Spring has Sprung Our farm is shifting from it’s winter planning mode and springing into action. The greenhouse is filling up with trays of seedlings in anticipation of warmer weather as the sun warms up the soil allowing planting in the field. Our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program is open and signing up members in [...]
Strawberries have started, which is a wonderful treat and an excuse to visit your local farm or farmers market. But you never need an excuse! We were mentioned in this Ontario's Local Food Report, 2021. They talk about how some farms (ourselves included) are leading efforts to engage young people in agriculture. We are very [...]
Not unlike yourselves our seedlings hunkered down for this weather abnormality brought to us by a polar vortex. Our small team of farm hands finished packing last week’s order of Farm Boxes and Mother’s Day bundles to head back into the field to tuck the crops in. It was late Friday morning when we started [...]
With the farm closed to the public, it has provided us some time to appreciate the compost pile. The compost pile deserves as much loving attention as all our other living things on the farm, because it too is alive with microbes and gives life to the fields and their crops. Our ever growing pile [...]
Unlike last year spring has arrived on the farm which includes much busy work to prepare for the season ahead. We finally have rebuilt the greenhouse after it was destroyed in a windstorm in early 2019 which means we have been able to start our seeds. The first seeds to go in are the greens [...]
Well, are these not interesting times? We can begin to feel very small and powerless while listening daily to the numbers of illness and deaths due to something so small you need a microscope to see it,. Here on the farm we are choosing to look for the blessings that surround us every day. [...]
f you have visited our CSA Facebook Page you will have noticed today's post, titled June 15th... Deadline's Coming! This is a blog post shared by the Bloomfield family of Ilderton, Ontario. This article shares the stress the family and Farmer Steve is experiencing on the farm this spring following the wet fall of 2018. Rarely do we [...]
sweet and delicious We are always impatient to get that first taste of strawberries, fresh from the field; this year we had to wait till June 19th. The good news is that the season is still here with us and strawberries can still be picked. Hopefully for another week. That is often unheard [...]
We all heard the collective sigh of relief as the weather warmed up and the sun started melting the snow. Here on the farm we've had small rivers flowing as the snow melted revealing grass, plowed fields and roadways. This is a beautiful time of year as the ground is still solid enough to walk [...]
Fall harvest season is quickly approaching and we're getting ready for our school tours. Do you love working with kids? Enjoy the outdoors? Combine these two activities during our Pumpkin tour season. Work with a group of enthusiastic and creative people.We are currently accepting applications for instructors to work with preschool to grade 3 students [...]
