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Farm Happenings at Main Street Urban Farm
Carrot germination, thistles and dryness, 2022
Imagine you are a plant. You need to make sure you grow fast enough to get the sunlight which will otherwise go to other plants which outgrow you. And then make it through fruiting, meanwhile developing seed, so you can reproduce so more of your kind grow in the future. What will you do when it's d1 read more »
garlic dig and long weekend 2022
Now is the time for our annual garlic dig. Did you know it all comes out at one time? We dig it, remove it to the barn, grade it, dry it, and leave it ready for braiding, single sales and so on. As of today, the garlic you get from us will be green garlic, with the exception of scapes. If you want1 read more »
Herb drying, July 2022
Sometimes the software we work with makes us laugh instead of cry. Here's a funny from building inventory for shares today. "Cucumber, English 9 pint and 10 eaches." It's official, we're measuring cucumbers in eaches. by the "each"?!
It's the time of year when we are drying herbs for use over the w1 read more »
Mid July update, 2022
NEWS
We don't need to tell you it's been dry. Let us instead introduce members of our urban farm team who have been behind getting the freshest food on two wheels to you.
Hannah has joined us in her gap year to help on the farm for two months this Summer. She brings new energy to the job, with her1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 7, 2022
We've gotten past the hump of major transplanting season, and the ensuing tiredness. We've passed the points of two June birthdays we celebrate in our family. And we're enjoying the many sunny days, while we lament the drought and lack of water to nourish the plants to full size. So we've been busy1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 30, 2022
Fleur d'ail
We're excited to have harvested most of the garlic scapes this week. Harvesting curly scapes off the top of the plants gives us a good view of garlic development and pest-pressure. The fleur d'ail is a fabulous first taste of this season's garlic. Some of you pickle and preserve your sc1 read more »
Summer Solstice and scapes 2022
Grandmother moon waxed large for the Strawberry moon a week ago. Now Summer solstice greets us with the longest daylights of the year.
Asparagus season is almost over, and we now begin pruning the tomatoes and cucumbers. Tomatoes and cukes will be trained up strings in the high tunnels. Squas1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 16, 2022
We're delighted with the recent rain. And, the overcast skies have helped us get transplants in without the sun scorching them to death (despite irrigation).
Pickup & Delivery
Bags and Boxes
We keep our plastic use to a minimum, and work with you to reduce yours too. Please supply us with1 read more »
sticky fieldwork, accompanied by ducks, early June 2022
At press time we're grateful for rain Monday night. We planted sweet potatoes, turnips and kohlrabi on Saturday, and they appreciate the moisture. It will be sticky fieldwork, accompanied by ducks, until the fields dry up a bit again.
One of the imperatives of our farm is to train farmers. We count1 read more »
About the farm
A decentralised urban farm in downtown Kingston Ontario, Main Street Market Urban Farm has been run by co-farmers Tim & Tracy Lyon since 2009. We grow vegetables and mushrooms on several city centre plots. And, we also grow the connection between eaters and farmers, eaters and the earth. We fell in love with farming and the food we grow when we tasted the fruit straight from the field. You can get it delivered right to your door by bicycle! Our growing methods follow organic principles in our intensive, market-garden style beds.
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