Rhubarb is ready! If you are interested in purchasing some please ask one of the staff at the farm. We do not have the rhubarb cut and in the display cooler because it seems like a large waste of energy to start up these units for only one product. Instead, just ask us and we [...]
Posts Tagged ‘vegetable crop production’
20 May
May 20th ~ planting, seeding, another day
We have all of the onions transplanted and much of the cabbage. Wayne has seeded carrots, radish and corn. The potatoes are nearly all planted. We still have lettuce, swiss chard, cauliflower, broccoli, tomatoes, herbs, peppers to plant and beets to seed. The weather is still cold and it is very windy. I think the [...]
10 Apr
Seeding April 9th and 10th
We spent yesterday in the greenhouse seeding Kohlrabi and Cauliflower. Will be doing more of the same today. Swiss Chard, Broccoli and Cabbage are going in today. This seeding is for the field production, but we will be offering the same varieties of seedlings for sale on the farm (in the garden centre) and at [...]
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 [...]
16 May
Irrigation up and running
Wayne has spent the last few days getting the irrigation system up and running. this consists of hauling the pipes the the various locations needed, replacing the sprinkler heads that were willfully destroyed by snowmobilers (thanks people!), maintaining the pump engines, floating the suction at the right level in the river, attaching the pipes to [...]
