We’ve missed out on Farmer’s markets two weekends in a row now for various reasons and I’m starting to go through withdrawl. I’ve pretty much run out of produce (except for lettuces and radish which we pulled from our own garden this week) and am dreading having to put in a visit to the grocery [...]
Garden specs : The 2008 garden is a little below 25 X 30 feet, or ~850 square feet. Biggest pests so far: Mosquitos – Installed bat boxes and spray on repellent Ants – Don’t know what to do about this menace! Grown: We’ve planted the following: Corn Eggplant Various Heritage Tomatoes Ground Cherries Various Peppers [...]
We spent a day in the fields today. For future refernce (because I know you MUST be visiting and reading my site fanatically!) Sunday is garden day. Unfortunately, and if you followed along last summer you probably know, we live in the city. Not that living in the city is unfortunate, there are plenty of [...]
We’re headed down to the Barrie Farmer’s Market first thing in the morning Saturday after heading out to Heritage Hill Farm (our CSA Farm) . We didn’t have enough time to head to the Orillia Farmers Market this week (which is bigger and offers more) as Mrs. Foodie had family visiting from Ottawa, but still [...]
I was busy all long weekend compiling a list of all the Farmers’ Markets available in Ontario in order to create this guide. It’s going to to take awhile to populate information for each market, but I will be finishing a few every week. For now you can use this guide to find the Farmers’ [...]
Eating locally produced fruits and vegetables is healthier, cheaper and better for the environment than purchasing from your local Grocers, but do you know what to expect in any given month? I’ve added a new feature called In-Season Produce Guide that will keep you up to date with the freshest fruits and vegetables you can [...]
We’re heading out to the Orillia Farmer’s Market first thing in the morning tomorrow and will stop at Heritage Hill Farm (our CSA Farm) on the way home. I’m hoping the produce is a little better this week, but it has been SOO dry in the Barrie area for the last month that most of [...]
Saturday morning arrived (as it generally does on Saturday morning) and Mrs. Foodie and I packed up the little foodies-in-training (foodie 1 and foodie 2) and headed off to the country north of Barrie to visit our CSA farm. We live on the edge of Barrie so the drive is really only about 10 minutes [...]
This year, my wife and I bought a share in a local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm north of Barrie. I’m excited because tomorrow I get to go pick up our first round of fresh, farm grown organic vegetables! In fact, I’m so excited, I’ve created a new column here at the Barrie branch of [...]