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The troops were restless in the heat last week, but Environment Canada’s forecast for cooler temperatures is helping us keep everyone in line. Pickers of zucchini and blueberries, both time-consuming vegetables to harvest, are relieved. Our blueberry harvest is in full swing – we hope to have some blue fruit until early August. Tomato harvesting…
After much ado about whether or not summer had arrived – we can assure you that it has indeed, with a vengeance. The current heat wave has made our solanaceas particularly happy: our tomatoes have begun to blush and our squash are looking content. They’re finally getting the attention they deserve. The rest of us…
A rainy start to the week (it rained through the night of Sunday to Monday) saved us from the choreographed dance of field irrigation. That’s one less thing to worry about on our long to-do list this week. We suckered and staked tomatoes again this weekend, under our caterpillar tunnel and in the field. Despite…
Our first week has come and gone, with much harvesting and some planting. We’re still wondering if it’s really summer, as cooler weather has been the order of the day. Don’t get us wrong – we’re not complaining: fieldwork at 23 degrees is much more enjoyable than fieldwork at 32. We’ve had to catch up…
Already June 24th: our first week of vegetables will be a leafy one, with all shades, and kinds, of ‘greens,’ starting with the emerald green leaves of spinach – spinach which has benefited from the best of growing conditions. We’ll also have red frilly lettuce, oak leaf lettuce and even crisp, slightly bitter escarole, that holds…
Mid-May already, and following a brief hot spell, they’re calling for sub-zero nights again. We had wanted to harden our beans and fennel outside, but we’ve had to bring them back into the warmth of the greenhouse at night. There’s no point rushing things, as May can be brutal for those who fail to bide…
April is already almost over, but spring has still not sprung! At this time last year we were breaking soil with our tractor; this season we scarcely dare walk in the fields given how wet they are…No matter, the greenhouse is keeping us plenty busy as our seedlings grow. We started with leeks and onions,…
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…
Seamus, the towheaded young son of one of our partners, loves carrots and cucumbers – so much so that they inspired him to paint a picture – three brightly coloured pictures, in fact: one of our fields, a second of a carrot and a third of a companionable cucumber. Thank you, Seamus, but don’t forget…
We’d be remiss not to mention the departing flocks of wild geese flying overhead as we work in the fields. Their tight v-formations are amazing, a constant reminder of the impending end of the farming season…Not much has changed in the fields in the past two weeks, except for the cooler, wetter weather. This week…