With 2010 firmly behind us, it is time to start focusing on the year to come. Many of our customers will have heard that the past season was not a good one for us. The weather, constant rain and far too cool, caused crop damage and crop failure. Add to that the loss of our [...]
Posts Tagged ‘market gardening’
9 Jul
Harvest Notes ~ July 11th weekend
The phone has been ringing off the hook! When will we have veggies? Well, this weekend we will start the harvest! It will still be a slow start. We will have radish, lettuce, spinach, green onion, baby beets, herbs, and if weather permits we will start the pea picking! I know that is what everyone [...]
26 Jun
At the Farm this week – June 26th
A number of people have been stopping in and calling the farm asking what we have available. Some years there may be a few early crops, radish and green onion ready, but this year and in general there is nothing to harvest until later. So, for those of you wondering, there are no vegetables for [...]
19 Mar
Seeding ~ March 18th, 2009
Well, most of our time has been spent seeding and transplanting flowers for the garden centre. I can’t believe that in less than a month we will open the garden centre for the season! We haven’t forgotten the vegetables. Yesterday we seeded Celery (about 3000 of them), Artichoke, Parsley and Garlic chives. We also transplanted [...]
22 Oct
Fall clean-up
With only 2 weeks until closing day (last sales day of the year at the farm is Nov 2nd) we have a lot to do in a short amount of time. Our Mexican crew goes home the second week of November, which I am sure is not too soon for them now that it is [...]
