Archive for the 'market' Category



For Sale By Owner

Published on October 6, 2008

It’s with a bit of mixed feelings that I announce that we are officially selling our place.  We’ve been wavering back and forth all summer about this.  The main (and probably only) reason for selling is that we are planning on moving back to Southern Ontario.  Both my and my wife’s families are there and [...]


Helping with Week 15 Share

Published on September 14, 2008

Week 15 share is being sorted out in the picture above with a bunch of helpers.  This week included onions, garlic, carrots, chinese cabbage, a watermelon, tomatoes, peppers, kohlrabi and a fairly large bunch of broccoli.  The chinese cabbage and kohlrabi are fairly new vegetables that you might not be used to.   I don’t [...]


Week 14 CSA share

Published on September 8, 2008

So in deciding not to go to the Carleton Place market yesterday, I find myself with a ridiculous amount of tomatoes and melons.  The upside for the CSA families is that I’m trying to spread some of the abundance around.  In the picture above you can see Lara’s minivan loaded with 4 shares.  Each share [...]


Family day at the market

Published on August 1, 2008

Today the whole family went to the market. Above is a picture of me with a much expanded market stand. I brought way more stuff to our fledgling market this time. The market is really small and I am the only vegetable vendor at this time. Last week I sold out [...]


First Market Day (for me)

Published on July 4, 2008

First off, sorry to my faithful readers for missing one of my twice-weekly posts this week. It was a busy week, not totally due to gardening though. Being Canada’s birthday we put on an obligatory party on the weekend and attended Canada Day festivities in Ottawa on Tuesday.
The not so great picture above [...]