Soil Test Results Are In
Soil Test and Soil Mapping We recently had another soil map and an accompanying soil test done on our farm. A soil map is where the farm is drawn out in areas or zones. These areas could be determined by … Read More
Black Currant Chutney
Black Currant Chutney – New Product Experimentation and Development Life is an experiment. Every day, I work towards the ABC model. What’s the ABC model you ask? Always Be Curious. Ask questions daily; in work, in play, and in creating … Read More
Making Black Currant Jam
Our Black Currant Jam is proving very popular and selling fast. It is time we started making black currant jam again. We strive to highlight the flavour characteristics of black currants so our jams will always have fruit as the … Read More
Cover Crops Conserve Water
When we planted our cover crops, we were often asked why would we plant something that we had no intention to sell. This experiment beautifully shows one of the reasons. Cover crops conserve water! We are also trying to add … Read More
Transplanting Our Black Currants
Our first Black Currants were planted 3 years ago at a temporary location while we looked for our farm. 2017 was the year we settled in and this fall we we were ready for transplanting our black currants. The first … Read More
Cleaning Our Irrigation Pond
For the most part, our irrigation pond served us well this summer with only once instance where we thought we would run out of water. It was clear however that access to the pond was not good due to trees … Read More
Haskap Video
Our Haskap video shows the team effort needed to take our approximately 6500 Haskap seedlings from plants to one gallon pots as well as the laying of a combination of leaf mulch and mushroom compost in the field that will … Read More
Clean up of Black Currant Rows
As the picture above shows we are due for a clean up of Black Currant rows. These are our newest plants we planted a few months ago. The oats between the rows have done a wonderful job of weed suppression, … Read More
Black Currants Ready for Picking
Our Black Currant crop is ready for picking. These are from the 250 Black Currant plants we planted 3 years ago. The plants are more than half way to maturity so and it looks like the total harvest is right … Read More
Installing Drip Line Irrigation
Our Black Currants are in place and now it it is time to install our drip line irrigation. The drip line will replace our antiquated sprinkler system and save us several hours of labour and more importantly, a lot of … Read More