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Farm Happenings at Fair Sun Farm
Farm Happenings for August 10, 2022
This week we will have the first of the eggplants, green peppers and celery going into shares! Yummy!
The beefsteak tomatoes are starting to trickle out as well! You can expect the tomatoes to be all different colours (red, yellow, purple) and sizes. The tomatoes are weighed and each unit is1 read more »
Farm Happenings for Aug 3, 2022
This week we have some of the first beefsteak tomatoes and slicer tomatoes ready, woohooo! Also CORN!!!
We have small quantities of the tomatoes at the moment but there should be a big flush coming soon.
Forman Farms is run by Charlie and Christine Forman, my (Marnie) aunt and un1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 27, 2022
Garlic harvest starts this week!!
We are pretty excited about it because we LOVE garlic! We are offering it in two forms: fresh and cured.
The fresh garlic can be used just like cured garlic but it has a much shorter shelf life. We recommend you store it in the fridge.
We have been really en1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 20, 2022
This is the final week for scapes, so grab 'em if you want 'em!!
The zucchinis are starting to pump out tons of fruit and we have lots of onions available as well.
We are really feeling the heat now, it's actually summer woohoo!
Here are some recipe ideas:
Garlic Sca1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 13, 2022
It's feeling more like summer finally and each week we have more items in the mix!
We had the first salad turnips (aka: hakurei turnips) last week and this week we have the first zucchinis and fresh onions!
We have more kohlrabi to harvest this week as well and we'd really like1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 6, 2022
We are starting to feel a bit more "caught up" around here since we are finally finished most of the transplanting for the season!
Pat even managed to make time for some mowing, tilling and seeding cover crop! Woohoo! It's sometimes tough to balance the needs of the current season and that of the n1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 29, 2022
It has been great to welcome a bit of heat these past few days! The crops are really loving it that's for sure!
This week the first of the kohlrabi will be going into some shares! Kohlrabi tends to prefer cooler temperatures...we would have had it sooner if we didn't have to rearrange our en1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 22, 2022
The scapes are starting!!
We have a ton of garlic planted and each and every plant has a scape growing out the top...there are so many!!!
What are garlic scapes:
Garlic scapes are the tender stem and flower bud of a hardneck garlic plant. Scapes first grow straight out of th1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 15, 2022
Summer veggies here we come!!
This is the first week of our summer shares are we are excited to welcome some new members! If you're a returning member, thanks for being here again!!
This week we will be harvesting some wonderful green goodness in the form of lettuce, romaine, ka1 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!