Loyalist Farms

02/23/2026

Seedy Saturday Belleville is coming this weekend! February 28th 10am to 3pm at Centennial High School. Stop by for a visit and learn about different horticultural places in the city.

Seedy Saturday is a community event for the sharing of seeds and gardening expertise. The event is sponsored by the City of Belleville, the Belleville Garden Club and Quinte Conservation. Local community groups and market vendors include: Gleaners, Community Development Council (community gardens),....

02/17/2026

You can find me at Seedy Saturday on February 21 and on February 28. Find all the details here:

Sharing knowledge, food, and plenty of seeds! Seedy Saturday PEC is a fun, free event where you can swap and exchange seeds, get exciting varieties that other seed savers are sharing, attend workshops and talks, meet vendors and buy seeds from seed companies. Whether you are a first-time or master

02/16/2026

You can find me at Seedy Saturday on February 21 and on February 28. Find all the details here:

Gardeners, seed savers and nature lovers of all experience levels are invited to Seedy Saturday PEC.

02/15/2026

https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/local-news/seedy-saturday-pec-returns-for-its-17th-annual-celebration-of-seeds-gardening-and-community

Find me at Seedy Saturday in Picton next weekend and Belleville the following Saturday.

Gardeners, seed savers and nature lovers of all experience levels are invited to Seedy Saturday PEC.

12/11/2025

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12/11/2025

Just finishing the last of the preparation for Busy Hands. Vegetable are packed. Mainly root vegetables left, sweetened by the frost before harvest.
Trying to fit all the baking in a tote but too much - no luck. Need to find another container!!
Busy Hands is one of the biggest juried shows in Prince Edward County and the longest running. It is a must to attend!!!
This will be my last show of the year and one more market in the cold.
Please come and attend.. I have lots of Christmas baking for you.
Stop by and say hello. Just 2 more sleeps.....

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12/09/2025

Counting down until rest time!! Maybe I should say no one is asking for something. Today was small mincemeat pie day for Busy Hands on the 13th and 14th of December. Ran out of mincemeat again so made 4 berry pies. I also made Old Fashion Pudding and white fruitcake.

Tomorrow is another preparation day.

Only 11 days to my last Belleville market of the year. At that time I can catch up on SLEEP inventory and some me time.

I am counting.......

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12/07/2025

Second day at Holly Jolly in Belleville at the armoury. Many unique gifts here.
Stop by. Open til 4

03/16/2024

I’m going to be at Belleville market today. Since March is Maple Syrup season, I am bringing maple treats. I will be at market from 10-12 noon.

03/08/2024

Preparing for Maple in the County!

The local paper said to stop in at the big maple syrup operations outside the township on the March 23-24 weekend, but don’t forget about the little one(s) in the township. I do believe I am one of the oldest producers left since Mr. Miller is no longer with us. The difference between Mr. Miller and myself is that he used an evaporator and I do it the old fashion way with a pan like my ancestors. My parents didn’t use a pan but a cauldron. We never had an evaporator so as a child growing up, you learn to use what you had.

From the long range forecast the sap is still going to linger around for awhile. My plan is to always start in the middle of February and go to Easter, but sometimes it is shorter or longer depending on the weather. Because I don’t have a big suction pump to pull the liquid from the trees, I let Mother Nature take her course in helping my production. Sometimes she is rewarding and sometimes not. It is really rewarding trekking through the trees on a sunny day, smelling spring coming and listening to the birds coming back.

My mother, a great cook, used maple syrup instead of sugar when sugar was hard to get. Today it is hard to believe that sugar was a rare commodity. Everything in Canada is readily available.

I make the maple syrup during March and use it to make cookies, pies, etc. Orders are always taken. Either stop by the farm or email [email protected] Help is always welcome when doing maple syrup!

02/03/2024

Hello from Banff.

Decided to visit my daughter in Airdrie and come to Banff and Lake Louise for the snow festival viewing the sculptures. Both snow and ice depending on the location.

Snowing lightly and just below freezing. It has been tee shirt weather.

Gorgeous!!