Your organic farm in the Eastern Townships
I never thought that one day I would be sharing with you the alarming antics of a singular creature in our fields, the groundhog.What is a groundhog if not the most comical animal in the countryside? Comical because of its schizophrenic behaviour when it exits its burrow, a mix of hesitant waltzes and extreme wariness…
I am still digesting the article from La Pressea few days ago about Time in general andTime that flies in particular.Apparently, we don’t have enough of it…which I can confirm, because I find myself writing this first communication to you, wondering how I could have missed its passing. Be that as it may, the 2024 farm…
We’ve been quietly busy…But now we’re back, epistolarily speaking.Indeed, we’ve been far from idle, particularly in our seedling greenhouse. Leeks and onions are already out on hardening tables, along with kale, Swiss chard, and the first brassicas. That said, we wonder what May has in store for us.April was chilly, and the first days of…
Have you felt the winter? Neither have we.We’ve caught a glimpse of it these past few days, though, with about fifteen centimeters of snow covering our fields that have been bare for too long. Will it suffice to bring a semblance of chill to the air? Perhaps. However, your market farmers cannot afford to pine…
Were it not for the torrential rains of the past weekend,the tractor and combine mechanical ballet would have continued uninterrupted. Every year witnesses the same field crop ritual. Just as market farmers are beginning to pack things up and in, field crop farmers sit astride their massive machines. Corn, for one, is harvested thus these…
Can you guess the most popular squash in North America?It is the butternut squash, of course. It’s what I hear, and it is also what we note at our farm stands. But this market bias should not keep you from discovering other varieties of squash we produce. In some parts of Europe, and more particularly…
It’s been 14 years of TLC,of pruning them when there is stillsnow on the ground,of protecting them from greedy birds,of going to tremendous lengths to findpickers at the season’s peak– all to ensure enough of a harvest to share some blueberries with our CSA members and our market customers. But enough is enough, the writing is…
Revving up a tractor in the early morning after a chilly night can be a challengeif you’re looking to start your day early. A recalcitrant engine and a wet seat – travails one faces in the wee hours of an early October morning. And so one trains oneself to practice good habits, including – insofar…
Mother Nature always has the last word, it seems.After having made us miserable all summer with an overabundance of rain and generally dreary weather, she seems suddenly to have taken pity on us, gratifying us with an unending spate of sky-blue, sun-filled days, lifting the spirits of your farmer and the rest of the team…
Last week I had to send one of my delivery trucksto the garage again.Something to do with a drive shaft on the verge of conking out. I couldn’t blame it on anything other than old age, since the truck dates back to a time when windows were still rolled up and down by hand… I…