Dear box program members, Its finally started raining. Time to get caught up on some indoor tasks like writing an end of season update! First and foremost: Thank you to everyone who participated in the Local Food Box Program this year, we really appreciate your appetite for and commitment to local food. When we started […]
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Week 14
Its been a busy month for us. So busy that we have skipped 4 weeks of our “weekly” updates. Harvest days have been particularly long this month (beans, peas, tomatoes, etc.) but we have also been having fun with our fellow years from Pearson College, several of which convened on the campus and Wind Whipped Farm […]
Week 9
We are now into the second half of the box program. For those of you paying by instalment we will let you know your remaining balance at the pickup or by email. If you have given us a cheque lately or a post dated cheque previously we will be depositing it this week. Also, we […]
Week 8
This is the week that our 10 foot tall pea plants have finally started producing; let the peas begin! It has been an exceptional year for peas. Due to the cold weather our peas have grown much taller than usual, but this has also meant that they are ready for harvest much later than planned […]
Week 7
Its week 7 of the box program and the pea flowers are quickly turning into pea pods, our tomatoes are (exponentially) ripening, and summer squashes are reaching their peak production. A few people have asked us how to store vegetables so as to maintain maximum freshness. We are no expert on the matter (we typically […]
Week 6
It has been a busy weekend in Metchosin, with the warm weather haying has finally gotten in full swing. Stillmeadow Farm and Parry Bay sheep farm have been putting in long days of cutting, raking, bailing, loading, trucking, and stacking hay bales from all over Metchosin. At Wind Whipped Farm the dry weather has finally […]