Knuckle Down Farm

08/29/2026

Even the bumblebees are at the Cobourg Farmers Market | Northumberland County, ON

08/25/2026

08/25/2026

RADISHES AND RAIN 🎈 KNUCKLE DOWN NEWS
Hello Farm Friends,
Since you last heard from me we've had two CSA pick-ups, three markets, a family re-union, and lots of rain. Somewhere in between all of that we seeded Fall Spinach and other Greens, pulled some weeds and prepared lots of garlic orders.

We just arrived back at the farm so apologies if this email is a bit short or my harvest list is not entirely accurate!

The rain, I hope, will have encouraged our baby Salad Mix to grow, so I am looking forward to harvesting some greens again this week. Our antique looking Horus radishes (pictured) have started to size up too, so keep an eye out for those beauties.

I would also like to wish a very Happy Birthday to Niamh, who will be heading off at the end of this week for an adventure in Scotland! We will miss her, thanks for all your hard work Niamh, remember "I've worked on Organic Farm" is always a good ice breaker.

As predicted, our tomatoes aren't delighted by all this cool rainy weather, but we definitely have some for this week and we will see how they pull through.

Our Fall Radishes, Beets, and Carrots need to be thinned but are looking good so lots to come.

This week we are looking get a whole bunch of late seedlings planted too, so hopefully things dry up a little bit.

Because our Fall Crops are looking good, I am thinking of opening up a few CSA spots for folks who would like to join us for September and October. If you are interested send me an email and I will make sure you are on our list!

— Jenny

In this week's share:
🫑 Peppers
🥒 Zucchini/Summer Squash
🍅 Tomatoes
🔥 Fennel
🥔 Potatoes
🎈Radishes
🥒 Cucumbers or Eggplant
🍃 Baby Greens
🧄 Garlic
🌿 Herbs and Hot Peppers

08/17/2026

Big Garlic & Big New Online Market
KNUCKLE DOWN NEWS ⚡️🧄

Hello Farm Friends,
Some folks have been asking about our garlic and I'm happy to say that it is now available by the pound on our farm store or for pick-up at any of our markets. We grew four varieties again this year, Music, Polish, Chesnok Red, and Persian Star. If you are buying it for planting, just let me know and I will make sure to choose the larger bulbs for you.

To our Toronto customers, we will be visiting the Dufferin Grove Organic Farmers' Market this week so stock up on while you can! We will also have some of our field grown Heirloom Tomatoes and lots of beans for you.

I also wanted to announce that we have joined Richter's Market Co. Now you can get our veggies delivered right to your door along with lots of other lovely local products. For those of you who can't make it out to a Farmers' Market but love supporting local check them out. If you don't see something you are looking for, let me know and I will get it added to the site as soon as I can.

Of course you can always order off of our web store too if you don't mind the trip out to the farm.

Believe it or not it is time to start thinking about getting our Fall Cover Crops in the ground, as well as our late season greens. There may be some rain and slightly cooler weather on the way to help with that. Hopefully not too much though, as we would still like the rest of our tomatoes to ripen!

I did notice a few of the peppers turning colour, and a some of our eggplants are producing fruit so some lucky CSA members will get those this week.

— Jenny

In this week's share:
🫑 Peppers or Eggplant
🐾 Beans
🥒 Zucchini/Summer Squash or Cucumber
🍅 Tomatoes
🥕 Carrots or Beets
🥬 Cabbage or Chard
🧅 Onions or Scallions
🌿 Herbs

08/10/2026

CROUCHING FROG, HIDDEN HUMMINGBIRD
Hello Farm Friends,
When we bought the farm, it came with a few perennial flowers planted by the the previous residents. These included some lovely lilies on either side of our steps. At this time of year when they open, the tiniest humming bird appears without fail. I don't know where it spends the rest of its Summer, and its appearance, when there seems to be nothing else anywhere around always strikes me as miraculous.

This year I'm determined to find out what other flowers it might enjoy and see if I can't make it stick around a little longer!

I didn't manage to get a picture of our tiny winged visitor, but I did find a handsome frog in the beans while we were harvesting today. Let me tell you, the beans were plentiful, if you have been waiting for them, now is the time to pop over to the market. (Market in the Village & Cobourg Farmers' Market)

Hummingbirds aren't the only creatures that seem to appear out of nowhere, our own resident and now mostly retired cat Beatrice somehow always knows when a Niamh is about to take a break. According to Beatrice, break time is lap nap time and I guess Niamh has been chosen for this honour.

The farm crew has not been napping though, we have lots of veggies coming out of the field this week. The very first of our potatoes will be heading into shares tomorrow and Friday, French Fingerlings are the ones in the photo below, though we may test some others too.

The Heirloom tomatoes are finally coming on strong, so there should be lots this week and suddenly so many green peppers and zucchinis!

The Winter Squash is filling out nicely now too and I'm hoping for a decent harvest this year though I'm not seeing many fruit just yet. I did spy a pretty spaghetti squash that looks like it it bucking the trend, so hopefully the rest will catch up soon.

After last year's total loss, I'm very happy to say both our fresh and main crop of onions are also looking great this year so we should have onions to last us 'till Spring!

— Jenny

In this week's share:
🫑 Peppers
🐾 Beans
🥒 Zucchini or Summer Squash
🍅 Tomatoes
🥔 New Potatoes
🥒 Cucumbers
👾 Kohlrabi
🌿 Mustard Greens or Chard
🧄 Garlic
🌿 Herbs

08/08/2026

Flower Market day, with Cabbage :)

08/07/2026

Mini kitchen bundles heading to market this week! Market in the Village Cobourg Farmers Market | Northumberland County, ON

08/04/2026

August Arrives with a Downpour ⚡️ KNUCKLE DOWN NEWS
Hello Farm Friends,

Last week's big rain never materialized, but we sure got a good soaking last night. I'm feeling lucky that some of those storms missed us, our friends over at Heartbeet Farm are underwater outside of Ottawa.

My heart goes out to folks who are just watching helplessly as their freshly seeded Fall crops float away. If you are in the Ottawa area make sure you get out to a Market folks could really use your support right now. It sounds like they aren't the only region dealing with flooding either, so perhaps I should just encourage everyone to go find your local Farmers' Market this week!

Last week we caught up on our seeding as planned and did just about all the rest of the weeding before it became impossible. Charlie took a great before and after picture of one of our more overgrown beds so you can see what we were up against.

The tomato trellising is still an ongoing challenge, but we are slowly making some progress.

The farm staff are getting some extra days off to recover from July so we will have a rested crew to take us through the next few Months of big harvests.

New from the fields this week will be the first of the peppers! I grew a few new to me varieties including one called Violet Sparkle which I think lives up to its pretty name, I'm looking forward to sharing them with you.

We will also have lots more Zucchini, Beans, Cabbages, and the last of the Lettuce for a little while.

Hopefully we can all enjoy greek salads and coleslaw while we wait.

— Jenny

In this week's share:
🫑 Peppers
🌱 Fresh Onions
🥬 Cabbage
🎵 Beets
🐾 Beans
🥒 Zucchini or Summer Squash
🍅 Tomatoes
🥬 Lettuce or Swiss Chard

08/01/2026

Beautiful morning at the Cobourg Farmers Market | Northumberland County, ON

07/30/2026

Heading to Market in the Village and Cobourg Farmers Market | Northumberland County, ON with this beautiful lettuce this weekend!