Things just poping up

So today we had a new baby duckling born. Just one so far but he/she is very cute and noisy already. I have brought it inside due to some possible squishing issues. The little guy is all dry and soft and fluffy now after being under the heat lamb. More duckling should follow in the next day or so (and I will do my best to post some pictures).
For anyone who doesn't know last year we had a medium sized garden here at our house as a project for the youth at our church and most of the produce went to community care. Well in that garden we had a plethora of tomatoes which has garnered a surprise for this year. That surprise being that we have a load of tomato plants sprouting all over! We also have what we believe are pumpkin plants sprouting all over. We did not grow any pumpkins last year but another youth event that we like to call Pumpkin Olympics is the culprit for that one.
We plan to keep the pumpkins and some of the tomatoes. So come fall we will have some organic pumpkins for sale. I think that will be pretty fun.
Everything in the greenhouse is growing like crazy. We have actually taken all the tomato plants outside because they have been growing too fast. Soon they won't fit in the market van.
Its another beautiful day and I am off to enjoy it!

Radishes

So it is another beautiful day here in Vineland. The sun is shining, its warm but not blazing hot, and I have already gotten a lot done. This morning Ryan and I went out to the field and watered our 100's of seedling that would really love some rain (our irrigation is still not here so we are watering by hand with our trusty watering cans!). On Saturday Ryan planted all of our eggplant, and sweet pepper plants outside and they especially required water as they have no roots into the soil yet.

At eight o'clock Ryan had to head to his other job at the university so I was left to finish just a little bit of watering and decided i would pick radishes first thing to avoid the hotter afternoon sun. Well I thought we might only get a few bunches but once i started pulling them out of the ground there was a plethora of them ready to go. So i picked a large pail full and head home where I washed them and tied a few bunches (another farm takes a few for their market stall which is nice because we might get a little overrun otherwise). The radishes that are in full swing right now are really nice they are purple or pink on the top of the radish and white on the bottom. I would just put them in a vase and enjoy them myself.

Its already noon and I still need to pack up tomatoes for market tomorrow, sow some carrots, and weed. Then when Ryan get home we are going to hook up the eaves-troughs at the high farm so that they run into a cistern so we can have some free water.

In other news all of the ducklings are doing well and are growing at a rapid rate. The sheep are as well. Our second lamb Lamaroo is getting so fat that she has a double chin. It is really funny to look at. That's all for now because i'm going to eat some lunch!

Its another week gone bye

Indeed it has been a busy week here on the farm. We have a great fresh bunch of radishes that will be ready for market on Saturday. We have red and white icicle radishes both are very nice. With the nice sandy soil at the High farm they are very easy to pick which is a nice change from the radishes we planted last year at our house which has clay soil.
Today I spent the day planting our winter squash which if they are anything like our summer squash which i planted last week will grow like crazy.
Tomorrow will be a busy day with getting ready for market. Hopefully we will start to get some cooler weather. Our recent transplants at the High farm have been roasting a little with all the heat.
Soon we will start to get a whole bunch of home delivery orders which will make our weeks even busier but I have to say that's a good thing.

Get Ready for a Test Drive

Well I have been developing our website over the last few weeks and it is almost ready. I will be putting it up online within the next day at www.creekshorefarms.ca for a bit of a test drive. The blog will still be accessible where it is now at blog.creekshorefarms.ca or through the link on the website, but the main page will no longer redirect you here if that is how you access it.

It is not quite finished, but we are looking for some constructive comments on it. I have tried my best with all the text, but if anyone has any great suggestions for a wording change let us know and we will take into review. Once in a while I have written stuff when I am quite tired so it may need some revamping.

Also, please note that some pictures are random and are not the final product. The flash banner will also be changed on each page so that it only cycles on the home page, rather than always running on each individual page (found it got a bit annoying). Sounds will also be disabled, but I have not gotten that far yet.

Be sure to check it out and let us know.

On another note we have had a great long weekend and a bunch of work has gotten done. With the help of Amanda's dad we were able to plant cauliflower, tomatoes, brocolli, celery and peas today and I was able to get some mulching done. There is still plenty of work to get done and in all likelyhood it will never quite get finished, but we are having fun.

Look back for some pictures tomorrow (we hope).

It's planting day!

2010 Poster

I forgot that i was going to post the poster so here it is. Feedback is welcome of course.

Off to market again

Its almost saturday and for most people it will be a relaxing long weekend. But here on the farm things are going to flow on as usual with this being an opportune time to get lots done. Today my dad and I planted up a batch of sunflower which I am pretty excited about as they will add lots of nice colour to our stand. This morning I also picked mini radishes which we bunched and will have for sale tomorrow at the market. Tomorrows stand will also be increased by the addition of some Gerber Daisies from the greenhouse. Overall it has been a very busy day.
I also finished out advertising flier which hopefully will popping up in all different places across the city. At the moment I have my sights set on the Starbucks community board as well as the local bakery.
Still to be done we need to make sure everything is loaded in the van for tomorrow which can end up being a big job!
Hopefully tomorrow is a crazy day the Niagara on the Lake market because that means we will be able to move a lot of product!