Vrolyk Farms

09/01/2026

Let’s talk EGGS! 🥚

Eggs are a hot topic around here. 😂 We often hear, “Out of eggs already?!” or “When will there be more?”

And while it’s tempting to remind everyone that we are, in fact, a vegetable farm and not an egg farm 🙈, here’s a little explanation of how our egg supply works!

Egg production and sales in Ontario are regulated. We’re fortunate to have a grandfathered allowance for up to 500 laying hens, and because our eggs are ungraded, they’re sold directly to you here at the farm.

500 hens sounds like a lot, but chickens don’t lay an egg every day! Production changes with age, weather, season and broodiness. A flat holds 30 eggs, and we typically collect about 8–10 flats per day.

Our hens are fed each morning and eggs are collected twice a day. Many hens lay after that morning feeding, so our early-afternoon collection is usually the largest. That’s why you’ll often find fewer eggs first thing in the morning and more after our second collection. Our signs in-store let you know when the next restock will be.

A few egg-shopping tips:

🥚 Afternoons usually have better availability.
🥚 Mondays often have extra because we’re closed Sundays — but come early!
🥚 You’re welcome to call ahead to see what we currently have, but we don’t hold eggs.

And if the shelf is empty, we promise we aren’t hiding any in the back. 😂

The chickens simply haven’t made any more yet! 🐓🥚

We love that you love our farm-fresh eggs — we just have to sell them as fast as the girls can make them!

08/31/2026

Is it too early to start talking about fall? 🍂🎃

Because out in the pumpkin patch, it’s definitely starting to look like it!

Our pumpkins have been quietly growing away all summer, and now we’re starting to see what’s been hiding under all those vines. There are lots of the traditional orange pumpkins we all know and love, but we’ve also planted some beautiful specialty white pumpkins and plenty of unique gourds in all sorts of shapes and sizes.

There’s something about watching the pumpkin patch come together that feels like the first little hint that a new season is just around the corner.

We’re not rushing summer out the door just yet — there are still plenty of tomatoes, corn, peaches and other summer favourites to enjoy — but we have to admit… we’re getting a little excited for what’s coming. 🍂

Pumpkin season is on its way!

08/28/2026

It’s Friday and the shelves at Vrolyk Farm Market are stocked with fresh Gramma K’s favourites! 🥖💛
You’ll find a selection of breads, bagels, focaccia, scones, cinnamon rolls, boterkoek and sweet loaves ready for the weekend.
And while you’re there, be sure to check out everything else Vrolyk’s and their other local vendors have to offer — fresh produce, preserves, honey and plenty of locally made goodies all in one stop. 🌽🍯
📍 Vrolyk Farm Market
1567 Michigan Line
🕘 Open today 9–6
Shop local, eat well, and have a wonderful Friday! 😊

08/28/2026

A little peek at what’s coming next on the farm… 👀

While we’re busy harvesting all the flavours of summer, out in the fields our squash are quietly getting ready for fall!

We’ve planted quite the assortment this year:

🍂 Butternut
🍂 Butter Babies
🍂 Delicata
🍂 Sweet Mama/Kabocha
🍂 Autumn Frost
🍂 Spaghetti
🍂 Hubbard
🍂 Grey Ghost

Winter squash take their time growing and maturing in the field. As we get closer to harvest, their skins will harden and their colours will continue to develop — which is what helps many varieties store so well through the cooler months.

For now, they’re staying right where they are, soaking up these last weeks of summer and doing their thing. 🌱

It may still feel like summer outside, but the fields are already giving us a little glimpse of what’s coming next. 🍂

Which variety are you most excited for?

08/27/2026

Ever wonder how we keep fresh sweet corn coming throughout the summer? 🌽

The answer is… we don’t plant it all at once!

These are our next three patches of sweet corn, each planted at a different time so they mature one after another. The first clip is the furthest away, the next one is a little further along, and by the last clip you can see the corn that will be ready soon!

At least, that’s the plan. 😉

Staggering our planting helps us keep sweet corn available continuously instead of having one HUGE crop ready all at once. Of course, farming doesn’t always follow the schedule we give it. Heat, rain, cool nights and everything Mother Nature throws our way can speed things up or slow things down.

But if all goes according to plan, we’ll keep moving from one patch to the next, with fresh sweet corn hopefully carrying us right through to Thanksgiving. 🌽

There’s still lots of corn season ahead!

08/26/2026

Something new came out of Gramma K’s kitchen… Apple Fritter Focaccia! 🍎✨
Soft focaccia topped with apples, cinnamon and sugar, then finished with a light vanilla glaze for that classic apple-fritter touch.
This one was a bit of an experiment, but I have to say… it smells pretty incredible. 😋
And if you’d like to try it for yourself, Apple Fritter Focaccia will be available at Vrolyk Farm Market today, along with a fresh selection of your usual Wednesday favourites!
📍 Vrolyk Farm Market
1567 Michigan Line
🕘 Open today 9–6
What do you think — should Apple Fritter Focaccia become a regular on the menu? 🍎🥖

08/26/2026

We’re still here! 🙋‍♀️🌱

We’ve just been a little… buried in weeds. 😂

Turns out, when you have good, healthy soil for growing vegetables, the weeds are pretty happy about it too. And this time of year, they can grow faster than we can keep up with them!

So while the farm store is full and harvest season is well underway, there’s still plenty happening out in the fields — including a whole lot of weeding.

Today we were tackling the sweet potato patch, and of course we had to dig one up to see what’s happening underneath all those vines. 👀🍠

They’re coming along beautifully! Sweet potatoes do most of their growing underground, so sometimes you just have to let the farmer do a little investigating to see how the crop is progressing.

Not quite ready yet, but they’re getting there!

Just another late-August day on the farm — pulling weeds, checking crops and getting a little dirt under our nails. 🌱

08/21/2026

08/20/2026

NEW on our shelves — Mr. Amish!

We’re pretty excited about this addition to the Farm Store! Mr. Amish products have officially arrived, and there’s a little bit of everything to check out.

We’re now carrying:
• Churned butter
• Cheese curds
• Pickles & pickled preserves
• Frozen sausages
• Frozen bacon

From churned butter melting into a slice of fresh sourdough or a toasted bagel, to cheese curds for snacking (or poutine… obviously!), plus all kinds of pickled goodness and bacon and sausages for the breakfast table — this was one VERY fun delivery to unpack.

We love continuing to add great products to our shelves that complement what we already grow and carry here at the farm, and we think Mr. Amish is going to fit right in.

Stop in and check out the newest additions!

📍 Vrolyk Farms Store
1567 Michigan Line, Sarnia

Monday–Friday | 9am–6pm
Saturday | 9am–4pm
Sunday | Closed