It’s that time of year! We have spring vegetable crops seeded in pots inside almost ready to go into the ground. We have seeds and onion sets ready to plant too! We will be working in the Community Kitchen at SiCM next week Tuesday and Thursday from 1-4PM, unless it’s a warm and amazing day and we want to be outside! We will let you know by email and our calendar if there is a change. We are located at 837 Albany St. You will see a sign for our farms on the side door of the building. Enter and turn right.
We have an Open House at Fehr Ave Farm Saturday, April 9 from 1-3PM. Come and meet our farmers, get a tour, hear about new projects. If you have been farming with us already, say hi to new and old friends! Same thing on Sunday, April 10 at Vale Farm from 1-3PM. Our Open House at Hulett Street Farm is Saturday, April 16 from 1-3PM.
And we have a calendar with our Open Hours at our farms for April and May on our website here. You will notice we are starting regular hours in our Apothecary Gardens too! We will be offering trainings soon for folks interested in livestock care (chickens and rabbits,) bee keeping, composting and our Vale Farm Orchard!
Because we have a lot going on this year, growing with you and with youth groups in the community, as well as special projects, it is really important to check in with our farmers, Leah and Suzanne, who oversee our three farms! They stay on top of what is being done and when, what we are harvesting and not harvesting. There are notebooks at each farm site and we ask people to please sign in and record their time when they come to work.
We have an Open House at Fehr Ave Farm on Saturday, April 9 from 1-3PM. Come and meet our farmers, get a tour, hear about new projects. If you have been farming with us already, say hi to new and old friends! In addition to meeting the farmers, get tours of the farms, hear about exciting upcoming projects.
We have an Open House at Vale Urban Farm on Sunday, April 10 from 1-3PM. Come and meet our farmers, get a tour, hear about new projects. If you have been farming with us already, say hi to new and old friends! In addition to meeting the farmers, get tours of the farms, hear about exciting upcoming projects.
We have an Open House at Hulett Street Farm on Saturday, April 16 from 1-3PM. Come and meet our farmers, get a tour, hear about new projects. If you have been farming with us already, say hi to new and old friends! In addition to meeting the farmers, get tours of the farms, hear about exciting upcoming projects – including a new mural!
Because our farms require 24/7 over site once our animals arrive, we make sure we have a farmer available every day of the week.
Once our Open Hours begin, Farmer Leah works Tuesday -Saturday and is OFF on Sundays and Mondays. Farmer Suzanne works Sunday – Thursday and is OFF Fridays and Saturdays.
Looking forward to the season ahead – Melissa MacKinnon, Farms Manager