Knuckle Down Farm

10/20/2026

Hello Farm Friends,
It will be a quiet few weeks on the farm as I begin to get the fields ready for next season. Sonora finished up with a rainy week last week, perfect for making lots of beautiful garlic bundles, a skill that that she has mastered. Hopefully I will get the hang of it before they sell out!

Thanks again to all three of my staff this year, Sonora, Niamh, and Charlie. What a great crew, I couldn't have done it without you.

Thankfully it's looking like I will have beautiful weather for my solo harvests this week at least.

Garlic and Cover Crop Planting continues, as well bringing in of our storage crops, like Potatoes, Winter Radishes, and eventually Carrots.

Our late planting of Brassicas is looking beautiful, so I will be bringing more tender Kale and Collards to the Cobourg Farmers' Market this week. Although I think our last seedlings went in too late, fingers crossed we will have some Cabbages and Broccolini as well as Radicchio and Rapini before the Snow flies. A few more days of sunshine like this could make all the difference.

— Jenny

In this week's share:
🫑 Peppers
🥬 Kale, Collards or Other Greens
🥔 Potatoes
🚀 Lettuce or Spicy Salad Mix
⾲ Leeks
👾 Celeriac or Celery
🍆 Tiny Eggplant
🌿 Herbs and Hot Peppers

10/13/2026

Hello Farm Friends,
Our season may be shifting, but we still have three more weeks of our CSA and Saturday Markets as long as our garden keeps producing beautiful greens and our storage crops don't run out.

In fact, we are trying something new this year and have signed up for the Connon Nurseries Makers' Market series that runs SATURDAYS 10am-2pm from November 7 to December 12 at Connon Nurseries.

Until then, you can find me in Cobourg on Saturdays, or order veggies from the Online Farm Store!

Because our Friday Market has come to an end for the Season, if our Friday CSA members can confirm if they would like to pick-up their shares either here at the farm on Tuesdays between 4 and 7pm or on Friday's at the Stirling Book Company between 4 and 5pm that would be much appreciated. Online orders can also be picked up at that time. Many Thanks to Tracey from Stirling Book Co. for offering her space!

To my Toronto Customers, apologies that I haven't made it into the city of late, I do hope we can see each other soon.

— Jenny

In this week's share:
🫑 Peppers
🥬 Kale or Collards
🥕 Carrots
🥔 Potatoes
🚀 Arugula or Spicy Salad Mix
🥬 Lettuce
🧄 Garlic
🌿 Herbs and Hot Peppers

10/08/2026

Spicy Polish Garlic is just one of the things you will find at our booth on Friday!

10/06/2026

It's the Time of Year to Stroll and Feast
🥧 KNUCKLE DOWN NEWS 🥧

Hello Farm Friends,
The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting chillier, and Stirling's Market in the Village is wrapping up for another season. This Friday there will be the annual Harvest Market to celebrate the great season we have had, don't miss it, all of your favourite vendors will be there and some special guests too!

If all goes well with our van tomorrow, we will be bringing lots of pie pumpkins and squash for your Thanksgiving meals. We'll also have the sweetest sweet peppers, greens for salads, and roots for roasting. Thank you to all of you who have made the Farmers' Market part of your routine this year, your support is so appreciated.

We'll still be at the Cobourg Farmers' Market until the end of October and will get my online store updated with all of our Fall crops after the long weekend so you can always get what you need right from the farm. CSA members, we'll still be seeing one another for a few more weeks.

Enjoy your long weekend everyone, the trees are starting to turn so I hope you are able to get out to enjoy them while they last.
— Jenny

🧄 ETERNAL SEPTEMBER GARLIC SALE 🧄
https://knuckledownfarm.ca/garlic

In this week's share:
🫑 Peppers
🎃 Pie Pumpkins
🏸 Squash
🥬 Kale or Chard
🫜 Salad Turnips
🌱 Celery
🧅 Red Onions
🥬 Lettuce
🌿 Herbs and Hot Peppers

09/29/2026

Garlic, axles, bearings, squash. What's stuck in the yard like an old galosh? ⚡️ KNUCKLE DOWN NEWS ⚡️
Hello Farm Friends,
Although I'm not so sure about "pumpkin pie spiced coffee", I do love a pumpkin pie and this year I think I better get baking as our pie pumpkins are huge!

Of course, just as the heaviest crops are coming out of the field, our van has once again decided it would prefer some time off, and we've been warned not to put too much weight into it 'till we can get new bearings and axles. Our pumpkins and Squash therefore will be hanging out here at the farm 'till then. If you're eager to get your hands on one, feel free to send me a message and we can find a time for you to pop by the farm!

