by mikesgardenharvest | Aug 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
So this is a superfast update as share building was late getting out of the gate today. Basically, things to pay attention to: We have some super amazing cabbage this week. Bell Peppers have colour. The fresh onions are gorgeous. Last of the Fish Lake Garlic,...
by mikesgardenharvest | Aug 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
A bit shy to share this story, but it is somehow perfect for this week. This is our 9th year. I had reason to drop go back and deliver to a home that now picks up. For some reason, in the frantic pace of a season, I hadn’t connected the dots despite...
by mikesgardenharvest | Aug 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
It was over 10 years ago now, just about this time of year, when I first laid eyes on her and caught my breathe. Casting my eyes over her graceful and quiet expanse, I could hear her beckoning. I pulled the car over and let the dogs out and started to stride through...
by mikesgardenharvest | Aug 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
It was over 3 years ago now. Late September. The weather was colder than advertized, and on Tuesday, the frost came like a bully, as close as you could possibly be without actually damaging anything. An icy scare for sure, with the promise of it coming back with a...
by mikesgardenharvest | Jul 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
They say you never get a second chance at making a first impression. We are keenly aware of how excited everyone is to get their share and to unpack it, seeing all the fresh vegetables that they have so carefully selected. If we make even the smallest mistake...
by mikesgardenharvest | Jul 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Alex Marshall is one very interesting cat. By day, a mild-mannered geographer employed by StatsCan. When he is not pouring over geo-technical data, this father and now raised two sons along with his wife Alison, are all out touring on their bikes. Huge distances and...
by mikesgardenharvest | Jul 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Imagine, if you will, a start-up professional ice hockey team that was part of some fringe hockey league getting two of the NHL’s best players to join their ranks for the season. Well, that is pretty much what happened to us when we got two professional Field...
by mikesgardenharvest | Jul 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
One of the many gifts of running a farm are all the interesting people that you get to meet and work alongside along the way. We thought it might be interesting for you, vicariously through the Farm Happenings to meet some of the very skilled people who are working...
by mikesgardenharvest | Jul 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
And so the CSA season has finally begun, and we couldn’t be happier 🙂 Now, if you have NOT done this before, please know that you have until Sunday (tomorrow) at 5pm to make any changes that you may wish to your share. It is pretty easy, but give yourself a...
by mikesgardenharvest | May 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
With a start, I heard “Michael! You are needed immediately, it’s urgent!” I don’t think there is anyone that is so connected to us throughout are whole entire lives any more powerfully than our Mother. I was in my early 20’s...
