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Celebrate Honey Monday August 6th
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 [...]
SWEET CORN IS HERE!!!!!!!!
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 [...]
Summer is in full swing and its HOT
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 [...]
We Still Have Strawberries
Even though this heat is shortening our season we still have strawberries for picking at our Greenbank farm, just 10 minutes east of Uxbridge. Don't delay as we're not sure when the picking will end. Right now it [...]
Kids and strawberries
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 [...]
Fathers are special on the farm
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 [...]
Strawberries are here
Farming can be a challenge and one of the main challenges is predicting when a crop will be ready for picking. Like the weather reports a week can make a big difference in what you predict and what [...]
Open Victoria Day Monday
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 [...]
Opening for the season this Saturday
Wow how time flies. This winter went by very quickly with all the projects we were able to work on due to the mild weather. Our Greenbank Farm is transforming and will be open once strawberry season starts. [...]
Spring is here and we’re opening May 5th
Wow, how the winter months flew by. They've been busy ones here in Greenbank, the weather allowed us to do a lot of outdoor work. No complaints on the temperature either. We're currently cleaning up for spring - [...]
The New Year is coming
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 [...]
Christmas is coming,
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 [...]
Christmas is almost here!
Wow, how time has flown - Christmas is in 2 weeks. We've been busy decorating, baking and making our turkey and chicken pies. The meat pies are now available in our freezer. They're a great quick meal solution [...]
Christmas Trees are Here!
Oh the excitement of Christmas and the anticipation of enjoying the wonders of the season. We love the tradition of bringing nature into our home with the beauty and smell of a fresh Fraser fir. We choose the [...]
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- CSA Membership is now open for the season
- Spring into a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Program
- Apple Cider Pressing – A 9 Year Tradition
- Summer on the Farm
- It’s Local Farm Week!
- Soil – an essential element in our survival
- Spring has arrived on the farm!!!!
- Good Food with a Good Story