Whitsend Market Garden

Update December 4:

Thanks to those of you who are viewing this site for the first time.  I trust that our flyers have piqued your interest.  If you are interested in our 2014 season, feel free to peruse the site.  Detailed info regarding our subscription shares may be found on the "How to Buy a Share" and "About Our Shares" pages.

If you have additional questions, or would like to arrange for a season's worth of fresh, certified organic produce, you may contact me at the phone number or email address below.

All the best,

Bob


Hey All:

Your final delivery has arrived...enjoy!

Thanks for sending in the surveys - the info I have received so far is interesting, and providing some good reference points for next year.  I'll be retaining the surveys for future planning, and can include some of your requests (for those of you who are returning) in your deliveries next season.

Speaking of next season, I can start taking new payments any time...just send me a note and I will contact you to arrange a cheque/cash exchange for your receipt.  If I don't hear from you sooner, I will start contacting folks sometime between Christmas and New Years (the same time my seed potato supplier starts taking orders).  This coincides with the first discount deadline.  Some of you may see me in your neighbourhood before then, as I will be dropping off flyers in your neighbours mailboxes....

About the winter squash...we taste tested the Acorn, Delicata, and the Pumpkin/Delicata cross last night, roasting them plain and served with butter.

The Delicata was by far the most flavourful.  The Acorn tasted like typical winter squash.  The Pumpkin/Delicata was so plain it was almost inedible.  Whatever genetic traits expressed themselves did not involve the carbohydrate content of the Delicata (apparently the Delicata's flavour is a recessive trait).

For the time being, I continue with wood working in the barn.  The frame for the first of two prep station structures is complete, and work on the new nursery has started.   It's going slowly, mostly due to the cramped space in the barn and the lack of an additional arm with about a five foot reach...the design is simpler than the assembly.

I look forward to hearing from you all again!

Bob