For the Love of the Soil. The Adventures and Misadventures of a 500 ac Certified Organic Farm. Sunday, December 10, 2017. Back on the big yellow bus. I was struggling with why I was avoiding writing this post and then I remembered the struggle I had writing the post about the decision to homeschool. It makes sense that writing about my decision not the homeschool would be equally difficult. I hope this finds you finding joy in the season, as the third candle says. Knowing January was on the other sid.

We are two young farmers of Alberta. We are passionate about growing nutritious food in a sustainable fashion. We provide our customers with healthy and fresh farm eggs, poultry meat, herbs and grains. Wednesday, December 12, 2012. Gratitude- Year 2012 in a nutshell. The grain is a lot lower stress than the poultry for a variety of reasons. It was also immensely successful this year! Daniel swathing Red Fife. John Mills and Daniel unplugging the combine! Ducks enjoying the grass.

Monday, July 30, 2012. No Lily Festival This Year. Why No Lily Festival? We have always tried to grow our flowers and vegetables in our U-pick without chemicals. It was 5 years that we sprayed our last herbicide in the U-pick Gardens. As a result the perennial weeds were beginning to take over the gardens in the past few years and especially thrived in last years cool wet spring. We appreciate your patience and understanding, and believe that we still have a fantastic experience awaiting your family at t.

Alive but not thriving, our first hive inspection. Our top-bar hive with the lid removed. You can see the mould in the bottom and the corners of the hive. Some mould on an empty comb that we pulled out of the hive. Another comb with some mould on it. Bee with Deformed Wing Virus near the bottom of the photo. Comb with honey from last year.

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Our Online Catalogue is now open,. Find a list of Potato varieties below! We would be happy to send you a catalogue in the mail. This year plan to use only organic fertilizer in our seed fields. We will also be preparing future fields with a plow down cover crop to aid in weed control and soil fertility.

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Sign up to our farm newsletter. The Bowden SunMaze is located between Calgary and Red Deer in Central Alberta at Eagle Creek Farms. Our Sunflower Maze, Corn Maze and Upick is now closed for the season.

Une Gourmande à la Recherche du Temps Perdu. Malheureusement, je ne vois pas de changement dans le future proche. La vie en est ainsi. À se mettre sous la dent.