Pullet Eggs

So what is a pullet egg?  It’s an egg laid by a pullet, obviously.  And… a pullet is a young hen, just starting to lay eggs.  And this week we got our first!  They’re pretty small as you can see. In the next few weeks all our new hens will begin...

Week 2 CSA share

Week 2 of the CSA is upon us. Only 19 more weeks to go! We still have a handful of share spots left that we will fill with pro-rated fees for this year. This week we had a very similar box to last week but unfortunately Kale was not included. There just wasn`t enough...

This week’s box

Will have the following: broccoli cucumbers lettuce spinach (lots!) spring onions kale There are a bunch of maybes: zucchini:  some of you got a small one last week and we’re going to try to spread a few more around this week peas:  lots there but it might be...

Marketing

We had a nice variety of stuff at the market this weekend. Still limited to mainly spring veggies but with some cucumbers as well. We currently have a bit of a glut of leafy green stuff. A combination of maybe some over-planting and the fact that some of our early...

Cucumbers are ready

Cucumbers will definitely be in the shares next week. In fact we ate the first one on May 30th which is definitely a record for us having cucumbers ready. Here is a list of things that will be in the shares next Tuesday: – cucumbers – broccoli –...

Trellised

We have trellising complete in the hoophouses. It was a fairly big task and had us working in Summer conditions rather the the outside spring weather. For the tomatoes we trellised the outside and middle rows right up to the top of the hoophouse. The outside rows...