The last week of our 2024 subscriptions!

The last week of our 2024 subscriptions!
Blayne and Zach harvesting lettuce in our greenhouse
Farm Update
 
It’s our last week of regular production this year!  Thank you, thank you, thank you from everyone on our team for your support and appreciation this season.  We love growing food for our community and we can’t do that without your belief in what we do.  As farmers, it is really special to connect directly with the people who use our veggies so thank you for all the garden updates, questions, feedback, recipes and stories.  We love connecting with you through our shared belief in good food. 
 
This week we are finishing up a few things to make sure we are ready for the rest of the winter.  We prepare, but the list is so long it seems to take ages to be ‘ready’ for winter and sometimes it takes a good freeze like we had last week to make you realize what you forgot to do!  So, we are taking advantage of this brief thaw to dig some more parsnips and clean up tarps we missed before they freeze to the ground again.
Special thanks goes to Jorge, who headed home this week.  It was another fantastic season with him on the team, and one where we needed to lean on his experience a lot.  Thank you for all your work and for being ready for anything.  We will be missing his DJing abilities this winter!
 
Our winter subscriptions and weekly orders resume on January 6th, but we still have a few markets in the interim:
 
Holiday Market Schedule
Kitchener Market: December 21st and January 11th.  Starting January 11th we will be going bi-weekly until May. 
Western Fair: December 21st, 22nd, 28th and 29th.  January 4th and 5th.
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Jorge transplanting rosemary and parsley from the field into the greenhouse after the lettuce harvest.
 
FARM STORE NOTES
 
Things to note from us: We've added 1lb bags of our garlic to the store.  These are best stored in a dark, cool, dry place like a cupboard (refrigerators tend to be too high in moisture).
 
Root roast packs are back!  This is a mix of root veggies that we have available right now.  Great for roasting, soups and stews.
 
From the field and storage we have leek, beets, carrots, parsnips, root parsley, cabbages, napa, kale, turnips, kohlrabi, celeriac, radish, greens, and herbs.  From greenhouses and hoophouses: swiss chard, herbs, greens.
FROM OUR SUPPLIERS:
 
Great Lakes Farms (Port Stanley): Mutsu, Empire, Jonagold, Courtland, Gala, Macintosh, Honeycrisp, Ambrosia, Summerland Sunset and Fuji apples.
 
HOPE Eco-Farms (Aylmer): Tetsukabuto, acorn, butterkin, futsu squashes. Sweet potatoes and eggs. 
 
Our Feild's Farm (Aylmer): Garlic
 
Daryl Myny (Aylmer): Spanish onions.
 
Pfenning's: Red, yellow and russet potatoes.  Red onions and leek.
 
Through Pfenning's: Cranberries, jazz apples, mushrooms.  Travelling from further away; celery, oranges, clementines, ginger, turmeric.
 
Bakery: Seth/La Houlette de vie (St. Thomas) is bi-weekly now and is ON this week.  Artisan Bakery (London) is available until they closeout on Tuesday morning.  
 
Dairy: Seasonal flavours; Eggnog, Mint chocolate are in the store in addition to other milk, yogurt, and curds all from Mistyglen Creamery (Belmont).  Please note: bottles and jars need to be rinsed well before being returned.
 
Pantry: Whiskey barrel-aged maple syrup from Aldred Maple (West Lorne).  Cold-pressed hemp and sunflower oil from Mat's Fine Oils (Staffordville).  Fire Cider from Booch (London).
 
GIFT CARDS
Follow the link below to purchase a gift card for our online store!  If you would like a printable certificate for it, email us and we'll send one to you.

PURCHASE A GIFT CARD

Weekly pickup / delivery schedule:

Farm pickup will be Thursdays from 4 to 8 pm. 

Deliveries will be Thursday or  Friday in London / St.Thomas.  We will send out the schedule Wednesday night.

 

Holiday Market Schedule:
 
Kitchener Market: December 21st and January 11th.  Starting January 11th we will be going bi-weekly until May.
 
Western Fair: December 21st, 22nd, 28th and 29th.  January 4th and 5th.
 
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Note that if you you will no longer get reminders about your subscription!

Common Ground Farm 6986 Middle River Road St. Thomas, Ontario N5P 3S9
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