The Nurturing Farmer

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The Home Farm Stand regular hours of the season will start on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. *Note there may be changes/cancellations of Farm Stands hours depending on road construction or severe weather.

These bouquets feel like the transition from a hot summer to a warm and toasty fall season ☀️🍁🍂Dahlia Bouquet recipe: da...
02/24/2026

These bouquets feel like the transition from a hot summer to a warm and toasty fall season ☀️🍁🍂

Dahlia Bouquet recipe: dahlias, sedum, snapdragon, feverfew, strawflower, celosia, & ninebark

This is what I learned from an interplanting trial from last season - Bush Beans & SquashThe zucchini, winter squash, an...
02/03/2026

This is what I learned from an interplanting trial from last season - Bush Beans & Squash

The zucchini, winter squash, and bush beans were all direct seeded at the same time (May 26, zone 4b). The beds were over 3ft wide, larger than the traditional 2.5ft market garden beds and had vevor pathways instead of a living pathway or mulched pathway. This growing space in general is very sandy and and even with my watering efforts, we had a very dry and hot season.

From a home gardeners perspective, if you have wider beds this was a great way to sneak in extra food! Would 100% try it again!

For spacing, the squash were centered in the bed and the bush beans were planted a few inches from the pathway to allow for the most space possible between plants. As the beans came into harvest, the squash plants were starting to get larger, I found the winter squash was sprawling into the beans more than the zucchini but I trained the vines down the vevor pathways, so overall not bad.

For yields, the beans had a great first harvest with pretty decent follow-up harvests. The zucchini wasn't as prolific as I know they could be (might have been more to do with location) but as a home gardener 😆sometimes less zucchini is okay! I planted a few traditional Waltham butternuts and some hybrid bush butternuts. The timing worked out nicely where the squash needed more space as the beans were finishing their harvest.

This would work well if there was enough spacing overall, but if I would have transplanted the squash at the same of time as direct seeding, I think there would have been too much overlap and the bush beans might have a lesser yield.

Feeling like a rock star after this pack job! Here's why you never underestimate the utility of a little truck.I didn't ...
11/21/2025

Feeling like a rock star after this pack job! Here's why you never underestimate the utility of a little truck.

I didn't realize when I picked this cab and a half Toyota Tacoma how useful it was going to be. It's taken me to all my markets fully loaded with flowers, veggies, and my full market setup of tents, tables, and wood toppers.

While it can't haul like a heavy duty, it can tow a good amount of compost or mulch, transport all the farm supplies, t-posts, sand bags, tarps, whatever you need! It's also WAY better on gas than a big truck for every day use. I've moved furniture, industrial farm fridges, taken it camping, travelled with three dogs, and now use it as my everyday mom vehicle to pick up groceries with my little bubs who's always in arms reach 👌

If you are picking a farm vehicle, the only thing I wish I had was a 4x4 option for snow❄️

After moving and taking time away from farming, I can't believe that I will be able to start growing again on a large sc...
11/19/2025

After moving and taking time away from farming, I can't believe that I will be able to start growing again on a large scale next spring with my little bubs!

This is not something I normally speak about, but starting this new growing chapter feels like a time to reflect on life & where this business has taken me. I took a step away from farming to focus on myself and something I wanted more... a family! I started my business at 24 in an apartment in Kitchener, Ontario in the middle of winter with no land, but a dream to one day live that classic farm life! Before having land to farm, the business was mostly landscaping & setting up vegetable gardens for others. Eventually my partner and I had to move to Wasaga Beach for his work in 2020 so we found a small home with a little plot of land to start farming for the first time. We packed up and moved to Wasaga Beach, but little did we know a week after moving we would be in the middle of the first COVID lockdowns & layoffs were right around the corner.

Starting the farm came with more challenges and hurdles than I ever could have anticipated. Businesses were locked down, it was hard to get supplies, farmers markets were closed, it was not the start I imagined. I'm so thankful for the friends, family, and community that supported us! Each year I grew the farm a little more, opening up bigger gardens, growing new crops, adding flowers and dahlias and it was more fulfilling than any other work I've ever done.

But like most midlife crises, I turned 30 and realized my focus needed to change. I didn't know if I could have a family but it felt urgent and I worried that I would never get to experience having kids.

Fast forward through a relationship ending, starting a new relationship, shutting down a business, moving almost 5 hours north to a military town, starting a new job, starting a family, taking care of a baby alone from 1.5 months to 7 months, moving 3 hrs away and buying a home, to now!

Little bubs is over a year old, we are settled in our new home and that dream of having a family & farm are here! This is it, we made it, we are here, these are the days and the memories that I will look back on! ❤️☺️

Widely grown for a good reason! 🏆 Don't overlook Cornel & Cornel Bronze. Prolific, tall, strong stemmed ball dahlias, th...
11/19/2025

Widely grown for a good reason! 🏆 Don't overlook Cornel & Cornel Bronze. Prolific, tall, strong stemmed ball dahlias, that make many tubers, with the perfect fall colours - what more could you want?!

The little farm stand found a new home in BELLEVILLE ! 🏠 We are excited to start this new farming journey❤️🌱We are takin...
09/23/2025

The little farm stand found a new home in BELLEVILLE ! 🏠 We are excited to start this new farming journey❤️🌱

We are taking the winter to do some long-term planning and dreaming for what we would like to see this property grow into. With a little guy 👶to take care of, farming is going to look a lot different this time around 😆

Clearview Peachy 💗 in two different types of light. Warm daylight and the cool evening light 💗
09/12/2025

Clearview Peachy 💗 in two different types of light. Warm daylight and the cool evening light 💗

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