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We are happy to announce the launch of the 2013 season at Arlington Gardens. While it was nice to take a break in November, we’re fully rested and raring to go again. We began to gear up in January, placing our seed orders and finalizing our field plan for the year; now February is upon…
Just in case you were wondering what farmers do during the off-season, see our snowshoeing pics from Mount Sutton for an enjoyable way to spend a winter afternoon.
To our friends and customers, we offer a heartfelt thank you for the year just ended and best wishes for a 2013 filled with good things and clement weather. Claire and Nasser at Arlington Gardens
This week we write our ode to the turnip, a sadly under-appreciated vegetable. The ones we’re harvesting now are delicious – with a turnip-y sharpness that balances out the plump sweetness they’ve developed thanks to the cooler (and wetter) weather we’ve been having. Like our other spring crucifers, our previous crop of turnips suffered the…
The weather has been playing tricks on us. After two (almost consecutive) frosts last week, we saw balmy temperatures again early this week – just enough for our veggies to recover from the brief cold spell. At this time of year, every sunny day counts, particularly if there are two or three in a row.…
We want to thank those of you who joined us for our September 9 mechoui. Nearly 170 of you, adults and children combined, converged on the farm. Good humour and plentiful food were the order of the day, we have the pictures to prove it. The weekend seemed off to a bad start on Saturday,…
The stress level on the farm has just gone up a few notches. The nonchalance of early May has been replaced by a sense of urgency as we have to plant, and fast, before the next rains. Coming days will be spent binge planting eggplants, peppers, corn, zucchini and cucumbers. Two weeks from now, we’ll…
From one year to the next, change is the only constant, or so it seems. Rewind to May last year: we were experiencing diluvian downpours, waiting for the rain to stop long enough to be able to transplant our first seedlings to the fields. This year’s weather is only marginally better – showers instead of…
We’ve taken advantage of the recent dry spell to work on our drains. Well-drained fields are critical, as water can accumulate in undrained patches, a real headache when planting time rolls along. Some fields, given their soil composition and texture, drain naturally. Others need a little help. Not so long ago (in the 70s and…
Too much change in just a week. While winter never really settled in this year, at least the chill was sufficient to remind us that we do live in Canada, after all. But over the past few days, ‘place your bets, all bets are off!’ a climate croupier might say. We’ve gone from winter woollens…