Welcome to the 2017 season at Whitsend Market Garden. We hope you will all have a happy, safe, and productive new year. This is our 7th year of operation.Check out our site and tour the virtual farm. There is a lot of new info on the website:
- "How to Buy a Share" provides the prices, payment schedules, and early bird discounts;
- "Introducing Our 2017 Crops" details our menu for the season;
- "Veg Notes" offers many tips on putting food by, recently updated with plenty interesting details about your food.
The production plan is in place and the seed purchasing has commenced.
Over the next few weeks, I shall start looking for new customers. Our field and farm continue to grow.
Update January 13:
Season shares have started to sell, seed purchasing continues.
New pak choi available in response to customer request. It is a smaller plant, and advertised as having a little more heat tolerance.
A lot of trees down from last weeks ice storm, we'll be clearing these out over the next few days and then work on the farm gate store and ice fridge shall commence.
As some of my flyers are just going out now, I will be extending the early bird discounts on the first two installments by one week.
Talk to you soon,
Bob
Why I use Flyers to find
customers:
To keep our
doorstep delivery cost efficient, I restrict my customer base to particular neighborhoods. This renders print and electronic advertising
somewhat ineffective.
My only
online advert can be found on the website for the Canadian Organic Growers
(Ottawa Chapter).
I use very
simple flyers (printed at home on standard print paper) to keep costs
down. I realize most flyers will wind up
being recycled, so I do not create extra expense with glossy, professionally
cut flyers.
I do not
leave flyers if I see a “no flyers please” sign on your mailbox. If I did not notice your request to this
effect, please accept my apologies.
By far,
most of our customers have come to us by word of mouth.