Mother's Day is the perfect time of year to be thinking about fresh and healthy gift giving. While the traditional meal out, bouquet or box of chocolates might seem like a good idea at first, why not give something that they can enjoy their time...
As fall winds down, our focus now turns to Christmas gift giving. Hard to believe it is just six weeks away, so we know you are already starting to think about what to get your loved ones, co-workers, clients, teachers, bus drivers, and neighbours for Christmas....
As you may have heard in the news already, this year’s apple crop looks to be one of the best in the last several years. Not only is the yield absolutely fantastic, but the taste and quality have been exceptional. We are starting to roll...
As summer begins the transition into fall, it means clean up time around the farm. We’ve already started working in the fields to get them ready for next year. Mowing down the old plants and discing them into the earth so they decompose and fertilize...
For parents of young children, this is one of the most hectic times of year. You rush to get all of the items on the long list from the school. You need to make sure your little one is ready to meet their new class...
It’s full on apple harvest season now in Essex County. For a shot while the jersey macs had started, which is usually the first variety of apple to begin being picked. We’re now into ginger golds and will soon have more, like red delicious, macintosh,...
During the year we seed, plant, tend, then pick. Rarely are we doing just one of those at a time. But, now that we have our final crops of broccoli, cabbage, and kale in the ground, planting is starting to wrap up. We do have...
For the first time this year the market was slow on a weekend, and we couldn’t be happier. While the Saturday filled with rain and storms kept people away from the farm, the day of rain may have saved two or three patches of our...
We’ve started picking watermelons heavily and they are fantastic. A bit of a warning, they’re smaller than you likely expected. You can thank the extremely dry summer for that. Watermelons of course need water to get nice and big. The trade off, all of that...
If you didn’t catch our release this week, we are extremely excited to announce a new partnership with Caesars Windsor that will see the same produce delivered to your door each week on the plates of their numerous restaurants. It has been in the works...