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Farm Happenings at Mike's Garden Harvest
Farm Happenings for August 23, 2022
A bit shy to share this story, but it is somehow perfect for this week.
This is our 9th year.
I had reason to drop go back and deliver to a home that now picks up. For some reason, in the frantic pace of a season I hadn't connected the dots despite having this fine family being al1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 16, 2022 - The Field
It was over 10 years ago now, just about this time of year when I first laid eyes on her and caught my breathe.
Casting my eyes over her graceful and quiet expanse I could hear her beckoning. I pulled the car over and let the dogs out and started to stride through the long grass moving d1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 9, 2022 - Introducing the Volunteers
It was over 3 years ago now. Late September. The weather was colder than advertized and on Tuesday, the frost came like a bully, as close as you could possibly be without actually damaging anything. An icy scare for sure, with the promise of it coming back with a vengence on Thursday. At that1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 2, 2022 - Introducing the Packing Crew
They say you never get a second chance at making a first impression. We are keenly aware how excited everyone is to get their share and to unpack it seeing all the fresh vegetables that they have so carefully selected. If we make even the smallest mistake packing..something not quite up to par, or1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 26, 2022 - Introducing Alex aka BikeBoy
Alex Marshall is one very interesting cat. By day, a mild mannered geographer employed by StatsCan. When he is not pouring over geo-technical data, this father and now raised two sons along with his wife Alison are all out touring on their bikes. Huge distances and big adventures. It is a lif1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 19, 2022 - Introducing Jaime and Marcelino
Imagine, if you will, a start up professional ice hockey team that was part of some fringe hockey league getting two of the NHL's best players to join their ranks for the season.
Well, that is pretty much what happened to us when we got two professional Field Workers who came all the way from1 read more »
Farm Happenings for the week of July 12, 2022 - Introducing Linh
One of the many gifts of running a farm are all the interesting people that you get to meet and work alongside with along the way. We thought it might be interesting for you, vicariously through the Farm Happenings to meet some of the very skilled people who are working hard behind the scenes to he1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 5, 2022 - Week 1
And so the CSA season has finally begun and we couldn't be happier :-)
Now if you have NOT done this before, please know that you have until Sunday (tomorrow) at 5pm to make any changes that you may wish to your share. It is pretty easy but give yourself a little bit of time. If you don't feel like1 read more »
A Mom Story
With a start, I heard "Michael! You are needed imediately, it's urgent!" I don't think there is anyone that is so connected to us throughout are whole entire lives any more powerfully than our Mother. I was in my early 20's working at the Orillia Y as the Assistant Swim Coach. It ha1 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.