, firewood, and more. And, we hope that you will venture up to Grimble Hill to look over the valley, take some deep breaths, enjoy nature and nurture your soul.