Adds +4 degrees inside hoop house for winter growning Bio covers suppresses weed growth.

Organic Beets from the late fall planting Beets are gaining ground in the Canadian dining tables. During our farm tours, most of the farmers mentioned that beets is one of their stars. The leaves can be sauteed.  We like to make a mean curry out of the root. Or toss it on top of the salad.

Used to make wine, now brewing compost. Donated by our friend Lou. Pretty simple.  Fill old cotton pillow cover with compost. Fill container with water(non chlorinated preferred) and drop the pouch in the container. Leave it in the sun.  This batch is an old brew from last September. Goal is develop the enzime colonies which will break down the nutrients for the plants faster. We used water cans to give our green [Read More...]

We planted a quarter acre of Organic ever bearing strawberries in 2011. We took advantage of the early spring to clean, apply compost and straw mulch. Our Interns, Visva and Ram helped us complete the whole strawberry bed in one evening.

We bought this from a retired farmer in Milton. We moved it and built it ourselves with volunteer help. Lots of hours spent last season getting this green house ready. We have three 60 feet zones where we do succession plantings. With our three years of experience, we are confident that you can get fresh greens and veggies in January in an unheated green house.

We planted these salad greens in October 2011 in our unheated, doorless hoop house. From March onward, we have done 5 picks of fresh organic greens for our families and volunteers. The uneven growth is due to a flood.  We have bunds to protect our beds now.  

Yellow Pear, Green Cherry, Red Sweet Pepper pickled. We had an abundance of produce from Minton Farm. We couldn’t sell it.  And we couldn’t find labour to harvest and store. So we decided to test pickles 30 of the 80 vegetables.        

We planted 14 varieties of 40,000 garlic in Tweed plot.  It was a challenge to get the plot ploughed and tilled for an acre.  But again, we have some wonderful neighbours and they helped us find a farmer with a tractor to plough and till for us. We did three visits to hand plant them all.  More detailed pictures are coming later.