3rd Week of CSA!!!

We picked strawberries from Brown's U-pick farm for the bags this week.... they are red, juicy and tasty!!
Our garlic scapes were ready for the bags this week...... so curly and tasty too.
Derek and Sarah pulling weeds in the giant squash field. If all goes well, there will be plenty of squash to go around and then some. We've planted lots of varieties including Buttercup, Butternut, Delicata, Acorn, Spaghetti, and Baby Pam pie pumpkins!
We've been putting green onions in the bags every week so far. They look and taste good and grew well in both the greenhouse and outside.
Last Saturday was our first week at the Kingston Market. The table looked very good and full for the 3rd week of June. We brought the first carrots of the season and sold out of everything very quickly! We hope to be at the market every Saturday from now on.

Packing bags just in time for pick up and deliveries.
Greenhouse is looking good for the 3rd week of June.
Derek is experiencing the magic of the lettuce spinner!

Summer is coming!!!

CSA FULL for 2010
Our CSA is now full for 2010 but we will be selling at the Kingston Farmers' Market so you will still have an opportunity to taste our produce. We thank everyone who expressed interest in being a member of our vegetable delivery program this year. If you did not get a spot for the full 20 weeks this year we may still be in touch later this summer for a partial season share depending on this years production. We will also be adding more memberships to our CSA in 2011.

Digging the new cold cellar!

Jodi is giving Sarah a lesson on how to use the seeder....

Joel and Derek transplanting onions

Carrots, radish, turnips, onions...... yummy!


Andrew is teaching Sarah how to dock the lambs' tails

Joel and Derek have discovered the fun of burning the weeds!

Putting parsnips into storage for now...


We have been bottle feeding 2 of our lambs because they were rejected by their mother...... they are always hungry!

We experimented with low tunnels this spring as an addition to the greenhouse to try and get a headstart on the season!

Derek is busy weeding the new carrots...... it definitely paid off... they look awesome now a month later!

Here are a few pictures of our apprentice cabin (a work in progress).

The Cabin has a full washroom with toilet, sink and shower. The tonge and groove 1" boards are 90% complete in the bathroom with only the ceiling and just above the shower left.

As it can be seen from this photo a loft has been constructed over the entry and washroom area. Once the floor is install in the loft it will make an ideal spot for a matress and sleeping quarters leaving the entire main floor area available for a living room. The picture also shows the insulation and vapour barrier that has been install in the rafters. The walls in the main living area still require the application of insulation, vapour barrier and tonge and groove boards. Tonge and groove boards are also planned for the ceiling. The insulation of the washroom was previously completed prior to installing the tonge and groove.

The next picture is the best one I could get of the main living area as it is hard to take good pictures of smaller rooms. Where the table is located now we could see installing a small wood stove with a flat top which would allow for heating the cabin as well as making coffee, tea, or cooking a small meal.

Here is a picure of 10,000 sq.ft green house now under construction.

Lark is our draft horse which we are planning to use on the farm this year.