FIELD JOURNAL

Our log of experiences and experiments growing our own food.

Since 2014 we have been growing food on borrowed land in the city. Some of it we sell and some of it we eat. These are the stories of our experiences along the way. Use the search bar on the right to look for posts in the blog that match your interests. For more specific information about our growing methods and record keeping, check out the educational opportunities on our Grow With Us page.

Extending the Season with Frost Protection

What a difference a week can make at this time of year in Saskatchewan! We were spoiled with a warm September for the most part so the...

Oct 2, 20192 min read

Saying Goodbye to Grass in Our Boulevard Garden

It's hard to believe that it's September already because I feel like I am still waiting for it to warm up. I guess I will have to break...

Sep 5, 20192 min read

Rain Finally Falls and Our Three Vegetable Plots Come to Life

I am not sure what is better news this month, the fact that I can walk again after my ACL surgery or that it finally rained. Regardless,...

Jul 5, 20193 min read

Our Garden Planning Goes Digital

The problem we all have with planning our vegetable gardens is that we need to represent both space and time in our charts and/or...

May 8, 20192 min read

Seed Starting Experiments

Seed starting is now well underway, and as we head into April my planting schedule really begins to speed up. This week, our main crop...

Apr 3, 20193 min read

Our seeds have arrived!

The primary job on the farm in January was seed selection, so over the last couple of weeks, the seed orders have been arriving, much to...

Feb 21, 20193 min read

10 Lessons from the Vegetable Garden: Part 1

One of the exciting parts about growing your own food is that no two growing seasons are ever the same. For starters, there is always...

Jan 25, 201910 min read

Why We Grow

I had the opportunity to do a fun little interview with Humans Who Grow Food last week. Amid the rush of life and to do lists, it is...

Dec 3, 20186 min read

Land Changes on the Horizon

Our multi locational urban farm model has a few perks, but one of them is not land security. After growing food on seven different...

Nov 8, 20182 min read

A Frosty Finish

It's getting to be that time of year when there is not much left uncovered, myself included. Morning work now calls for a toque and...

Oct 5, 20182 min read

Whatever Became of Those Melons?

Earlier this year, I presented melons as one of the new crops we would be experimenting with this season. Some of you who live nearby...

Sep 7, 20181 min read

A Look at Some of Our Borrowed Growing Space

As you may have read in earlier posts, we use a significant amount of borrowed land for our urban farm operation. Today, I'll be...

Aug 9, 20182 min read

The Talk of the Block

Members coming by the farm to pick up vegetables this week will notice some big changes here since last season. For the last four years,...

Jul 4, 20182 min read

The Covers Come Off and Visitors Roll By

There has been an unbelievable amount of physical change on the farm in the last month. It's hard to decide where to start really. Each...

Jun 12, 20182 min read

The Farm Springs Back to Life

Here we go! The ground is finally thawed, the warm summer sunshine has returned, and the farm is coming to life...fast. We have been...

May 8, 20183 min read

The Start of High Tunnel Construction

Well, I thought I might be able to tell you about how we built a greenhouse this month, but since spring has been exceptionally slow to...

Apr 10, 20182 min read

2018 Seed Selection Highlights

The excitement of a new season is starting to build again on the farm. The planning charts are out, the greenhouse design is coming...

Feb 14, 20182 min read

Some Jobs Call for Bigger Shovels

December is typically a month of rest and renewal on the farm. While that happened to some degree, there were some significant changes...

Jan 11, 20182 min read

Fall Harvest Wraps Up and Winter Market Begins

November is here and that means it's the first official week of our winter market! This is a new option that we are experimenting with...

Nov 8, 20171 min read

A New Plot for Storage Crops

Back in spring this year, we had several last minute changes to our land base. It was quite stressful at the time, but turned out for...

Oct 6, 20173 min read