As with many of you we have felt the frost quakes, had difficulty starting cars and tractors and generally griped about the cold. We've been working diligently in the market trying to keep the apples and the water pipes from freezing.Our moving has been hampered with the cold weather as most things are frozen into [...]
The last few weeks are a blur - getting the farm ready, coping with the cold and wet weather - would it ever end?The sun and the warmth have arrived just in time - school tours have started, the farm and market is now open for the season. It is such a beautiful time of [...]
The new year is here and it is a white one. Looks like we'll have a lot more snow than last year. I don't mind, I mainly hibernate this time of year - cooking, cleaning, book work and just trying to slow down a bit. Jim grumbles about having to plow it; I think the [...]
Cultivating Curiosity, Planting Knowledge - it is what we strive for in our school tours. October is a busy time of year, a fun time for the kids to learn about agriculture and where their food comes from. Although limited, some times are still available for weekday group tours. Don't delay in booking your group [...]
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 [...]
Some farmers in Ontario do have an apple crop. Jim is on his way today to pick up some Ginger Gold apples, a delicious, sweet and crunch early apple from a farm in Simcoe County that escaped the major freeze in April that affected much of the apple, cherry, plum and peach crops in Ontario, [...]