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Hello Everyone:
2024 is here and we are hoping it is better than the last few years, generally speaking - do you recall the good old days of 2017?
Between bouts of reading and snow throwing (and inventing a new card game), I have been doing seed research and trying to source new LED grow lights that suit my nurseries needs.
We are looking to expand to 30 customers this season, so I will be doing some flyer delivery in the Bridlewood area in February.
The price has gone up, but so have the number of deliveries, and the variety of the crops is slightly increased as well.
More leaves this year! More lettuce and salad green deliveries this season.
If you want to see how the farm fared in 2023, the 2023 Year End Review is available on a separate page - see the page tabs, above.
The biggest challenge here with regards to growing food seems here to have been solved, if the results on some crops (parsnips, winter squash and sweet peppers in particular) are anything to go by.
Julia suggested that our autumn mite treatment may have been a little late, but we won't have a better idea until we do a full inspection next spring. At least the nasty hive is one that succumbed, no regicidal activity required.
Due to the extraordinary amount of honey we produced last year, we still have some to sell - see the Honey page for details.
More news to come...