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Farm Happenings at Fiddlehead Farm
Heading back outside
With the warm weather this week, we've been able to start packing things outside again - because it's warmer than in the fridges! Stephanie captured our excitement with a perfect flourish of onion skins as we were busy bagging them today with Joanna who has just started with us, and Caitlin who is1 read more »
Looking back and planning ahead
It's the time of year for all that "other" stuff, from crop plans and seed orders to accounting and hanging out with friends and family. I wanted to grab a nice growing summer picture of our radishes and carrots for you this month. Sometimes the winter feels too easy, but then I remember that we ha1 read more »
Fresh Greens
We're super excited to be sharing our first winter greenhouse greens with you this month! We've got Bok Choy for everyone: it's a classic asian cooking green that grows nice and quick. We love it just barely cooked - wilted in a hot pan for 10-30 seconds, thrown into a stir fry, grilled on the bbq1 read more »
Happy Holidays!
It really feels like winter these days with all the snow and freezing weather. We were thrilled when the ground thawed Nov 22nd to 26th... we were able to plant all our garlic for next year! Sadly, it has frozen again and we're not able to do our usual harvests for our deliveries next week. We have1 read more »
Safe in Storage!
It was a huge relief Thursday evening when we got the last of our Napa Cabbages safe into storage despite the snowy conditions. These little "happenings" are my primary way to say hi as we go throughout the season, so don't be shy to click the read more at the bottom. Here's the story of our fall h1 read more »
Changing of the seasons
I always love seeing the contents of your boxes changing with the seasons. We've got the return of many winter favourites from watermelon radishes to french fingerling potatoes as well as the last tastes of summer with beans, peppers and eggplant on offer this week. Our carrots have now had three g1 read more »
Cantilevered Bins
I couldn't resist catching Stephanie in the act of carefully building her wall of bins this week. Her job on the packing line is to put the bags into your bins, and label the lids. In preparation, she pulls out the bins and carefully stacks them. While most of us make pyramids, which are a bit more1 read more »
Carrots, Beans and Sweet Potatoes
We had been watching the forecast low temperature for Friday night dropping steadily last week. By the time we were done packing your bags for the weekend there was a frost risk issued. So we popped out at dusk Friday night to cover up our beans and lettuces.
While for some farmers frost mean1 read more »
Curing in the Greenhouse
While we spread our onions to cure last fall on our greenhouse tables, this year we could tell the harvest wasn't going to fit. Instead, we decided to hang them from the tables! So they're happily curing hanging up, and we've spread the squashes on top to cure at the same time. Curing is a the proc1 read more »
About the farm
Heather and Stephanie have been running Fiddlehead Farm since 2012 in Prince Edward County, Ontario. With a small team of employees they are ecologically growing twelve acres of tasty vegetables. Selling veggies year round, they pack up shares in spring, summer and winter seasons.
While they grew up in cities it is their shared passions for good food and the environment that led them to start their own vegetable farm after studying in ecology and politics. They started with a modest group of farm shares and a handful of farmers' markets. With the help of family, friends, and a dedicated following of both veggie box members and market customers the farm has steadily grown from its humble beginnings.
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While they grew up in cities it is their shared passions for good food and the environment that led them to start their own vegetable farm after studying in ecology and politics. They started with a modest group of farm shares and a handful of farmers' markets. With the help of family, friends, and a dedicated following of both veggie box members and market customers the farm has steadily grown from its humble beginnings.