We made it through the snowstorm

We made it through the snowstorm
Feeling thankful for a great harvest of frost-sweetened carrots this year.  We cannot get enough for these right now! 
Farm Update
 
Thank you all for all your flexibility last week as we navigated the snowstorm!  It was fairly treacherous in St. Thomas, but a good portion of our crew comes in from London every day and reports are that it was far worse there.   Of course, we want to keep everyone safe and off the roads as much as possible, so we had a farm snow day on Thursday.

After having to cancel work on Thursday, we somehow fit our regular full day of order packing and full day of market packing all onto Friday.  We had some local help with getting as many boxes delivered on Friday as possible and Erik stepped in on his day off to deliver on Saturday.  Big appreciation goes to our crew for taking the situation in stride and putting in the extra work, especially near the end of a long season!

We still have some greens and herbs this week, thanks to our greenhouse and hoophouses.  Our experiments with bringing in perennial herb plants for the winter seems to be successful so far, with minimal losses, but we will still have to wait a few weeks for a harvest.  In the meantime we are looking at packing up some of the herbs we dried this season.
End of Main Season 2024
 
The last week for subscription boxes and orders is next week (the week of December 16)!  The bi-weekly Winter CSA and weekly ordering resumes the week of January 6th.  Our holiday market schedule is at the bottom of this email. 
 
We are thankful for the opportunity to grow fresh food for our local community and are so appreciative for your support.  We are already looking forward to an awesome 2025 season!
 
Setting up trays that we are seeding with arugula this week
 
FARM STORE NOTES
 
Things to note from us:  From the field and storage we have leek, beets, carrots, parsnips, root parsley, cabbages, napa, kale, turnips, kohlrabi, celeriac, radishes, head lettuces, greens, and lots of herbs.
 
From greenhouses and hoophouses: swiss chard, herbs
FROM OUR SUPPLIERS:
 
Great Lakes Farms (Port Stanley): Mutsu, Empire, Jonagold, Courtland, Gala, Macintosh, Honeycrisp, Northern Spy and Fuji apples
 
HOPE Eco-Farms (Aylmer): Tetsukabuto, acorn, butternut, 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.
 
Through Pfenning's: Cranberries, jazz apples.  Travelling from further away; celery, citrus, ginger, turmeric.
 
Bakery: Seth/La Houlette de vie (St. Thomas) is bi-weekly now and is OFF this week.  Artisan Bakery (London) is available until they closeout on Tuesday morning.  
 
Dairy: Eggnog, Milk, yogurt, and curds are from Mistyglen Creamery (Belmont).  Please note: bottles and jars need to be rinsed well before being returned.
 
Pantry: Cold-pressed hemp and sunflower oil from Mat's Fine Oils (Staffordville).
 
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.
 
link:
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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