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Farm Happenings at Fiddlehead Farm
Pandemic Partnership
It is a rare occasion where we bring in veggies from another farm, but the Wednesday deliveries have been very tricky of late. We've shifted our production from being fairly balanced between Wednesday and Saturday deliveries to having almost three times as much produce on the move Wednesday as Satu1 read more »
Pandemic Partnership
It is a rare occasion where we bring in veggies from another farm, but the Wednesday deliveries have been very tricky of late. As you no doubt have noticed, there hasn't been much left over to swap with! We've shifted our production from being fairly balanced between Wednesday and Saturday deliveri1 read more »
Tomato Varieties
We've got a lovely lineup of tomatoes for you this year. We're just staring to harvest enough to share around, so keep an eye on your bag as the first ones go out at random to people who like them - for now that's a third to half of you but our supply is improving steadily week by week. We tuck the1 read more »
From falling behind to catching up...
What a wonderful place to be. The dreaded feeling of falling behind is very discouraging, but with our full crew in place for a week and a bit now it feels like a huge surge in "catching up". Not quite there, but getting close. We've had a group of volunteers making a huge difference too for projec1 read more »
Storing your veggies... so they're ready for you to cook up your feasts.
Once you get your veggies home, they should keep well for you over the course of the week or even two! It's all about storing them just right. The no fuss version is to just pop it all in the fridge... but here's some more fine tuned storage ideas for you :)
Basil we send with the roots on, just tu1 read more »
Bounty is just around the corner
As we wait for the summer treats of tomatoes to start (oh so soon!) it feels that our bounty is a little curtailed this week. There's lots of different things, but not a lot of many things. Plenty to go around, just not what we had planned!
Many of you ask how things are going at the farm when you1 read more »
Bounty is just around the corner
As we wait for the summer treats of tomatoes to start (oh so soon!) it feels that our bounty is a little curtailed this week. There's lots of different things, but not a lot of many things. Plenty to go around, just not what we had planned!
Many of you ask how things are going at the farm when you1 read more »
Delivery day tip time
We're getting into the swing of filling up our fridge and delivering your veggies, hard to believe it is week four already! Here's some delivery day tips for you all based on some frequently asked questions:
1. Your bags are always labelled with a sticker listing your name. Please double chec1 read more »
Drought. We've been here before, and while it's a slog at least we have water!
It was really easy to pick which story to share with you this week! When we started our farm in 2012, we thought it was a dry year. We started without an irrigation system, then bought parts to try to pump water from a cistern which a truck from town could fill. The next year we were able to build1 read more »
About the farm
Heather and Stephanie have been running Fiddlehead Farm since 2012 in Prince Edward County, Ontario. With a small team of employees they are ecologically growing twelve acres of tasty vegetables. Selling veggies year round, they pack up shares in spring, summer and winter seasons.
While they grew up in cities it is their shared passions for good food and the environment that led them to start their own vegetable farm after studying in ecology and politics. They started with a modest group of farm shares and a handful of farmers' markets. With the help of family, friends, and a dedicated following of both veggie box members and market customers the farm has steadily grown from its humble beginnings.
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While they grew up in cities it is their shared passions for good food and the environment that led them to start their own vegetable farm after studying in ecology and politics. They started with a modest group of farm shares and a handful of farmers' markets. With the help of family, friends, and a dedicated following of both veggie box members and market customers the farm has steadily grown from its humble beginnings.