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 [...]
This past week’s share is looking decidedly fall-like, right on time. The share includes cabbage, broccoli (lots!), red head lettuce, parsley, carrots, radishes, bulb fennel, tomatoes, rutabaga, peppers and onions. The fennel is the only kindof wierd thing in the share this week. I have to admit to not having a lot of experience with [...]
A couple new things this week: Brussel sprouts and celeriac. Some of the sprouts have loose outer leaves that should be stripped before eating. The next batch should be tighter and more uniform in the cooler weather. The celeriac tastes a lot like celery (surprise!) and is great eaten raw like carrots or in a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I definitely have a surplus of tomatoes right now. It took me the better part of the afternoon to pick them all yesterday. I decided to try selling some of them at the road by our place. We get a decent amount of commuter traffic so we’ll see how this works out. [...]
I finally removed the row cover from 2 double rows of brassicas. On the left is primarily cabbage and on the right is brussel sprouts (with a few red cabbages in the front). They are looking great! Some of the cabbages were damaged early on from some insect or other. That [...]
OK, so I opted not to show a picture of the chicken harvest. Martin came by last Saturday to help me reduce the number of roosters I have. Slaughtering animals you’ve raised yourself must be the quintessential farm experience of connecting yourself to where your food comes from. I imagine it is [...]
Finally! We get to eat sweet corn from the garden. After years of negotiating with the raccoons, we’ve come to an agreement that I can harvest corn for ourselves. I have to say, it is amazing how much space this stuff takes. I thought I might have enough to give a couple dozen to CSA [...]
I’m feeling very swamped right now. After taking 4 days off to visit southern Ontario and attend a family wedding I’m behind. The camera is also still with my family who won’t be back until Sunday.
The garden is growing like crazy, especially the weeds. I’m trying to get the last of my broccoli and cauliflower [...]
