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 [...]
We are finally all caught up with our plantings on the farm. Farmer Jim and Shannon will be finishing planting the beans and some sunflowers this afternoon. Then the cycle of planting begins again, tomorrow. Farmer Jim staggers his plantings to increase crop availability for your enjoyment. Another benefit of succession planting is mitigating the [...]
Celebrate Honey - The Buzz on Bees August 2018 We love our bees and we would like for you to love them too! Bees are so misunderstood. When people think of bees they usually think of bee stings( Ouch! ) but the bees are only defending their hives to produce the next generation of our [...]
The Passion for Connecting Farmer Jim and Leslie were so happy to have met with many of you visiting the farm on the Victoria Day long weekend. Connection to our farm and the farmer who grows your food is an important part of our CSA program. We hope you take us up on the offer [...]
A Season of Extremes First off THANK YOU for supporting the farm this past season. It has been a true honour to grow for your family and share the fruits of our labour with you. We sat down with Farmer Jim, who has been next to impossible to book a few minutes of his time [...]
Every morning on my into the office space I am greeted by a few ladies who can’t even be bothered to look up at me as they busily point their head downwards. The farm is home to80 Hybrid laying hens that have free run of the farm. These hens are characterized by their light brown [...]
Celebrate Honey - The Buzz on Bees We love our bees and we would like for you to love them too! Bees are so misunderstood. When people think of bees they usually think of bee stings( Ouch! ) but the bees are only defending their hives to produce the next generation of our most important [...]
Terroir In this newsletter we are going to take a closer look at the four factors that influence terroir. Terroir is the idea that food has specific qualities influenced by place (soil and climate) the seeds, and the farming practices. There is no truer expression of a region’s unique combination of geography and climate, than [...]
Hello, It is finally happened, spring decided to show up and is in full force. The team at Forsythe Family Farms is working nonstop! My name is Kemayla and I will be your eyes, ears and the administrator for the 2018 Forsyth Farms CSA. Interestingly enough I am not a farmer and will happily leave [...]
Forsythe Family Farms keeps busy and from time to time the local community visit and promote something we are doing. Here are a few articles that have been in the news over the last few months, visit again and keep up to date!
