It's been another hot week! This summer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) says the regions northeast of Toronto and south of Ottawa have reached levels of drought only expected at this time of year once every two decades (source). A touch of rain yesterday morning and today has helped a little bit, though. Nevertheless, your [...]
These sunny summer days are great for lounging by the pool or enjoying a beach day but for plant life it’s not so relaxing! Just as you have probably noticed lawns in your neighbourhood are turning brown, the fields at Forsythe Farms 2009 Inc. have been a bit dry lately, too. The corn crop started [...]
It’s been a very hot month of June! A bit of rain earlier in the week really helped, but the farm could sure use some more. Even through the heat, crops are continuing to grow well at Forsythe Family Farms 2009 Inc. Peas are at their peak right now and sugar snap peas are being [...]
Peas are being harvested in abundance right now at Forsythe Family Farms 2009 Inc.! Farmer Forsythe grows both sweet peas and sugar snap peas. Brandon with some of the day's harvest Currently the sweet peas are being picked, and in a couple of weeks the sugar snaps will be ready too. Sweet peas [...]
We’re at a very flavourful time of year as rhubarb season is in the final stretch and berry season has just started. Strawberries and rhubarb are a classic pairing in desserts and preserves as the tart rhubarb takes on the sweetness of the berry that it’s mixed with. This season is a favourite of mine [...]
This week as I walked Forsythe Family Farms 2009 Inc. I headed to the fields to see what was being harvested. I came across these little plants with bushy green leaves – radishes! I remember as a kid seeing these red and white vegetables at church picnics and family dinners and always thinking they were [...]
Not many of us know much about where our food actually comes from. I know I definitely fall into that category. My father always grew a big garden so I did learn some of the basics: tomatoes are usually red when they’re ripe, potatoes grow underground, etc. but there are so many vegetables I know [...]
Farmers and their farms survive by selling what they produce, be it directly to the public or wholesale to distributors. We have been direct marketers for most of Jim’s farming career – starting with a roadside wagon and progressing to an on-farm market. This year we are venturing into attending some farmers markets, after having [...]
Winter is not Jim's favorite season so this is not a statement that you would ever catch him saying BUT that is what you could say today is. The sun is shining, the air is calm, the snow is sparkling like diamonds and the temperature isn't bone chilling, just fresh. I love it! For Jim, it is [...]
We get a lot of children through our farm and they are always fascinated with how vegetables start as seeds, about the earth that they are planted in and where all of their food comes from. Parents and teachers always enjoy the balance of play and learning that is part of our school tour visits. [...]