A lot of attention is paid to moms and babies on the farm each spring but lets not forget about dads. We're celebrating dads on the farm this Fathers Day with free admission to our Markham farm'n fun for Dads of all ages when they bring their kids. So come on out to the farm [...]
WOW!!!! What a weekend for weather. It seems summer is here. Jim is out in the fields here in Greenbank planting our tomatoes today. Our zucchinis, onions, garlic and cabbage are doing well. We've planted berry bushes this year - gooseberries, black currents, haskaps and chokeberries. Great for jam making in the years to come. [...]
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas day. We were busy with family from breakfast right through to dinner and managed to have a relaxing time at church. It was a pause that refreshed helping us focus on the reason for Christmas. We're very fortunate to have Jim's parents still with us, his Dad is [...]
the goose is getting fat, please put a penny in the old man's hat. If you haven't got a penny a half penny will do. If you haven't got a half penny then God bless you.Is the tune running through your head now? I remember my Grandfather telling me of the time when he was [...]
We had a great day with our Celebrate Honey Festival this past Monday. Thanks to all who came out and participated. The staff had a great time presenting activities about bees and bee keeping and the honey sampling was popular. We still have honey available to sample for the next week or so, check it [...]
The farm is enchanting in so many ways - the beauty of the harvest, the space of the countryside and coming up the release of the enchantment from our forest.So many things are happening this summer - right now we have fresh chicken available in our market and peas and beans fresh picked or pick [...]
My shearer has been booked to come Saturday around 11:00am to shear our sheep as part of our Celebrate Spring event in Markham.Looks like the weather will co operate and give us some sunshine.