Earth Apple Organic Farm

Earth Apple Organic Farm Certified organic vegetable farm that specializes in seed and culinary garlic and herbs. No apples! Based at Glen Valley Organic Farm Co-op.

Nutritious, hearty root veggies to energize your mind and body and feed your soul.

08/22/2026

Loads of fun, nutritious, delicious veg heading to with today!
Darren asked me to grow some Japanese Leeks and so I did and they're quite beautiful. Added it to my ramen base last night and it was đź‘Ś
And because a customer put a bug into my ear to grow some Hakurei turnips- this also happened.
Loads of veg including carrots, peak season heirloom tomatoes, gorgeous eggplants, spinach in August?!!!, and the last 2026 pick of our Elliot blueberries.
Don't miss out!! Today 10am to 2pm.

07/19/2026

Garlic harvest is almost in the books. 🧄

Tomorrow we'll harvest the last of the Marbled Purple Stripes, bringing another season to a close.

The past few weeks have meant long days and seven-day work weeks, but seeing the barn fill with garlic makes every early morning and late evening worth it.

Every season has its surprises, and this year's standout performers were our Creoles. Cuban Purple and Rose de Lautrec both produced beautiful bulbs with excellent yields, and we're thrilled with how they turned out.

This was also our second year growing garlic at our leased satellite field. We've seen a big improvement in the soil since year one, but we're looking forward to bringing future garlic crops back home to Glen Valley, where we've spent years building healthy, living soil.

One interesting thing we noticed this season was that some of our Porcelains and Marbled Purple Stripes developed just 2–3 exceptionally large cloves instead of their usual higher clove count. The bulbs are healthy and the cloves are beautiful—we suspect early-season weather influenced how they divided. From a grower's perspective, they're more expensive to produce because they take the same space, seed, and care as a typical bulb, but we'll likely price these a little lower when they're available.

Now the garlic is safely hanging to cure in two locations: beneath shade cloth in the greenhouse and up in the loft of our barn, where there's plenty of airflow. Once it's fully dried, we'll begin the massive job of sorting and counting every variety. Only then will we know exactly what's available and can update the online store.

There's a lot of garlic hanging in these photos, but what you don't see are the months of work that brought it here. Thank you for following along through another garlic season—from snapping scapes to bringing in the harvest. Growing more than 30 varieties means every season teaches us something new, and we're grateful to be able to share the journey with all of you.

The next garlic update will be one of our favourite milestones... announcing that the online store is stocked and ready for the season. Stay tuned!

🌱 New Mountain Garlic Online Store
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Looky, looky... here they come! 🍅Sun-ripened tomatoes—summer's begun!
07/12/2026

Looky, looky... here they come! 🍅
Sun-ripened tomatoes—summer's begun!


06/27/2026

Every market trip starts with the same challenge: fitting a week's worth of organic fruit and vegetables from two farms into one van.

This morning Aaron was at the Glen Valley Organic Farm Co-op at sunrise, loading cherries, and apricots from and vegetables from . Four pallets later, a lot of strategic crate shuffling, and more than a little farm-Tetris magic, everything somehow fit.

Farmers always find a way.

Find us today:
Snowy at Trout Lake 9-2
Snowy/ Earth Apple at Riley 10-2

New this week:
🍑 Apricots
🥦 Broccoli
🥒 Zucchini

Plus cherries, salad greens, herbs, garlic, and plenty more fresh-picked organic produce.

See you at the market!

06/25/2026

It’s 8 PM, my eyes are heavy, and that smile on my face is pure, 15-hour-workday delirium. (And no, I don't have a black eye—that’s just a solid coating of organic farm dirt!).

We’ve been awake since 4:45 AM. I spent the day harvesting and washing veg, and now Mike and I are out on the tractor getting a preventative copper application on the potatoes. There’s a consistent stretch of rain rolling in for the week, and as I say in the video... no one likes a Blighty potato. Because organic farming relies on protecting the crop before disease hits, we use approved tools from our strictly regulated Permitted Substances List (PSL) to keep things safe.

This evening is a reminder of why we're in this beautiful, chaotic dance of transition. Many of you know "Farmer Mike," but he’s recently taken on a massive new title: Millwright Mike. He’s officially gone back to school full-time for the Industrial Mechanic program at BCIT. Farming is a grueling life, and as we get older, we’re learning the reality of needing balance and a solid backup plan.

What does that mean for the farm? It means I am officially running this Earth Apple Farm ship solo now. 👩‍🌾🚢

I’m steering the wheel through the constant worrying, the endless problem-solving, and the intense daily physical workouts on my own. It is a massive mental and physical load, but for some bloody reason, I still love it.

