Farm Happenings at Persephone Market Garden
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Farm Happenings at Persephone Market Garden

Week 11 -- Halfway

Posted on August 28th, 2023
We finished all the planting last week! We might do some more seeding this week, but that's it for planting for this season. Wow! What a relief! With this week, we are also into the second half of the season's deliveries. The crops (carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, winter squash, onions and more) ar1 read more »

Week 10 -- Late summer

Posted on August 21st, 2023
Whew...what a weekend. We enjoyed spending the weekend at Summerfolk in Owen Sound. Music, friends and rest. What a lovely change of pace and opportunity to pause and take a deep breath. Hope you all have also had something like that this summer! Things are slowing in the gardening in terms of plan1 read more »

Week 9 -- Last big round of planting this week

Posted on August 14th, 2023
The tomatoes are taking their time, but coming along in nice quantities. The long term forecast is calling for warmth and sunshine, so it's looking great for lots of late summer tomato salads! This week is the last big push of planting and season. On our planting list we have: bok choi, kohlrabi, b1 read more »

Week 8 -- Big Backyard Bioblitz

Posted on August 7th, 2023
Over the long weekend, we have been participating in the Big Backyard Bioblitz organized by the Nature Conservancy of Canada. It's a chance to get out, discover the species in your backyard (or neighbourhood or wherever) and contribute to a citizen science project that generates valuable data for r1 read more »