Miscellaneous

Long overdue introduction

Way back in May, Alex came to the farm as an intern.  For some reason, we never introduced you to him!  Here he is: My name is Alex and I am from a town near Kitchener-Waterloo. I have just completed a History degree at Trent University and rather than return to my regular job landscaping,… Read More

Strawberries are here!

Summer has officially arrived, and so have our strawberries! So, if you have a hankering for strawberries, come on out to the farm and buy some!  You can find us at the Port Perry market on Saturdays from 8 am to 1 pm, and at the Lakefield Farmers’ Market on Thursdays from 10 am to… Read More

Let me tell you ’bout the birds and the bees…

Quite a few birds (chickens and turkeys) and bees and a few goats at Ian Critchell’s this last CRAFT day.  I’m sure most of the interns left his farm dreaming of how to convince their farmers to start making honey.  Ian had a wealth of information for us all and will continue to be a… Read More

Market season is here!

Karen, Jessica and Jessalynn have been making the rounds of the farmers markets this week.  Here’s a couple of pictures of Jessalynn pedaling her wares at the Port Perry Farmer’s Market last Saturday morning: Now, who wouldn’t want to buy those greens? (Photos courtesy of Kerri King). You can find Jessica at the Port Perry… Read More

Typical day in the barn

The farm is all a buzz  in anticipation of the first pick-up week for the summer CSA!  All our work is about to pay off.  Of course there is still lots of work to be done, we just add a new task to the list – harvesting.  To tell you the truth, Karen has already… Read More

We’ve been busy!

I know, I know.  We are past the snow now…  but only a week ago we had some of this cold wet stuff falling from the sky!  Fortunately, Jessica and the team had worked hard to get things tucked in pretty well, so there were no casualties. Moving on from that chilly thought, the cows… Read More

Rain!

Yesterday, an offering was made to the rain gods: Today we were rewarded: Our newly planted celery, celeriac and bunching onions were nicely watered in.  Did we ever need that! Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day, and we hosted a CRAFT workshop at Lunar Rhythm Gardens.  The day was spent touring the farm, and learning… Read More

Found a picture of 007 – and its a good one!

Here is 007 (nice picture, Jessica!) His mother is Moneypenny…  ok, we admit she did not have a name before 007 was born.  We interns really enjoy naming all the cattle on the farm.  And now everyone on the farm is getting involved – even Jessalynn, who named Daddy. If you haven’t noticed, there is… Read More

Open House this Saturday. Hope to see you there!

Hello again!  We have been busy with spring cleaning in anticipation of the Open House this Saturday, May 11 from 12 till 4 pm.  We are really looking forward to showing everyone what we’ve been up to! This week, the horses have been out with Ian preparing the fields with harrows and discs.  Missy came… Read More

Lots of sunshine in the garden

Been a while since we posted our progress in the garden, and I’m sure you’re all curious what’s new!  Well, we had to clear some space in the greenhouse so we could start some winter squash, summer squash, melons, cukes, zucchinis and pumpkins (over 500 pots of them!)  So, we moved all the brassica crops… Read More