Mike is still my rock, swooping in after a full day of classes to help with the heavy-machinery projects—like hilling these potatoes or gearing up for the garlic harvest. We are figuring it out as we go, navigating the realities of growing older while keeping our passion alive.

So here’s to late nights, dirty faces, a solo captain at the helm, and a future Millwright by my side for the heavy gears. 🥔✨

06/24/2026

Cutting into this week's frisée harvest.
Frisée's crisp, curly leaves have a fresh bite that pairs beautifully with rich foods like bacon, eggs, goat cheese, blue cheese, and creamy dressings. If you've never tried it before, this is the salad green that can make a simple salad feel restaurant-worthy.

Frisée + lettuce heads will be on special this Saturday at Riley Park Farmers Market!

06/19/2026

This week's lineup at Riley Park Farmers Market:

🥬 Lettuce
🥬 Kale
🌿 Herbs
🧄 The first fresh garlic of the season!!

And making their annual red-carpet appearance...

🍒 CHERRIES 🍒

Earth Apple Organic Farm and Snowy Mountain Organics are back together as the Farm Circle Organics Collective, bringing the best of the season from our farms to your table.

We'll have beautiful vegetables, salad fixings, fresh herbs, and yes—the cherries have finally arrived.

đź“Ť Riley Park Farmers Market
đź—“ Saturday
⏰ 10am–2pm

Come early for the best selection and the coolest part of the day.

We can't wait to catch up with familiar faces and meet a few new ones.




Earth Apple Organic Farm
Vancouver Farmers Markets

06/08/2026

GARLIC SCAPE SEASON 🌱🧄

Another scape harvest is almost in the books!

A couple of weeks ago we finished the Turbans and Purple Glazers. Today our crew tackled the Porcelains, Marbled Purple Stripes, and Creoles. Next up: the Standard Purple Stripes.

We grow more than 30 varieties of garlic, and for most of our hardneck and semi-hardneck types, removing the scape is an important step toward growing large, healthy bulbs. The scape is the flower stalk, and if left on too long, the plant keeps pouring energy into making a flower instead of swelling the bulb underground.

One tip we always share: snap, don't pull.

Yes, pulling gives you a longer scape (and more delicious garlicky goodness), but it can also leave an open channel down into the plant where water, debris, and disease can collect. Snapping helps protect the bulb while still redirecting that energy where we want it.

And speaking of delicious...

We've been putting scapes in everything lately: scrambled eggs, stir-fries, burritos, loaded yam fries, pizza, and even Salade Niçoise (swap the beans for cooked scapes and thank us later).

Want to save some for winter? Pickled scapes are a classic, but garlic scape salt and scape powder are absolute treasures when January rolls around.

Today's harvest filled TWO full pallets headed for the cooler. Some are destined for the CSA, some for local chefs, some for the farmers markets in a couple of weeks, and if you'd like some straight from the farm, we've got screaming deals available right now!

06/08/2026

Welcome to another episode of "Things People Don't Picture When They Dream About Farming."

Today's feature: washing crates.

Not planting. Not harvesting. Not frolicking through fields while birds sing.

Just me, pressure washing dirt, dust, and last season's memories off a mountain of harvest crates.

Now, we do have a rinse conveyor that handles most of the cleaning. But some crates arrive with a little extra "character" and need the deluxe treatment. That's where I come in with the pressure washer.

Could they go through the conveyor and be good enough? Probably.

Do I like things really clean? Absolutely.

Some people find pressure washing oddly satisfying. I am apparently some people.

It's one of those jobs that somehow takes longer than you'd think, but every harvest starts with clean bins.

Today was the big garlic scape harvest, and these crates were ready for action. 🧄

06/04/2026

🌱 CSA Harvest: Day 2

The alarm went off early again, and before most people had poured their first coffee, I was out in the romaine patch.

There's something satisfying about harvesting lettuce first thing in the morning. The leaves are cool, crisp, and standing at attention.

Once the lettuce was tucked safely into the cooler, it was time to harvest and bunch 136 bunches of Mojito mint. Every handful released another burst of that limey-mint fragrance, and before long I found myself thinking about mint tea, mint jelly, smoothies, salads, chocolate mint ice cream, and cold bubbly drinks on hot summer days.

A little more harvesting in the afternoon for the online store: lacinato kale, anise hyssop, peppermint, chives, sage, and oregano.

Harvesting is only half the labour. I spent a good chunk of the afternoon at the wash station cleaning what farmers affectionately refer to as "lettuce bums" and prepping other items for the packing the following day.

And while these garlic scapes were technically harvested yesterday, they finally got their photo taken today with the right lighting. 🧄📸

Two days of harvesting in the books for the CSA.

Now to create a fresh sheet for next week!

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Abbotsford, BC
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