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It’s been several years since we’d seen anything like it: an early May that looks more like a late July! While it’s the kind of heat wave that lifts the sagging spirits of many a Québécois as winter (finally) draws to a close, it does nothing to smooth the furrowed brows of farmers. Our workload…
After last week’s proverbial April showers, we were hoping not only for May flowers, but for drier days propitious to planting. So far, though, May has been a disappointment: a short sunny break (four days), followed by diluvial rains since Tuesday noon. For farmers with loamy soils, a few days without rain will not suffice…
We awoke on this April 9 morning in a somber mood, feeling that Mother Nature had overstepped her bounds in teasing us yet again, this time one time too many. Her wintry taunt was spectacular, though, a freshly fallen layer of snow blanketing everything in sight, a marked contrast to the green backdrop for the…
The 2015 season at Arlington Gardens has indeed begun! We’ve completed everything — placed our seed orders, drawn up our field plans, submitted our annual organic certification filings and launched our ‘new and improved’ website. All that remained was to say at your keyboards, ready, set, go! We are now accepting online registrations for the 2015 season.…
Our 2014 season has come to a close. As our fields take a break, so will we. Our farming activities will ramp up again in early March 2015 — we’ll keep you posted. Enjoy your winter, may the snowfall be abundant. We look forward to seeing you again in 2015.
La saison 2014 est bel et bien finie. Nous allons laisser la terre se reposer et en faire de même. La vie agricole reprendra vers le début de mars 2015 et nous vous en tiendrons au courant. Passez un bel hiver que nous espérons bien enneigé et au plaisir de vous retrouver en 2015.
Environnement Canada prévoit des flocons de neige pour samedi et l’idée de compléter nos derniers travaux aux champs dans la gadoue nous inspire peu. Tout se fait donc dans l’urgence à la ferme, les dernières plantations d’ail, les légumes qui doivent sortir des champs, les accessoires que nous devons protéger des intempéries. Bref, on ressemble…
Just to let you know: Environment Canada is forecasting snow on Saturday…As the thought of finishing off the season in muddy, slush-filled fields is not a pleasant one, we are hurrying to get everything done before then: planting garlic, harvesting the last vegetables, and generally battening down the hatches to protect everything from winter squalls…
Everything seems shrouded in mystery at Arlington Gardens, these days. Claire has decided to try to nail down the construction date and the builder of our big red barn, where we’ve already begun to welcome visitors to our Hayloft Adventures rustic accommodations. All it took was a casual comment from a local architect (“…this barn…
On nage dans le mystère aux Jardins d’Arlington, ces jours-ci. Claire a décidé qu’il fallait élucider la date de construction et le bâtisseur de notre grande grange rouge, celle où dorment déjà les visiteurs de passage d’Aventure sur paille. Partie d’une bribe d’information soutirée à un architecte allumé : “… cette grange est bâtie selon la…