Summer is almost here

We're looking forward to some summer weather to give our crops a boost. We've had hints of it this week. Our strawberry crop is coming along - the berries are at the small green stage right now.
We hope to open our Greenbank farm for pick your own berries sometime around June 26th but please call for an exact date and time. 905-887-1087

Ewenice lost one of her male lambs last Wednesday. For some reason she would not allow him to feed and our attempts to keep him nourished failed. She now has twins to raise.

Mud and Toots are now at our Markham farm and loving all the attention. The two calves especially love their bottles of milk. Both are now onto eating hay and greens as well.

School is almost done for the year. Our school tours are winding down but our Summer Fun tours for camps and daycares are booking up. Check out our Summer Fun page if your group would like to visit our farm. Any groups who have the children that are not accompanied by their parents must book a structured tour to visit the farm.

We are currently hiring for market help. We need energetic, hard working individuals that work well with people and have good english communication skills who will be able to commit to part time employment until Oct 31st. Check out our employment page for an application form and come on in for a chat.

When you are in the market check out our butter tarts. They are awesome.

Ewenice has triplets

She gave us four lambs last year, this year it's three - two boys and a girl. Sunday at noon,
Ewenice gave birth to triplets and they are doing fine. We are monitoring them to make sure all are getting enough milk from mom, we may have to bottle feed one. They'll be really cute in a few days, right now they are all legs, their wool feels like popcorn kernels and they spend most of the time sleeping. Ben and Owen were visiting the farm with their families and witnessed the births, thus the two males are named after them and the female will be named Holly. Pictures will be posted soon.

COOL WEATHER IS AFFECTING CROPS

The cool weather is delaying the berry crop. We're starting to get a lot of requests for strawberries. We hope to have some fresh picked strawberries from southwestern Ontario in our market this week. Our own will not be for another two to three weeks. It is best to check in around the 15th of June. Pick your own berries will be at our Greenbank farm only this year.
The pea crop is loving this weather. Sweet peas and sugar snap (honey) peas will be ready near the end of June at our Markham Farm - fresh picked or pick your own. Call 905-887-1087 closer to the end of June for a more exact date.

WE'RE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Our busy time is coming and we will have some market positions available. Successful applicants (aged 16 years or older) need to be able to commit to working part time for the duration of our busy season which ends after October 31st. Retail experience is not essential but fluency in english, enthusiasm in working with the public and being a good team player is.
We currently have great staff and if you feel you'd like to work hard, learn new things and never be bored fill out an application form found on our website and come on in for an interview.

Handy? Would love to work on a farm?

We are currently seeking someone who enjoys working with animals and interacting with people to do our weekday morning chores. Feeding the animals, cleaning pens, maintaining a safe environment. Interacting and communicating with our customers is an important part of the job. English is essential.

There can be things to fix and tractor work to be done at various times. Hours are part time mornings and can be variable.

Download an application form from our employment page and contact us.

Sheep Shearing Time

Spring is here. The weather is warmer and the sheep are sheared. Off with the old wool, making room for the new. Their wool coats are already starting to grow back.
The sheep will be back in Markham to welcome visitors.
OUR FARM IS OPENING FOR THE SEASON SATURDAY MAY 2ND.

Here are our new baby lambs

Here is a video of three of our newest additions. The kids just love them!

Spring is Here

The weather is warming up, the snow has melted and our water hoses are thawing. We're looking forward to a new season.
Our sheep and goats have had a productive winter. We now have 7 lambs and 7 kids born in the last month. They are lively, playing together and springing straight up like Tigger's bouncing. They are a joy to watch. The mothers have been good except for two slackers. We are bottle feeding a set of twin lambs and our youngest kid, born March 26th. All three are very excited and happy to hear us coming to the barn and are doing well.
Our market will be opening for the season Saturday May 2nd. We're busy booking school tours which begin late April, making turkey dinners to sell in the market and cleaning up to be ready for the season. Our artist Gillian is painting some more signs for us.
We are currently updating our website to make it more interactive. Check out the changes. Look for the coupons.
We have decided to ignore the doom and gloom of the economy and be optimistic about the future. Still, we have decided this year to keep our admission price the same for the 3rd year in a row keeping our farm a very affordable place for the family to come and enjoy a relaxing time together.
Looking forward to seeing you in May.

Sweet Corn Time

We've been enjoying fresh picked sweet corn for the past two weeks and it just keeps getting better. The peaches and cream corn are gourmet sweet varieties which have the sweetness of supersweet corn but with a nice corn taste and texture.

Summer is progressing, the variety of fruit from the Niagara area is becoming plentiful and the peaches are now freestone. Cultivated blueberries have been in big demand. They're best eaten fresh.

It would be nice if the rain stopped. There has been enough for our crops. The cooler weather is slowing down the corn crop along with our pumpkin crop. Hay has been hard to get in dry this year, we need more than 2 days of no rain to be able to cut and bale it.

Anybody want bunnies? Ours have been very productive this season and have we got babies. For a small charge of $15.00 you can take one of these cute, cuddly little bunnies home.

We're already planning for fall. We are currently hiring staff to help us this fall season. Our school tour instructor position is ideal for homemakers with children in school as the hours fit into the school hours between 9 and 2:30. We also need tractor drivers the end of September and October for our school tour program.
We've got lot's to do for a handyman who loves animals. With the students returning to school we are looking for someone to do the farm chores and help with fieldwork.
Weekends in the fall are busy and we are looking for staff who enjoy working hard with others to make our customers visits great.
Application forms can be found on our website. Download, fill them out and come in for a visit. We'd love to meet you.

Enjoy the rest of the summer.