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Farm Happenings at Terra Verde Homestead
Spring Share Week Four
We're starting to shift to the first of the early summer vegetables with this week's share. One particularly exciting addition is organic strawberries from Fair Fields Farm. These strawberries will be available as an extra purchase only for the next two weeks so enjoy them while they here! Organic1 read more »
Spring Share Week Three
It's warm one today and the weekend is going to be even steamier. Just in time for the hot weather, I planted all the winter squash and the remaining summer squash watered them well. I've struggled with cucumber beetles the last two years and so I am pulling out all the stops this year to try and p1 read more »
Spring Share Week Two
As I write this, it is snowing and blowing giant fluffy flakes of snow... on May 28th! Hopefully this cold snap is short lived and the crops are no worse for the wear of it. Luckily, our tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers are tucked in the greenhouse and I was able to turn the furnace back on to keep1 read more »
Spring Share Week One
Welcome to the week one of the spring shares! The beginning of the season is an exciting time seeing familiar members' faces and meeting new members. And, of course, the delicious taste of spring vegetables! The 2021 season is our ninth season growing vegetables and our second season using the Harv1 read more »
Pop Up Seedling Sale (and some produce too!)
Our 2021 seedling sale is now open! All of our seedlings are certified organic and varieties suitable for the home gardener. We have vegetables, herbs, and flowers - both annual and perennial. Unless otherwise stated, all seedlings come in 4" pots and will be fully hardened off and ready to plant (1 read more »
Fall Share Week 3
We have come to the last week of the 2020 season! Thank you to everyone for supporting us this year, especially as this year has been a challenging one for many people. I am all ready busy planning for 2021 and you will see an email with all the details in your inbox by the end of November. As alwa1 read more »
Fall Share Week 2
I am sending this email out a day early because the weather is more suitable to office work today! This means I will get to spend the whole day tomorrow planting our 2021 garlic crop! I am doubling the quantity of garlic planted this year so I look forward to having extra to sell and to include it1 read more »
Fall Share Week 1
Welcome to Week 1 of the fall shares! A reminder to everyone that the fall season consists of 3 bi-weekly pickups of veggies. This means that you will receive veggies the weeks of Oct 5th, Oct 19th, and Nov 2nd. Mark your calendars!
This week there is an exciting addition in our 'Extras' section: o1 read more »
Summer Share Week 12
This is the last week of our summer share! Fall shares begin next week (the week of October 5th). I have compiled a very short survey that will help me with planning for 2021. Please take 3 minutes to have your say here: https://forms.gle/6E9pdX8diTvhDWZ89.
Our 2020 Raw Wildflower Honey1 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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