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As mentioned in my last note, we spent the week planting:various brassicas, fennel, lettuces, basil, and more. These vegetables will certainly be in your baskets this fall, but we had to act quickly so as not to miss this short planting window. As we enter August, plant growth is affected by the amount of light…
DEAR MARKET MEMBERS:Intense workweek, short note.We started the week with nearly 200 trays of assorted vegetables to transplant to the field – failure was not an option, as it would have meant a less-than-abundant end of season. Fortunately, the weather cooperated nicely,with a little rain here and there, mostly at night, and plenty of sunshine…
I hesitated this morning beforemaking this decision,but as we did two years ago, we find ourselves having to cancel and reschedule basket deliveries for Wednesday, July 17th, and Thursday, July 18th (Montreal West, Town of Mount Royal, and Westmount). The reason is quite simple: we are short-staffed at the farm and have nearly two hundred…
After much shilly-shallying that has lasted weeks, or the entire spring, even,July is dragging us into the heart of summer.It is doing so without a true heatwave or excessive humidity: it’s just warm – warm enough to beckon laziness and the delights of beach activities. But we must not allow the mind to stray, our focus remains…
This week will be busy.It will begin with a harvest blitz to prepare our Wednesday and Thursday baskets. As soon as these vegetables are washed and packed, we need to focus on setting up our stalls at the Atwater and Jean Talon markets. From July 5 onwards, that’s where you’ll find us Friday through Sunday…
The week has ended and begins underthe sign of water.Lots of water. Not that I don’t appreciate nature’s generosity, but…there comes a point when enough is enough – when the are fields soaked, the rows impracticable, and the farmer’s t-shirt is perpetually wet… We already had to kick our heels before plantingour winter squash– finally…
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…
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…
One could surmise that last Thursday’stempest was the tipping pointbetween a summer that was loathe to arrive and one that is now suddenly, and fully, installed…What makes me think so? Perhaps the tomatoes that are now slowly, but surely, turning red; or the eggplant and pepper plants which have almost doubled in size in a…