no market+new market

we will not be at this saturdays farmers market in duncan.

you are invited to join us at makaria farms who are hosting a friday evening market between 4-7pm. there will be produce, baked goods, cheese, organic meats, our artfarm teas... and more.

so friday july 17 4-7pm at makaria farms...

Directions: coming south from Duncan, turn right onto Bench Road at the lighted intersection. Makaria Farm is 300m down the road, on the left side.
Click here for a map: http://makariafarm.com/map.pdf

250-597-3276
info@makariafarm.com
4715 Bench Road, Duncan, B.C., V9L 6L7
www.makariafarm.com
www.islandgrains.com

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we have been having fun with our lavender field the abundance of fresh lavender that we are drying for the lavender blended teas. calendula and other flowers and herbs are drying too. the garlic scapes are great for pesto, salad dressings and are crunchy fantastic on the barby.

enjoy the sunny days and come see us on the weekend too!

summer hours at the artfarm are...

wednesday to sunday 10am to 4pm

meaning of vision

the next five days, from today thursday through monday, we will be part of and hosting the annual cowichan valley visions studio art tour.

http://www.visionsarttour.ca/

for the past three years now we have had the fun of having several hundred people come to the farm and experience margit's ceramic art and the the natural surroundings.

this time means there are many firings in the kilns happening, the farm gets a little gussied up and have the great anticipation of meeting new people and welcoming back many friends/artfarmers.



we will not be at the duncan farmer's market this saturday so come and see us on the farm.
the studio is open from 10am to 5pm. look for the red arrow visions signs to guide your way.

sweet woops

woops! forgot the pics of the sweet potatoes. this will all make sense if you read the next blog entry.

the sizzle and the steak

there is a saying in advertising that 'you dont sell the steak ... you sell the sizzle'. margit commented the other day that she thought the blog seemed a bit 'ladida' and that we were not telling the whole story of what goes on on the farm. missing was how the work gets done. so... here is some of the steak that get things done around here.

most everything else gets done by hand. the days have been long, tiring adn yet very satisfying. we have planted four varieties of potatoes including fingerlings which are small lovely potatoes. pictured here are the sweet potatoes we are excited about growing. we are planting them with black poly mulch to keep the heat in and weeds out. we have six northern varieties that still require 90 days of good heat units.







this is fred.
fred is a 1967 ford pick up that helps us with work on the farm. fencing, haying, manure and much more happens with fred.




so thats part of the story adn of course there will be more to come.

tasty sunday

join us for a colourful tea tasting this sunday...



June 14, 2009 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
The Colours of Tea
Black, Green, White

dreaming+doing

the past week or so has brought dreaming and doing together in the hot weather of this early summer. here are several pictures telling the story of sandy walker our neighbour on his 1955 ford 600 tractor, who turned the lower field into the field of our dreams... and the work of planting 400lbs of seed potatoes, sweet potatoes, melons and cukes. new tea infusions are being created and the growing conditions are great for all the other yummies going on.

(if you click on the pics they will enlarge... check out the artichokes!)

TeaGuide

We have just listed our tea bar with Teaguide. Have a look at www.teaguide.net and come see us at the Artfarm for tea and goodies.