Miscellaneous

Transplanting: instant green!

What could be more exciting than turning an empty garden into this: Instant green!  Ok, maybe purple, yellow and red too…  Bright Lights swiss chard – yummy. And here’s how: Since the team was busy ploughing with Ian – Dave drove the tractor while Jessica and Karen hopped in the transplanter and used large amounts… Read More

A hard working team…

It was an exciting day on the farm!  All 4 horses were harnessed up and worked as a team along with Ian and Jess to cultivate the field!  The beautiful weather has been a delight for all of us, who continue to plant onions, and some leeks as well. A couple more calves have made… Read More

Into the garden we go…

Well, we finally made it into the garden this week!   The onions are being planted, and they do look so beautiful all in a row. Grow, onions!  Grow! Meanwhile, the hoop house is becoming quite green: These are little baby kohlrabi, kale and pak choy.  Yum yum! And of course there are many more seedlings… Read More

Welcome our interns: Jeanne, Karen and Margie

My name is Jeanne.   I am from Québec and I have been working on organic farms for the past two years. I have always been attracted to animals and the country since I was a child.   I look forward to learning how to work with draft horses and I hope some day to start… Read More

A warming trend?

We have a few warm things to tell you about this week.  As you can see the warmth of the greenhouse is helping the seedlings along.  We are up to our ears in tiny plants!         And don’t let the snow deceive you – the fire was nice and warm!  We finished… Read More

April is here! So is the snow…

This week we’ve been pretty busy making our new team feel welcome.  Lenny is a 12 year old Belgian stud who seems to love to please.  Mr. Grey is a 7 year old Percheron who is slow and steady and very willing to learn.  They are making a great training team for new teamsters!  Calvin… Read More

Spring?

Hello again!  Seems like we might have found spring…  the sap has been running again, and so there is one more job to do this week; checking the buckets for sap.  We have also been taking the team back to the bush and picking up the last of the root veggies in cold storage at… Read More

Happy birthday Patty!

A sure sign of spring: yet another calf on the farm.  This heifer has been named for St. Patrick’s Day – welcome Patty!  We have been busy this week keeping the greenhouse warm, which of course means cutting more wood, and keeping an eye on the temperatures – easier said than done, right?  Where is… Read More

Welcome to 2013!

  We have been very busy over the winter preparing for the 2013 season.  The winter CSA finished up in January, although we do still have some carrots, beets, parsnips, potatoes and onions left in cold storage!  There are also some greens still going strong in the greenhouse – spinach, Claytonia, swiss chard, kale, tatsoi,… Read More

Hide & Seek

Jessalynn was playing peekaboo in the doors of the Happy Hen House! What fun. It’s almost completed.