Plum Hollow Farms

08/21/2026

We have fresh organically grown green peppers available now at our farm stand! Grown without pesticides or artificial fertilizer and available at just 50 cents each!

We accept cash and Interac e-Transfer.

Location:

632 Lake St, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, ON K0E 1G0

Google Maps link:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Plum+Hollow+Farms/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x9a4b08c837acf91f?sa=X&ved=1t:2428&ictx=111

Website:

https://www.plumhollowfarms.ca/farm-stand

Classic Stuffed Pepper Recipe:

Ingredients:

4 large bell peppers, tops cut off and seeded
1 pounds ground beef
1 cups cooked rice
1 small onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 cups tomato sauce
1 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 teaspoons salt
0.5 teaspoons black pepper
1 teaspoons dried oregano
1 tablespoons olive oil

Steps

1 Prep peppers: Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Stand 4 large bell peppers, tops cut off and seeded upright in a baking dish.

2 Cook filling: Heat 1 tablespoons olive oil in a pan. Sauté 1 small onion, diced and 2 garlic cloves, minced until soft, about 4 minutes

3 Brown beef: Add 1 pounds ground beef and cook until browned. Drain excess fat.

4 Combine filling: Stir in 1 cups cooked rice, half the 1 cups tomato sauce, 1 teaspoons salt, 0.5 teaspoons black pepper, and 1 teaspoons dried oregano. Mix well.

5 Stuff peppers: Spoon filling into each pepper. Top with remaining 1 cups tomato sauce and 1 cups shredded cheddar cheese.

6 Bake: Cover with foil and bake until peppers are tender.

7 Finish: Uncover and bake a few more minutes until cheese is melted and golden.

08/15/2026

05/25/2026

Farmer Steve filling in for the bees today. 🐝🥒

Because the greenhouse stays enclosed, the cucumbers are not getting natural pollination, so Steve’s hand-pollinating each flower with a tiny paintbrush to help the plants produce fruit.

Has anyone successfully kept bees or other pollinators inside a greenhouse? Curious how other growers handle this.

Until then… paintbrushes for the win. 🎨🥒

05/24/2026

If you think your job’s stressful, try unpacking thousands of mildly annoyed bees after a bumpy road trip.

Huge shoutout to Steve from for delivering tens of thousands of pollinating pals safely to their new home.

They seem much happier now. 🐝🐝🐝

Thanks again Steve!!

05/10/2026

A little slower this weekend.

Just a tractor, fresh soil, seed potatoes, and spring finally showing up around the farm.

We all have busy weeks ahead. We all work. We all learn. We all grow.

Maybe this weekend is a good reminder to slow down a little and enjoy some time with your mom.

Happy Mother’s Day from Plum Hollow Farms.

05/08/2026

This old manure spreader spent most of its life flinging cow s**t around fields, but now it’s entered its wood chip era.

We’re using it to spread mulch onto the forest farm mounds at Plum Hollow Farms, helping build healthier soil, hold moisture through the summer, and slowly feed the system as the chips break down.

Regenerative farming is a lot of things, but sometimes it’s just looking at an old piece of equipment and thinking: “You know what… close enough.”

05/07/2026

The Mahindra 4025. Not fancy. Just dependable.

This tractor has become the workhorse of the farm, handling everything from moving mulch and compost to shaping swales and hauling materials around the property.

Day after day, it just gets the job done.

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05/03/2026

🧄🧄🧄 Garlic check in the orchard and it’s looking strong.

Planted last November, now coming up between the apple trees.

We took 1st place at the Delta Fair with our garlic last year, and the year before.

Hoping for a three-peat. 🤞🤞🤞

Next step is where it gets interesting.

Once the garlic is up, we’ll introduce elderberry.

It’s a perennial, it’ll grow along the trellis, and it starts turning this into a mixed planting system instead of a straight orchard.

That’s the change we're introducing to this part of the farm. Moving away from monoculture and layering in companion plants.

Healthier trees, better yields, more resilience if weather or disease hits one crop.

Also, elderberry is just great. Delicious, useful, and good for pollinators.

Always experimenting, always adjusting.

05/02/2026

🐭🐭🐭 Spring check with Farmer Steve and… yeah, not great.

We fenced, staked, mulched, fed, did companion planting, even wrapped some trees for winter.

Still, something got in and chewed the base of a bunch of young trees. Likely mice or voles.

We did use tree guards on some trunks. Those corrugated plastic sleeves. Not all though.

Would they have saved these? Not sure. Probably wouldn’t have hurt.

Good reminder that on the farm, if you skip a step, something notices.

What do you think did this?