WEEK 7? Losing track...

The days and the weeks are beginning to blur. Missed a week due to solstice celebrations and family visits. We are mourning the loss of one chick and two turkey-chicks since the last post. None by Andrea's hand, this time. The birdies have moved up to bigger, better homes (some interns working overtime to make it happen) and many will soon roam free (our outdoor kitchen will never be the same).

We also got three little piglets, soooooooooo shy (who can blame them- they'd just had their balls chopped off!) but Megan and David won them over with strawberries and lots of visits.

Jocelyn is now treating us to baguettes alongside our wholesome whole grain bread (did I ever mention she grinds the wheat, grown here on the farm, herself?) and Meghan is making cheese curds so that Canada Day can be celebrated properly- with poutine! David has finally connected with a solid urban ag project in Hamilton, and Andrea is realizing that making and promoting surveys is fun, but then you have to analyse the data... not fun.

Harvest days are fun, and market is fun, but we are a little bit tired of picking peas. Oh well, at least they help hold us over till lunch on those long days in the field. Our members and patrons this week enjoyed salad greens, arugula, tatsoi, kale, chard, radish, broccoli, green onion, garlic scapes, snow and sugar snap peas, strawberries, asparagus, chinese cabbage and bok choi. Also hers- chocolate mint, camomile, and chives.

Locke St. Farmers market. Every Thursday 3-7pm. Come check us out!

Chris reminds us, on Friday after three consecutive harvest days, that we must not lose sight of less regular tasks as we fall into the routine of harvesting/planting/weeding. Really he means we need to do more weeding. Allll day loooong with hoes and hands, attacking the second wave of native competition. Finally, a nice intern end-of-week wrap up with chapter 4 in our "Oh to Grow" manual- compost. Competent little farmers-in-the-making are we.