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Farm Happenings at Terra Verde Homestead
Farm Happenings for Week of December 12
We have arrived at our last share delivery! This time I (Lorraine) will be bringing the veggies to you as it's been a while since I've seen members faces!
I have been kept busy with my new job at the Perimeter Institute and doing the final winter prep tasks on the farm. The seed catalogues fo1 read more »
Farm Happenings for Week of November 7, 2022
*Please note the earlier deadline for orders: Saturday at 8am*
We are having some beautiful extended mild fall weather which makes harvesting the last of veggies from the field enjoyable! As many of you know, I started my new job at the Perimeter Institute a couple weeks ago. It is a big chan1 read more »
Farm Happenings for Week of October 17
Please note that farm stand orders for this week need to be in by Saturday, October 15 at 10am. Deliveries will be completed at their regular times by Rob, as I've started my new job at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo! I anticipate 2 more deliveries thus year: once each in November and Dec1 read more »
Farm Happenings for Week of October 3rd
The sun is shining after a few dreary fall days and there is lots of vegetable bounty to be enjoyed in your fall / Thanksgiving meals! Before I tell you more about the veggies, I wanted to provide an important farm update. As some of you will know from chatting with me, I have decided to make 20221 read more »
Farm Happenings for Week of September 19th
This will most likely be the last week for many of the summer crops such as: tomatoes, cucumbers, and eggplant. Get them while they are still here! After this week we will be taking an off week and then back again with a delivery in time for Thanksgiving weekend. By then, our fall spinach and arugu1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 13, 2022
We have been having a beautiful start to September on the farm with warm, sunny days, cool nights and some all-day rains in between. This weather helps that fall crops that are still maturing, so that they will be ready for Thanksgiving! On the topic of beautiful, our celery is BIG and beautiful! B1 read more »
Farm Happenings for Week of September 5th
We're back on the farm after a great nine days in BC and Alberta! We flew into Victoria and spent 3 days exploring Vancouver Island and then made our way across BC, up the Okanagan Valley and through the mountains to Banff and Jasper. We had mostly sunny weather, did lots of beautiful hiking, and o1 read more »
Farm Happenings for Week of August 15th
Reminder that this is the last week of deliveries before we take two weeks off for our family vacation to British Columbia! We will be back with deliveries the week of September 5th.
We have sweet corn from Fair Fields Farm again and our bell peppers and roasting peppers have ripened nicely an1 read more »
Farm Happenings for Week Of August 8th
Back again with lots of delicious summer vegetables! We have our first week of carrots - yeah! They've been a bit slow to size up for some unknown reason and are still a bit on the small size but are delicious nonetheless. We also have the first of the fresh summer red onions. Perfect for summer sa1 read more »
About the farm
Terra Verde Homestead is a small-scale family farm 20 km south-east of Mount Forest. Two acres of the farm is dedicated to a certified organic market garden and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). The remaining acres are in pasture and nut and fruit tree plantings. This diversity is complemented by honeybees and heirloom chickens, Guinea Fowl, and Kune Kune pigs.
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