by admin | Sep 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— Of cabbages—and kings— And why the sea is boiling hot— And whether pigs have wings.” From Lewis Carol’s the Walrus and the...
by admin | Aug 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
I was feeling a bit despondent this week with the news on Wednesday morning that my favorite cousin, Brian, had suddenly passed. Then I got an email from Shaarika, who is one of our CSA members. They are going on an extended holiday back to India and are having to...
by admin | Aug 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
The French called the tomato the pomme d’amour, or the Love Apple, for their belief that the exotic tomato had aphrodisiac powers. Tomatoes might not be responsible for romance in people, but eating tomatoes does seem to spark a lust for more...
by admin | Aug 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
I’m sorry to post late this week, but last night’s antics did give me a story to share. One day, this will be funny. On the subject of dumb things I have done, I will tell the story among fellow farmers or at the pub, and I’ll pound the...
by admin | Aug 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
A number of you have heard me tell this story at the farm pick up, but if you haven’t….it is a good one. Last Saturday, I was out on my tractor most of the day. It was very hot and it was taking a while to hill the potatoes. As many of you know we are on...
by admin | Aug 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
Dating myself a bit here, but let’s see how many of you can sing along with me here: “Come and listen to my story about a man named JedA poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed,And then one day he was shootin at some food,And up through the ground...
by admin | Jul 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
So as I am fond of saying, we share this earth. That being said, there are some things, such as the Hornworm, that I am much less fond. The Hornworm is actually remarkably stealthful, laying underneath the leaves along the stems. They are a little bit...
by admin | Jul 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
Another season, another crew….same field 🙂 It is almost like when the circus comes to town. A quiet field..resting over winter with just the casual passerby. Then, slowly over the spring, the activity starts to build. Field sections get laid out, the tractor...
by admin | Jul 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
So, we are trying something a bit different. This is for all you gardening geeks out there 🙂 Beets are among my favorite vegetables. So delicious. Love the earthy flavour. Beet greens…are also very delicious in a salad and so incredibly...
by admin | Jul 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Well, they say you shouldn’t count your chickens before they are hatched, and I suppose then it could also be said that you can’t count your tomatoes and peppers before they are grown 🙂 That being said, we are off to a very good start in our second year...
