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We are a small, certified organic market garden located on the beautiful Northumberland Shore. Look for us at the Sackville Farmer’s Market.

We are a small market garden located on the beautiful Northumberland Shore. We are dedicated to using sustainable practices and are certified organic with Atlantic Certified Organic. We also run a community shared agriculture box delivery program in the Amherst area. We also grow a hops for sale to local microbreweries. Visit our website for more details — http://www.wysmykalfarm.ca . You can also find us in twitter

09/26/2026

Good morning! It is looking like another nice weekend :) This week on the farm, we took more summer crops out of the greenhouses, and transplanted more fall greens. A late planting of cucumbers and zucchinis are finally producing. We are getting ready to seed our final cover crops of the year. We finished harvesting the squash. Here is a photo of Megan and Charles with a full load from the field :)

09/20/2026

Good morning! It looks like another lovely weekend. The nights are getting cooler - this week it will be fall. We almost had a frost last night - the temperature went down to 2.7 C on the farm, but luckily we avoided it this time. We did install some row cover over our final plantings of beans last night just in case. This week on the farm, we started harvesting our winter squash. It is heavy. We are about a third of the way there. We also continued removing summer crops from the greenhouses, and planted more spinach and lettuce. Here is a photo of the sea of storage carrots:

09/13/2026

Good morning! What a lovely weekend we are having. It is nice to have a break from all that rain last week. The nights are getting a little cooler - it is starting to feel like fall. This week on the farm, we planted more spinach in the greenhouses. We continued taking out summer crops and preparing greenhouse beds for fall/winter greens. We also started harvesting our onions. They sized up nicely thanks to sufficient moisture this year. We let them dry most of the way in the field, but bring them into a greenhouse to finish drying - there is too much moisture in our climate for the onions to dry completely outdoors. Here is a photo of a few greenhouse benches full of onions:

09/06/2026

Good morning! What a lot of rain and wind we have had in the last couple of days! Our weather station reports 110 ml of rain since Wednesday evening. Saturday night saw some strong gusts of wind from the west (66 km/hr) which lodged one variety of our corn. :( It is still fine, but makes harvesting a bit more difficult. Things on the farm are moving along. Garlic is cleaned and put inside, to make way for onion harvest this week. We should have lots of onions at the winter market this year. :) Also, our storage carrots are growing well but we won't know about wire worm damage until we pick them. It's a bit of a gamble to grow root crops - you just never know!

08/30/2026

Good morning! It is another beautiful weekend out there. This week on the farm, we went over the storage carrots again to try to keep the w**ds at bay. We also continued seeding our winter spinach in the greenhouse. The variety that we have been using for many years is no longer available, and this year, we will use the last of our seeds that we have on hand. This happens periodically. Suppliers drop varieties in favour of new ones, and you are pushed to try something new. So we have ordered a few new varieties to trial this year, to give us some confidence with our order for next year. Maybe we will find something even better :) Finally, we installed the electric fence around the corn planting. No corn yet, but it is getting there, and with any luck, we will get to it before the raccoons do.

08/23/2026

Good morning! It is a rainy day here this morning We got quite a bit of rain through the night, which is always welcome. This week saw us finish w**ding the storage beets (again!) and lots of other beds that had tall pigw**d and lady's thumb in them. We continue to protect our brassica crops from hungry porcupines with netting and row cover. The sweet corn is getting close and we will fence it tomorrow from the many raccoons in our area. Greenhouse crops are going to be taken out in preparation for our winter plantings. The large gh's have only person sized doors on the corner of one end but Charles is considering making new doors that will let the tractor drive right through. It is do-able but it is also extra work at a time when time is precious. (When is it not!?) Anywho, here is a photo or some munched lettuces in our greenhouse. The porcupine let themselves in for a late night snack!

08/16/2026

Good morning! It is another beautiful day out there. This week on the farm, we finished harvesting our garlic. We also seeded some of our fall greenhouse spinach. We did some mowing to reduce w**d height and to prevent w**ds from going to seed. We also finished w**ding our storage carrots! It felt good to finish that one. It took the majority of our farm time over two weeks. Now we need to catch up on all the other farm work :) The peppers are starting to ripen, and I hope to have some available soon. Here is a photo of an almost ripe pepper:

08/08/2026

Good morning! Whew! That was a hot week. And a busy one. This week on the farm, we began harvesting our garlic. We mowed some fields, some of which will be planted to cover crops in a few weeks. We also had our annual organic inspection. It went well :) We finished w**ding the six beds of storage beets, and began w**ding the storage carrots. Here are before and after photos of a w**ded carrot bed:

08/02/2026

Good morning! It is looking like another beautiful summer day out there. This past week, we transplanted more celery and lettuces. We continued trellising and tending the crops. It was really nice to get that rain - everything is growing. We have started to w**d the storage beets. Here a photo of a partially w**ded bed so you can see the difference - the third row is hiding under a bunch of pigw**d. It is hard work and takes quite a bit of time, but is satisfying when completed.

07/26/2026

Good morning! It is another beautiful summery weekend. This week on the farm, we completed a few plantings, and continued with our w**ding work. The storage crops that we seeded last week are all up. They germinated well, which is great! But so have many w**ds. This week coming week will see us beginning to w**d these large storage plantings. In other news, the first beans are ready and we have some available this week :)

Address

1121 Chapman Settlement Road
Amherst, NS
B0L1E0

Telephone

(902) 661-3663

Website

https://wysmykalfarm.ca/

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