08/11/2026
We are back! π» We have officially opened the Farm Stand in Belleville, ON.
For those that are new here, once upon a time I was growing for market in Wasaga Beach and I took a pause on selling when I had my baby to focus on family. We moved, turned our military backyard into a giant garden for a few years to keep the dahlias and veggies growing and then moved again last fall to Belleville.
This spring, we started up the farm again with a new focus and direction to take the farm - food, family, and fun! Firstly, I wanted to take things slower and not over estimate my time and abilities while also being a stay at home mom. Family will always come first and setting up a farm takes alot of work, so I decided to shorten the growing list and just focus growing and storing food for ourselves as our main priority and then only growing extra for a late summer/fall market - think dahlias, sunflowers, tomatoes, root veggies, squash, pumpkins. I don't know if I would call myself a true homesteader,but I think gardens are always started with the intention of wanting to growing good, nutrient dense food for our families. β€οΈ
With the start of a new season and a new farm, I wanted to truly enjoy the process of setting up a new farm and growing with a toddler and for me that meant I needed less stress and less farmer burn out. So I decided no CSA and no markets (for now π). We can't do it all and when you move at a toddlers pace it just made sense to drop any hard commitments and to keep the farm schedule as flexible as possible, and for us that is the farm stand! There are no set hours at the moment, but as more becomes available all of the veggies and flowers will always be freshly picked from our gardens, with no pesticides/herbicides π»π