From Seed to Plate

We are a small-scale ecological market garden, growing a rainbow of 40 different types of vegetables, including many types of tomatoes, varieties of salad greens, peas, beans, root vegetables, squashes, heirloom hardneck garlic, medicinal herbs and more!  We cultivate our market garden using hand tools, organic methods, lots of compost, and no-till permanent garden beds to minimize soil disturbance.  We grow all our vegetables and herbs from seed, using only organic and non-GMO seeds.  We use ecological methods in our gardens to build soil health, protect our waterways, and encourage diverse ecosystems. 

We also grow cut flowers, and spring veggie seedlings for sale at the end of May.  We have a slowly expanding perennial orchard of asparagus, berries, apples/pears/cherries & hazelnut trees.  We also love to forage: wild berries for jam and preserves, acorns for flour, hawthorns and nettles for tea, yarrow for healing salves, all foraged mindfully in our small woodlot.

Join our Veggie Box Program (CSA model of weekly fresh veggie boxes), or find our products at our farmstand, at local farmer's markets, and through our online farm store.

We want to help you eat local all year

• Spring: We offer "Spring Greens Shares" in May for 4 weeks of fresh greens perfect for salads & smoothies
• Summer-Fall: Our weekly Veggie CSA runs from aprox. mid-June to October, offering a wide selection of fresh vegetables and herbs during their peak growing season.   We have free-range eggs available as add-ons for CSA members.
• Late Fall: We offer pumpkins, winter squash, and heirloom garlic that are chosen for their long-storage abilities for your winter eating.  We sell farm-grown herbal teas, preserves and local berry jams to support you through the fall and winter months. 
• Winter: During the colder months we grow several varieties of sprouts, microgreens, and winter-hardy greens (kale, spinach, etc).  We offer classes on fermentation, food preserving, sprouting, and herbal medicine-making, to help you continue to eat locally and stay healthy over the winter months. 

We also have a small artisan microbakery project making organic baked goods (handmade sourdough breads and seasonal pies using local organic ingredients from other Manitoba farms), preserves/pickles/jams (made with our own produce), and hand-harvested herbal teas.  CSA veggie box members also have access to special extras like our free-range eggs, pesto, dried foods, custom baking, and ferments (krauts, kimchi) by special order.  We have plans to add mushroom logs (shiitakes and oysters), as well as bee hives for honey.  We look forward to providing a greater diversity of local food for our family & the community.
 
We are expanding our gardens and adding new varieties, so please sign up for our email newsletter if you want to stay in the loop!

We are members of Seeds of Diversity Canada, and volunteer in their Community Grow-Out Program to help preserve unique, heirloom and rare varieties of seeds.  You may find these incredible varieties in our CSA boxes or at our weekend farm stand.

Vegetables we are growing

• Garlic (6 varieties for 2025)
  
• Asparagus
  
• Lettuce (leaf & head), romaine & salad/mesclun mixes
• Spinach
• Kale, chard & collard greens
• Cauliflower, broccoli & cabbages
• Tomatoes (20+ varieties) cherry, salad, slicing, beefsteak, romas
• Cucumbers (pickling, slicing)
• Small melons
• Ground cherries
• Peas (snap peas, snow peas)
• Beans (both fresh beans & dry beans)
• Eggplants
• Sweet peppers & hot peppers
• Zucchini & summer squash (yellow, green, heirloom striped)
• Winter squash (12 varieties)
• Pumpkins (pie pumpkins, storage, white, striped)
• Spring turnips, radishes, daikon
• Beets & carrots
• Potatoes
• Shallots & onions & green onions
• Rhubarb
• Basil & other culinary herbs (sage, oregano, thyme, parsley, cilantro etc)
• Edible flowers (calendula, nasturtium, cornflowers, etc)
• Cut flowers & sunflowers
• Sprouts & microgreens (fall & winter)
• Other fun experimental items like: popcorn, quinoa, edamame, tomatillos, sweet potatoes, turmeric, ginger root
• Berries (saskatoons, raspberries, elderberries, seabuckthorn, haskap, aronia, black currant)