Author Archives: Jenny
Every Week is Garlic Week 🧄
Hello Farm Friends, Did you know it’s Ontario Garlic Week this week? We will send...
Sep
Eat Your (Beet) Greens!
Hello Farm Friends, Last week at the Market, one of my longtime customers mentioned that if...
Sep
Cute and Sweet Corn
Hello Farm Friends, This week I have two not entirely intentional farm experiments, and one...
Sep
Too Hot to Labour Day
Hello Farm Friends, Remember when it seemed like Fall was on its way last week?...
Sep
Misty Mornings and Tomato Rainbows
Hello Farm Friends, As we turn round the bend into the second half of our...
Aug
Halfway
Hello Farm Friends, We are enjoying a few days without downpours and the cooler air...
Aug
Awesome August
Hello Farm Friends, The rain just keeps coming and so do the cucumbers! If anyone...
Aug
Many Hands
Hello Farm friends, I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend, downpours and all. For a...
Aug
Summer Harvests
Hello Farm Friends, We are about to step into August and the list of veggies...
Jul
Heaps of Garlic
Hello Farm Friends, The great garlic harvest continues this week. Sonora and I were able...
Jul
Sometimes the best thing to do is nothing at all
This week I returned from a couple of days off of the farm to find...
Jul
Van Cat, Hay Coyote, and Snoozy Tree Groundhog Pay a Visit
Hello farm friends, Last week was the week of creatures in unusual places. First, Peter...
Jul
Long Days, Short Newsletters
Hello farm friends, It’s too hot and sticky today for my brain to put together...
Jul
Helter-Skelter as we Swelter
Hello Farm friends, A Helter-skelter week indeed, CSA Pick-up, Markets and so many things to...
Jun
CSA Week One + All The Markets!
Hello Knuckle Down Farm friends, Our first vegetable share pick-up of the CSA season is...
Jun
Dates, Markets, Salads, and Parts Per Million
Most of my newsletters have some discussion of the weather, as it is one of...
Jun
Market Season Begins
This is always a funny time of year. I’m eager to get things into the...
May
Van Repairs, Library Windows, and Sunshine
Hello, Sometimes on a beautiful April morning instead of working in the garden one has to...
Apr
April Thunder Showers Bring May Salads
Hello, As the soggy field becomes more pond than field this morning, I thought I...
Apr
Sign-up now, the first seeds have Sprung!
Hello, There may be grey skies and heavy snow outside, but I couldn’t wait any...
Mar