RASPBERRIES have begun. We have them available fresh picked in our Markham farm market. We are now into the second week of picking them and hope to have at least another week to go.PEACHES and other fruit from the Niagara region have also begun. Cultivated blueberries are great on cereal and salads. They are available [...]
Our first batch of free range, grain fed chickens are now cleaned, dressed and in the cooler in Markham. They're waiting for an invite to dinner. The chicks we have for viewing in the spring are roasting chickens and some are now huge. They've had a good life in our turkey pen and we're ready [...]
Sunday July 13th will be our last day open in Greenbank for pick your own strawberries. We will be open this Thurs and Friday 8 till 8 and this Saturday and Sunday 8 till 5. It has been a good berry season for us this year in spite of the stormy weather.Picking conditions these next [...]
Celebrating Canada Day gives us a good reason to connect with family, friends and neighbours. What better way then with a BBQ. Have you tried our beef yet? We have amazing beef patties, seasoned and unseasoned that have been getting rave reviews. We've made sure we have a good supply at our Markham location for [...]
Hi everyone,Picking is now underway at our Greenbank Farm. Jim reports that this years crop is the best he's ever had. The plants are healthy, strong and bursting with berries. The berry's are a good size and very flavourful. The varieties we are picking now are Wendy and Cavendish.We've had plenty of rain but we [...]
TUESDAY JUNE 24TH we will be opening our Greenbank farm for fresh picked and pick your own strawberries. We'll be opening at 8:00 am Tuesday. The berry crop is looking fantastic and with a few warm days there'll be a bounty of ripe berries. Fresh picked berries are available at our Markham Farm. We are [...]
Strawberry season is always eagerly anticipated. Strawberries are the first sweet fruit of summer and that is just around the corner. The weather this year has been a challenge but we've been lucky. Our berry crop in Greenbank has just missed hail a few times, survived two frosts (Jim was up at 2 am irrigating [...]
This week has been very productive for our ewes. Thursday Molly had twins, they're doing well and today, Saturday, Betty had twins. Eight lambs born to 3 moms in the past week. Mother's day weekend is turning out to be beautiful. With the warm weather earlier in April the trilliums and marsh marigolds are blooming [...]
After weeks of anticipation, Ewenice has given birth to quadruplets. They arrived in quick succession the morning of Friday May 2nd just in time for our season opener.No assistance was required in the delivery but the lambs were so small they were each given two assisted feedings on their day of birth. Avery (helping out [...]
Since our last posting we have had a lamb born, a bouncing baby boy. He arrived Saturday September 15th to our ewe in the middle pen. We are expecting one more lamb to be born this fall.Come on out and visit us at the fair. Markham Fair is a great 4 day fair, this year [...]