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Farm Happenings at Ontario "Eats" and Holland Marsh Food
Welcome August 2020 - Praying for some rain... while making rain.
Welcome to August everyone,
It's hard to believe this coming weekend is the end of July, start of August.
We are starting to harvest the bunch carrots, a main commodity of our family farm for decades. It is something we specialized in, along with Parsley Root, Celery Root and Leeks. At1 read more »
Farm Happenings...mid July, bring on the summer fruit and Corn on the Cob
This summer seems to be progressing so fast... Do some of you feel like you lost a few months?
As I continue to clean up the overgrowth of weeds on the farm properties I have this feeling it's getting too late to keep planting. However, '80-90 days to maturity' doesn't bring us to Halloween y1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 16, 2020
Good Morning everyone,
Hope you are enjoying the slightly less humid temps. The rain sure helped with our crops growing and being able to plant some more.
This week we transplanted our Shallots, Cipolinni and Tropea onions. Our potato plants were attacked by the potato beatl1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 9, 2020
Hello Everyone,
Wow has it been hot the last few days.
Did you know that some vegetables stop growing in such high temperatures? Celery Root stops growing when its hotter then 28 degrees Celsius. Some plants thrive in hot hot temperatures like some of the hot pepper varieties.&nbs1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 2, 2020
Happy Canada Day!!
With last weeks rain and this weeks heat our food is growing fast. Lots of new produce ready for picking in all our farming counties. Hope you enjoy this weeks selection.
On our farm I have been battling weeds and bugs. After weeding our specialty potato patch,1 read more »