On a related note, many thanks to Small Spade Farm for lending me their van for market. If you find yourself in Belleville on Friday morning, Lauren will be hanging out Small Scale Bread with her beautiful vegetables.

We've been busy getting garlic orders ready. If you're hoping to do some planting now is a great time, and I'm happy to bring your order with me to Market. We have four varieties available for you to choose from.

🧄 September Garlic Sale: https://knuckledownfarm.ca/garlic

Despite getting hit by a pretty nasty frost last week, we have lots of lovely things coming out of the fields, including Tomatoes, Peppers, and a few Summer Squash that were well covered.

CSA members can look forward to a more Fallish menu of items for the last few weeks of our shares, including Potatoes, Carrots, Celery, and lots of Squash coming soon. This week we will have some Sweet Cipollini Onions for you so get out those roasting pans.

Sincerely,
— Jenny

In this week's share:
🫑 Peppers
🍅 Tomatoes
🥒 Zucchini or Summer Squash
🍃 Arugula or Spicy Salad Mix
🥔 Potatoes
🫜 Radishes
🧄 Garlic
🧅 Cipollini Onions [the weird ones -Ed.]
🌿 Herbs and Hot Peppers

09/23/2026

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09/21/2026

Hello Farm Friends,
Whether we are ready for it or not Fall has officially arrived. There may be a little colour starting to show in the trees and there is tons of colour here on the farm, I'm having trouble fitting everything on my Market Tables! Our Markets in Stirling and Cobourg are still going strong.

Now is a great time to visit if you love local produce, "Harvest Season" indeed!

🧄 September Garlic Sale: https://knuckledownfarm.ca/garlic

We've had a little bit of patchy frost and now I'm constantly checking the forecast and trying to decide what to pull out of the field, what to protect and what to just let go. Letting go is hard when the plants are still covered in fruit, so for now I'm hoping we get away with just a little protection over our tender crops.

Because we started our Squash a bit late this year, it is still all out in the field and with no greenhouse to cure it in I'm crossing my fingers for a few more sunny days and mild nights.

Our Peppers and cherry tomatoes are exploding with colour and if the weather cooperates I will have a 🍒Fall Cherry Tomato Special at Market this week, buy one get on half price! Even my kids can't keep up with eating them all.

— Jenny

p.s. If you're thinking about planting garlic, now is the time to get your order in: https://knuckledownfarm.ca/garlic

In this week's share:
🫑 Peppers
🍅 Tomatoes
🥒 Zucchini or Summer Squash
🏸 Winter Squash
🍒 Cherry Tomatoes
🍃 Greens Bunch
🥬 Cabbage
🫜 Beets
🌿 Herbs and Hot Peppers

09/19/2026

The best time of year to eat local! Come find me Cobourg Farmers Market | Northumberland County, ON

09/18/2026

Hey Stirling we have all the things at the Market in the Village!

09/14/2026

Move Over Pumpkins, Arugula and Radish are the True Fall Spices! 🪱 KNUCKLE DOWN NEWS 🪱
Hello Farm Friends,
Today I'm trying to get as many cracked tomatoes as I can off the plants and into the kitchen so I don't keep getting distracted by them every time I pass the tomato rows in the garden! I probably won't get to them all, so any of my CSA members who want some extras for sauce just ask when you see me.

Last week we managed to get what will likely be our final seedings of greens and radishes into the field and lots of cover crop seed as well just as it began to rain. Hopefully this will put us in great shape both for the end of this harvest season, but also for the Spring.

Greenhouse repairs continue, but we aren't quite ready for the new plastic just yet. I'm hopeful we can get it done with another good day or two of working on it. In the meantime all of the rain we have been getting has likely done a good job of washing out some of the salts that tend to build up in greenhouse soil from irrigating with hard water all the time.

Although the pace does feel much more relaxed at this time of year, between harvesting and the endless weeding there is still plenty to keep us busy.

Not to mention we have a few other big jobs on the horizon, include harvesting all of our Squash and Pumpkins for curing, it looks to be a great haul this year. Getting beds ready for garlic planting is also on the list and of course making rainy day garlic bundles for our Winter Markets.

We are also hoping to get some compost down this Fall as we are always have too many jobs to do in the Spring!

— Jenny

In this week's share:
🫑 Peppers, Eggplants or Cucumbers
🍅 Tomatoes
🐾 Beans
🥒 Zucchini or Summer Squash
🥕 Carrots
🚀 Arugula
🍒 Cherry Tomatoes
🎈 Radishes
🌿 Herbs and Hot Peppers