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Farm Happenings at Fair Sun Farm
Farm Happenings for August 14, 2024
Week 11
We are just over the halfway point in the season. How have you beenliking the veggies so far?! We love hearing from everyone and wereally like hearing about what's working and what's not so thatwe can continually improve our CSA program. Let me know yourthoughts by replying to this email!
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Farm Happenings for August 7, 2024
Week 10
We will be starting to prune the peppers this week which means wecan eat some green ones! They will be either bell peppers orelongated bell peppers...both are delicious. Just the shapeis different.
It's been sooo hot! I hope everyone is enjoying it! We need to bediligent about stay hydrated1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 31, 2024
Week 9
We are gradually starting to sort all of the garlic and it's going well so far! We are pretty happy with the size of the bulbs and we areexcited to see that it is curing nicely in the nursery!
This week we have SWEET CORN!
Every year we drive to my aunt and uncle's farm in Gananoqueto get th1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 24, 2024
Week 8
Just over half of the garlic is harvested and the rest will be out ofthe ground this week. It feels great to be getting this giant jobcompleted!!
We didn't know what to expect with all the moisturewe have gotten but the quality of the crop is good! AND we didn'tget the tractor stuck while un1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 17, 2024
Week 7
We are going to try to harvest the garlic this week!
This is giant job and takes all hands on deck! We are really not sure what to expect since there is still standing water in thefield. All of this moisture will affect the quality of the crop and how itcomes out of the ground. We have NO id1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 10, 2024
Week 6
This is the first week of flower shares! Welcome to everyone joining along for the ride this summer! The dahlias are starting to bloomand they are just beautiful. Expect them in your bouquet this week!
As for veggies, the zucchinis have started to produce some nice fruitand the greens contin1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 3, 2024
Week 5
If you like garlic scapes, now is your chance to load up! We harvestedas much as we could and we will go through the garlic once moreto get all the ones that weren't mature enough to pull off.
Garlic scapes can be used in meals the same way that garlic isused! They can be eaten fresh, fried,1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 26, 2024
Week 4
We are getting caught up on all of the planting now whichmeans we have been going back over the crops to weed.There was alot of that this week and things are lookingreally good around here now!
The garlic scapes have all been harvested and zucchinis have tiny fruits starting! The scallions l1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 19, 2024
This brings us to week 3 of veggies! We managed to clean up the damage from the tornado and turns out the cat tunnel is actually worse than we thought but the crops are totally fine! We'll chalk this one up as a win because the sweet peppers are just too good to go without. It looks like there is a1 read more »
About the farm
Fair Sun Farm is a small-scale certified organic vegetable and flower farm located in Spencerville, Ontario. We service families in Spencerville, Kemptville and Ottawa.
Take comfort in knowing that not only do we grow our products in compliance with the Canadian Organic Standards, but we are also concerned with the health of the soil and natural ecosystems. We work with nature instead of against it!
By growing nutritious chemical-free food and beautiful chemical-free flowers we feel empowered to hope for a more positive future in our little corner of the world…and we’d love for you to join our community!
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Take comfort in knowing that not only do we grow our products in compliance with the Canadian Organic Standards, but we are also concerned with the health of the soil and natural ecosystems. We work with nature instead of against it!
By growing nutritious chemical-free food and beautiful chemical-free flowers we feel empowered to hope for a more positive future in our little corner of the world…and we’d love for you to join our community!