To the blog that is…I never left the farm! In fact, I was probably on farm more hours last year than any previous year, since I was home with baby Emma and had the farm’s employee, Michelle, making the vegetable deliveries to the GTA all season. So, having a baby and managing the farm during […]
Today, I got the south end of my farm fenced. 1000+ feet of cedar posts and page wire. All installed in one day by my neighbour, a professional fencer, with his crew and a back hoe mounted post driver. They finished the entire fence in one day. I could have put in this fence myself…bought
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After some phone interviews in January with some delightful applicants, I’m happy to announce that Michelle Lawrence will be joining me at Black Sheep Farm this year to make sure lots of veggies are planted and harvested for this year’s vegetable CSA members! Michelle comes highly recommended by another vegetable farm in my area, so
New farm manager hired for 2017! Read More »
Happy New Year everyone! As usual, it has been much too long since I last posted here, but I doubt that frequency will improve for 2017 ;P I’m currently 23 weeks pregnant and expecting my first child at the end of April. Skyler and I are definitely super excited and doing what we can to
2017’s going to be one exciting year… Read More »
I’m not going to lie, this growing season is hard. It’s hard because it’s soooo hot! I know most people like a hot and sunny summer, but for those of us who work outside 8-10 hours a day, this summer has been brutal. And it has also been dry. Drought dry. My area is better
A tough, hot, dry season Read More »
I do not market my farm’s vegetable CSA membership as a financial value proposition.The pricing of individual vegetables in the boxes are never as cheap as vegetable prices at No Frills, though lately, seem to be a better value than vegetable prices at mid/high level grocery chains (Loblaw, Whole Foods). The point of joining a
Vegetable CSA membership…Value proposition? Read More »
And here I am, in another year. 2015 went by in a flash! The year hit sprinting speed in March, when I started working part-time at a tax office for two months, while also farm planning, starting seedlings and doing other farm prep. Then May came, with the fastest and earliest rototilling of the vegetable
It’s a tractor year Read More »
Happy Earth Day everyone! Makes me remember a couple of Earth Day t-shirts that I used to pull out especially to wear on April 22 when I was a teenager…may even still have them in a box somewhere. Strangely enough, these days, Earth Day creeps up on me and I’m reminded to recognize it when
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Brrr…it is still really cold outside! Today, the temperature isn’t in the -20C’s, but the wind is blowing forcefully from the south, which is the least sheltered side of my house. The wood stove is blazing but that wind really makes for cold drafts :p So, it’s in such weather conditions that I’ve been updating
Time to sign up for a vegetable CSA membership! Read More »
Well, yet again, an entire season has gone by with no blog posting on my part. I will post a review in the new year, but for now, let’s just say that I’d like to leave 2014 as a vegetable growing season behind me and really hope there’s more sunshine, literally, in 2015 ;P In
Thoughts on Glyphosate to end the year Read More »
