CSA Pictures.

Our November tomatoes.

Our root cellar has proved to be invaluable. Humidity and temperature are just right for those hot days of summer. 

Early July CSA share.  White russian kale, carrots, beets, dill, swiss chard, green onions, radish, arugula and lettuce mix.

Even though it was a very dry season the cucumbers and squash grew in abundance.

Still Catching up!!

SNOW!!!!

 

We were very fortunate last year in that we had very little snow.  So for this year we are sure that we have had more snow in the past two weeks than we had all last winter.  Our unheated gutter connected greenhouse had minimal stress from snow load last year but didn't think we would be that lucky for another year.  We didn't want to have to heat this greenhouse so we installed a chain cranked roll-up roof.  It is working great.  We are hoping to be able to unroll the roof in early March and start spring prep. 

 



 

One bay at a time!!

Taking up wire so the plastic can be re-attached to the tubing that will roll up the whole side of the bay roof.

Catching up!!

Well, another season has come and gone and now we are in fully planning mode for 2013.  Every year I say to myself that I will keep the blog up-to-date but then June comes and that is forgotten.  It was a busy year for Andrew and I.  We took on more CSA,  had big blueberry harvest and had a full season at the Kingston Farmers' Market.



The newest member of the family.   He is an Anatolian Shepherd and we love him to bits.  Our existing farm dog may not agree with us on that though.

This is the first time for the puppy being on ice.  He was so confused and frustrated.

 The girls thought it would be fun to jump the leaves that Mommy raked for the garlic.

At the Kingston Farmer's Market May 19th.  Crazy busy week!!

Daddy's little helper!!

Everyone helping in the spring garden.

Seeding potatoes in one of the back fields.

Overhead Irrigation!!!

Each bay of the large greenhouse now has overhead irrgation!!  It is a beautiful sound to hear the sprinklers doing all of that work instead of me.  All the crops have jumped in size since the installation.  (So have the weeds)  We are looking forward to a week of wet weather.  We will be using this time to catch up on greenhouse weeding, seeding trays and field planning for the upcoming season.  We are glad that we didn't give into temptation and start seeding outside yet. 

We will be starting at the Kingston Farmer's Market May 19th hope to see you there!!

Crazy Weather!!!

Transplants don't seen to mind the fluctuating temperatures.  We only heat if the temperature goes below -3C.  It will be nice to get the irrigation assembled this week!!!  Everything that has been sown is growing but so are the weeds!!! 

Being able to plow this early is crazy!!  This field was almost impossible to turn the first year we tried.  It has taken almost eleven years to get it to a condition where it will be able to handle vegetable production.  When we bought the farm this field was full of spruce trees, 6ft alders, hard hack and wild blueberries.

A big batch of freshly made potting mix.  Time to pot up the tomatoes and peppers. 

Indian Moon Tomatoes

Three of many Parade green onion trays.

This is where we seed our trays...our front porch.

Turnips, Beets, Arugula, Carrots, Kale and Spinach have started to come up.

Napa Cabbage transplants.

One full bed of asian greens that were transplanted this week.

Two out of five beds have now been sown with spring crops.

A volunteer Parsley from 2011 in the large greenhouse.