Good Sunday Morning Everyone!

We've been busy! And that's because things have started to warm up around here - weeeellllllll except for a couple days last week. The temperature dropped below 0 - Celsius that is, and we had to get the frost cover on our Day Neutral Strawberries.

Our Day Neutral Strawberries - The variety is Albion

Our Albion's are grown on black plastic.

The plastic keeps the weeds out, moisture in and soil warm.

It's April and yeah, they are starting to blossom!

Since the berries have started to blossom and the temp was dropping - we had to put a frost cover on to save the blossoms.

You can see the frost cover on part of the field. 

When I look at this I see the beauty of Mother Nature.

Let's hope this Frost Cover does it's job;)

25 Muscle Building Foods

I think that we all want better health.  We want to feel good, have more energy and live longer.  I think we all know what to do, it's just that we don't always do it. Myself included - especially during the winter when the farm is shut down. I spend a lot of time doing book work, developing marketing plans, planning what to grow and what field to grow it in. Developing new recipes for the upcoming season and then of course comes the sampling....

I've heard that strong bodies are built 80% in the kitchen and 20% in the gym. If that is true then I'm glad that I found the 25 of the best muscle building foods today.  I'm also happy that I can find a few of them right out in our own fields;)

What muscle building food do you like to eat?

So hard to believe that it's already Easter weekend!  I just finished baking all the pies, cookies and tarts for orders being picked up today;)  Can't wait to see our customers at pick up time. (Can't wait to be in our Market and see everyone again)

Lots has been going on around the farm.  Gerry is putting the frost cover on our ever bearing strawberries today. The berries are already on plastic which helps to keep the moisture in, weeds out and temperature warm - kinda like a greenhouse. This is what our field looks like right now.

I will post a picture in a couple days to show you what the field looks like after the frost cover is on. The frost cover is being put on so when our strawberries start to blossom and we have a chance of frost at night - this will save the early blossoms (fingers crossed). We are growing ever bearing strawberries so you can enjoy them from May/June right straight through until September. You love to eat them and we love to grow them! We still have our traditional June bearing Strawberries.  If they are in bloom and there is a chance of frost then we irrigate them to save all the early blossoms. I will give you a lesson on how that works another day...

I hope that your long Easter weekend is filled with family, friends, and lots of good food and memories;)

It's Finally Here!

We've been waiting for Spring just like you have. All of our Non GMO seeds have been ordered and have arrived! Sooooo exciting! We've planted a bunch of Tomato, Pepper and Kale plants already and Cauliflower and Broccoli are next.  We like to get the seeds started in seed trays in the greenhouse now so they will be ready to transplant out in our field in May. It all depends on Mother Nature of course.  If it's warm we can transplant as early as May 5th. But if it's too cold and there is still a threat of frost we will have to wait.  We can't risk transplanting and then loose them all in a frost. As Farmers we are risk takers. This would be our first planting and expect to harvest in August. We cannot control the weather and we are dependent on it to produce our crops. I will let you in on a little secret... we have planted some Heirloom Tomatoes. Two varieties: Black Velvet  and Brandy Wine.  I can't wait until they are ready, they are going to taste sooooo good - awesome in a salad or grilled on the BBQ. Well, I don't want to get ahead of myself, there is still snow outside...

More details to follow about what we're planting soon!

Pink Pumpkin Patch!

Sorry for the delay - I know I promised you a surprise a couple days ago...

Look for a Porcelain Doll in our Pumpkin Patch this year!

We will be signing this Contract and mailing it in! We've been busy planning for our upcoming season. That means we look at what was popular, what was a good seller, and what our customers want. We grow a wide variety of Pumpkins , I love Fall. Last year we introduced a Blue Pumpkin!

It was a huge hit with everyone - especially those who love to decorate for Fall. 

 Love Fall

 Love Pumpkins

 Love Pink

 Gonna Love Making A Difference With The

 Pink Pumpkin Patch Foundation

(Can't wait to get growing...)

Don't Forget!

I'm soooooo happy that the days are getting longer, it's a sure sign that Spring is on it's way;)  I'm going to let Y'all in on a little secret tomorrow.  Okay, it's something pink but that's the only clue I'm gonna give you...

How To Buy A Week's Worth Of Groceries For $40 At The Farmer's Market

I just read an awesome article!

Want more information on how to do it? Check out the full article at MindBodyGreen