It’s about time I post some details on the pigs, right…? I promised a form a while back. These pigs are Berkshires, a heritage breed from across the pond. They are astonishingly effective at plowing, and get vast amounts of fun and nutrients from it, too. I have to admit, I am now a huge [...]
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CSA Basket 9
What a wet one! Or as I like to say, the weather this morning was great for harvesting greens that would otherwise wilt in the sun… like the Rhubarb Red swiss chard and the Magenta lettuce in the baskets. The Sierra Blanca onions. They are technically a hard storage onion, although this early batch has [...]
July photo tour
In a bit of a rush, but JP snapped several pictures of the farm a few days ago. Here they are in bulk – I’ll annotate them when I get the chance.
Picture tour of the garden
After Stephanie took some pictures from today’s harvest, I went around the garden taking a few shots of all the action. That said, they are mostly of plants, so I probably won’t describe this photo gallery as “action-packed”, even if it is to us! Click the “Continue reading” button below, on the right, to check [...]
CSA Basket 2
Great harvest day – beautiful sky, and abundant veggies. It’s amazing how pleasant it is to be harvesting… and there’s still a ton of vegetables left in the garden. That’s quite refreshing! Stephanie was the early bird this morning – 5 am, out in the garden. Talk about bright and early… Here’s a partial breakdown [...]
New Rooster
Here’s our new rooster, thanks to our friends Carine and Luc. We’re pretty sure he’s a Rhode Island Red, though perhaps not fully mature. So far, we still have last year’s laying hens, although we’re down to 8 after a few run-ins with local wildlife. The idea with this rooster is to breed a new [...]
I think there’s room for one more
Stephanie moving some trays again this morning. The onions head out into the wide open, and the luscious tomato seedlings come out of the house and into the greenhouse.
Freezing Hog
We posted an entry last week about the upcoming pig situation. Now that it has passed, I wanted to let folks know how it turned out (and perhaps why). Vegetarians may or may not want to read this – up to you.
Coffee stats
I’ve been reading Roast magazine for a few years, my main connection to the exciting world of specialty coffee. The most recent issue has some interesting statistics I wanted to share: Canada’s forecasted domestic (not Timmies or 2nd cup etc.) annual consumption of coffee for 2009-2010 is 1,950,000 60 kg bags. That means as a [...]
Local Food
Stephanie and I attended a webinar today, from the folks at Buy Local! Buy Fresh!, a local food initiative in Waterloo. Very interesting in general, and we got a lot of tips on how to go about redesigning the local food system here. Five years from now, I think we should be eating local bread [...]
