Farm Happenings at Mulberry Moon Farm
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Farm Happenings at Mulberry Moon Farm

Farm Share Week 10 - The Halfway Point

Posted on August 10th, 2020
We are officially at our half way point to the farm share season! Since we started planting in the greenhouse in March, we're in the last third of the farming season as a whole. And Ode to our Members It has been a great season so far, and you, our members, are a big part of that. Thank you for sup1 read more »

Farm Share Week 9 - August

Posted on August 3rd, 2020
August has arrived and with it, crickets, and evening frogs, the buzzing of cicadas, the planting of fall crops and the harvest of some of our earliest planted spring crops - mainly garlic and onions.  New kale, kohlrabi, broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower are happily in the ground. Beans, rad1 read more »

Farm Share Week 8

Posted on July 27th, 2020
I'm writing this on a dying phone, sitting on a Muskoka chair overlooking a corn field while bacon is cooking on the fire. So needless to say I'll be keeping this short.  Garlic is harvested, tomatoes are thriving, red onions are coming out this week, peppers are making an appearance, cucumber1 read more »

Farm Share Week 7 - Planting Time!

Posted on July 20th, 2020
This time of year feels a bit like the beginning of spring again, in terms of all the planting that needs to be done in the field. This is the time when we start to plant our fall crops, so there's a bit of a hurry to get it all in the ground. In the next week or two we'll be planting parsnips, car1 read more »

Farm Share Week 6 - RAIN!

Posted on July 13th, 2020
WE GOT RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you ever want to feel really, really, immeasurably and ecstatically good about the rain - try growing some plants. It'll give you a whole new perspective on rain. It will make you go out and dance under the thunderclouds. I think our plants are grateful too. There was a1 read more »

Farm Share Week 5 - Systems

Posted on July 6th, 2020
Canada Day with the crew - they've been doing such a great job hustling out there in this crazy heat.  Systems  "You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems" - James Clear I read this quote from another farmer this week and it really resonated with me1 read more »

PEAS PLEASE - Farm Share Week 4

Posted on June 29th, 2020
Well, we just finished our weekly field walk and WOW - things are really happening out there. In past seasons, we've had to wait a little longer for the abundance of summer to really come upon us but it's starting now. That's thanks to farming in a warmer zone than we did in Orangeville, and to the1 read more »

Online Farm Stand for Saturday June 27 Pick Up

Posted on June 23rd, 2020
Details for our online farm stand sale this week: Order Deadline: Thursday (June 25) at 10pm  Order Pick Up: Saturday (June 27) from 1pm-3pm Available Items: NEW THIS WEEK: Beets, Cauliflower, Romaine Lettuce, CabbageRETURNING: Salad Mix, Kale, Scallions, Radish, Kohlrabi, Garlic Scapes&n1 read more »

Spring turns to Summer - Farm Share Week 3

Posted on June 22nd, 2020
Happy summer solstice!   I remember celebrating the winter solstice around Christmas time, marveling that the light was coming into the world even as we entered some of the coldest months of winter.   Now, as we enter the hottest months of the year the solstice marks the shortening of the1 read more »