Fall is now in the air with the cool breezes and cold nights. Halloween is quickly approaching and the fun continues. Our pumpkin crop has been amazing this year - in quality, size and numbers. Our pumpkin corral just keeps filling up to give you a great selection of pumpkins.This will be the last weekend [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Our Spring Blossom Honey is now available. Come Monday August 6th, the Civic Holiday, to celebrate all the hard work the bees do to give us honey. Enjoy the farm and all our weekend activities. Learn more about bees and the honey making process with extra activities throughout the day. Best yet sample the different [...]
It is Awesome in name and flavour. Awesome is a gourmet sweet, peaches and cream corn that is a nice combination of sweetness and corn flavour. With proper refridgeration it should stay sweet for a few days. For optimal flavour it is still best to only get what you can eat that day. Currently the [...]
I know I don't have to tell you just how hot!!! What has it done to the crops? They're growing fast along with the weeds, are ready sooner than expected and ending faster than we want. Strawberry season was a success, we had berries up until Thursday - longer than most growers in the GTA. [...]
Is it hot enough for you. This heatwave can be stifling but it actually is cooler in the country. I was amazed yesterday at the temperature difference between our Markham and Greenbank farm. It felt at least 5 degrees cooler here in Greenbank with the nice breeze we had. This heat is ripening the berries [...]