Labour Day weekend - The defining weekend between summer and fall when we get back to our regular routines after the summer break.For us on the farm it means the tomato crop is coming on strong, fresh picked apples have arrived and the bins of squash are coming in filled from the field. Many of [...]
I love the start of apple season. There are many early apples, my favorite is Ginger Gold; it is crunchy and sweet. For all you tart apple lovers we have a small amount of Paula Red apples, they are just starting to be harvested.Time flies and before you know it September will be here, Macintosh [...]
Anytime is a good time to celebrate honey and in a sense we do that each day. It has become an annual tradition for us here at the farm to really focus on honey bees and the work they do each year on the August holiday Monday.Use your senses to learn more about bees and [...]
Heat and humidity - the weather related to raspberries. The sultry days of summer are progressing and June bearing strawberries are done making way for raspberries to take center stage. Time to make jam so that you can preserve the great taste of summer for winter. We also have a limited supply of our own [...]
The seasonal changes can be seen in our market with the variety of fruits and vegetables available. Variety is the spice of life.Strawberries are in their last week but raspberries, cherries and blueberries are coming in. Peas are at their peak - sweet and sugar snap are bountiful right now. Beans are just beginning as [...]
Hot and Humid or Cool and Wet, seems there is no in-between these days. Better than Alberta so I won't complain.We will be open all weekend at each farm. Our Greenbank Farm is open Saturday, Sunday and Monday 9-5 for pick your own and fresh picked strawberries and sweet peas. Markham, we are open 9-6 [...]
Our Greenbank Farm is now open for pick your own and fresh picked strawberries and sweet peas. The cold, wet weather has delayed the season but this heat wave is bringing them on. Come soon to get the best of the crop.Our strawberry crop is not up to what last years was. There were lots [...]
Long anticipated, a little late to arrive - strawberries are here!!!We have fresh picked Ontario strawberries available in our Markham Farm Market now. They took their time - the cooler, wetter weather causing the delay. The berries are looking good and are consistently more plentiful although I would recommend jam makers waiting a week till [...]
Fathers are special. Sometimes taken for granted, not always thanked. Sunday is a good day to pause, take time to let Dad know he is loved and appreciated, before it is too late.This week we are mourning the loss of Jim's Dad who died peacefully and suddenly Monday at the great age of 94. Long [...]
Just watched W5's Food for Thought last night. Found it very disturbing and saddening the way the pigs were being housed and treated by the staff. Saddened also that it can be called farming.We raise a few pigs, and I mean just a few. Over the past years we have found it more difficult to [...]