by Sara Burgess | Aug 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Monarch Butterflies The Monarch Butterfly is probably the most well-known butterfly in North America, and we’ve had quite a few Monarchs visiting the farm over the last month. A recent question about how to attract Monarchs to your garden got us thinking that other...
by Sara Burgess | Aug 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Name: Don Stoltz Plotter since: 2013 Don grew up gardening with his father in their backyard in Southern Ontario, so when he read about Common Roots in the Chronicle Herald, he wanted to be involved, and has been a plotter for the last six years. Although a bit more...
by Sara Burgess | Aug 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Written by Ellen Petrie This week we had an unfortunate discovery. We found cucumber beetles on our Market garden squash plants. This is a type of beetle who likes to eat every part of squash, pumpkin, zucchini, and cucumber plants. The bugs had been eating the...
by Sara Burgess | Aug 6, 2019 | Community
Written by Ellen Petrie This week the Farm was busy despite the heat wave we have been enduring. We have been able to make as many Market beds as stakes would allow. On Tuesday afternoon we had many hands help us fill those forty-foot-long Market beds. YMCA’s Youth...
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