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Farm Happenings at Mike's Garden Harvest
Farm Happenings for October 16, 2023 - Week 16, The Pumpkin Edition
And here we are...the last week of the season. Phews!
It has certainly been a good one. Can't believe this never ending fall. No frost as of yet which certainly allowed us to harvest in abundance and so nice to keep those beet tops on for folk. To be able to offer lovely chard and peppers right thr1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 9, 2023 - The Thanksgiving Edition
Ack...this didn't save :-( Ugh! A happy Thanksgiving. Will write this again. read more »
Farm Happenings for October 2, 2023 - The 'Unexpected' edition
It seems that every year, there is a crop or two that goes really well, a crop that is less than great...and then there is that one that does something that is well....unexpected.
This year's 'Unexpected Award' goes to the lovely row of Romanesco broccoli that we are apparently growing. The first c1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 25, 2023 - The Celebrating Summer Edition
For those of you who haven't heard it, this is typically when we gather around and Mike tells his infamous 'Bean Story'. It is a core story to the life of the farm because it really has dictated who we are, why we are at 436 River Road and the direction we are going.
12 years ago now, I was working1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 18, 2023 - The Tomatillo Edition
In honor of our field team who come from Jalisco, Mexico who are celebrating "El Grito de la Independencia," we are show casing our tomatilloes :-)
The tomatillo is actually indigenous to that part of Mexico so there was an added enthusiasm when it came time to harvest. A little bit of h1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 11, 2023 - The Eggplant Edition
The Author of Creation is not without an element of whimsy. You only have to people watch at an airport to notice that. The same is true in the field. It intrigues me, that while each plant gets the very same start and is planted within its group at the essentially the very same...there1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 4, 2023 - the kale edition
When it comes to nutrition, the gals just seem to know stuff.
If i am experiencing one health issue or another and do a Google search, there's typically a diet change recommended. Sure enough, when I go to work at the airport and I scope out all the married guys as they eat their1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 28, 2023 - The Gift
So where to begin...
I do know that I can't tell you what it is....yet. But what I can tell you, if I am being totally honest with you is that over the past 10 years I have made a lot of farming/business mistakes. The field is a brutally honest mirror and this is the time of year, if yo1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 21, 2023 - The Onion edition
It was Geert Hofstede and other interculturalists have proposed the metaphor of an 'onion' to describe cultural phenomenon. No matter what color an onion is on the outside, we are not sure what is inside. Only by peeling off layer by layer can we discover what is at the core.
The farming exper1 read more »
About the farm
Right here, in our fields that bank onto the Rideau River, proudly on NCC land, the best organic veggies in town are grown. No chemicals, no artificial fertilizer, no GMO trickery. Just naturally enriched soil beds that yield an abundance of succulent greens and hearty roots that are full of nutrients and flavour. This is the way the food was always meant to be.
Each season, we offer shares in the anticipated harvest of fresh vegetables. Each week you will share in our passion for growing when you receive a bin of fresh, organically grown produce carefully picked at their peak for either an onsite farm pick up or for delivery to your home.
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Each season, we offer shares in the anticipated harvest of fresh vegetables. Each week you will share in our passion for growing when you receive a bin of fresh, organically grown produce carefully picked at their peak for either an onsite farm pick up or for delivery to your home.