by Fresh Roots | Aug 12, 2014 | Farmer's Log, Stories from the Field
With every passing week we see new crops. This week marks the first of our longer season onions going into our weekly veggie boxes. They are beauties! With names like Ailsa Craig and Copra, they are enticing to eat! We are also starting to harvest our bush beans this...
by Fresh Roots | Aug 5, 2014 | Farmer's Log, Stories from the Field
Well summer is back in Vancouver in case you hadn’t noticed 馃檪 The plants are loving it. It seems like every day I arrive to the farm, I find the head lettuce visibly larger, the bok choi a few inches taller and zucchini…..I don’t think I even have to...
by Fresh Roots | Jul 29, 2014 | Farmer's Log, Stories from the Field
The 2014 garlic harvest has begun and we are overjoyed with the quality of the crop. The heads are large and the field is full of them! After we pull them from the ground we clean the bulbs up to show off their beautiful layers of purple skin and bundle them for...
by Fresh Roots | Jul 15, 2014 | Farmer's Log, Stories from the Field
Wow it’s been a hot one this week. I love the heat as much as our crops – I just need to remember to drink twice as much water as usual! We spent a good part of last week tidying the farms as the weeds attempt to push ahead of our crops. Fortunately our...
by Fresh Roots | Jul 8, 2014 | Farmer's Log, Stories from the Field
You know summer is really here when the sunflowers start to open. Our farms just became even more beautiful this week. We’ll soon see dahlias, strawflowers, sweet peas and more flowers bursting with colour to brighten the day. We are also watching our zucchini...
by Fresh Roots | Jul 2, 2014 | Farmer's Log, Stories from the Field
The first of this season’s garlic looks beautiful. We pulled a bunch of fresh heads this week for market and they are already huge! Hopefully over the next few weeks we’ll see them size up even more before curing for long term storage. This coming week...
