nuff said...

not so sweet

in our first year of farming we have had some successes and some unsucesses. the sweets were nice but we suffered a big frost followed by several days of rain. bruised and split sweet potatoes aint a pretty sight. crying farmers aint a pretty sight either. oh well.

enough survived for us to determine what the best varieties will be for next year and oh boy are we gonna have fun doing a better job of soil preparation and getting them in way earlier.

so if ya take the good with the bad... the good has certainly been the potatoes. our fingerlings are simply exquisite and the best potatoes in the westholme valley!

how sweet it is

it is harvest season and farming sort of took priorities. so here we are a month since our last blog and we are so excited to be showing you our sweet potato happiness. this has been an amazing summer for growing and we have had fun experimenting with melons as well. we are digging up the sweets today and will have them at the markets soon. fingerling potatoes are coming out daily so look for them or let us know if you want some. we will post more pictures soon too.

growin'

so this is what has been growin' on lately.
carrots in the shape of teapots have been popping up as the result of margit's intense focus on creating teapots for her show in qualicum.

http://www.theoldschoolhouse.org/exhibitions/current2.htm

we have artichokes that will be at the saturday duncan farmers market in the square downtown duncan 9am-3pm. when trimmed they look like green roses!


we grew a seven pound broccoli and continue to have them at both makaria farm market on tuesdays. thats just off the trans canada on bench road south of duncan 4-630 pm.

and check out the sun flowers. definetly a sunny summer!

august tea tastings

join us for sunday tea tastings...

AUGUST 2009 TASTING SCHEDULE

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August 2, 2009 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Teas of India
Black, Green and White

August 9, 2009 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Surprise
Something Black, Something Green, Something Herbal

August 16, 2009 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Flavoured Black Teas
Rose, Mango, Lavender

August 23, 2009 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Oolong Teas

August 30, 2009 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Flavoured Green Teas


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Sample three different fair trade and organic teas with an assortment of light sweets.

Price per person is $ 5.00

hay, hows it goin' ?

this is one of our favourite times of the year. the good hot weather has made haying season fun hard work. our larger field produces wonderful hay that we share with our neighbours and use for mulch throughout the year. fred got a little workout and the barn smells amazing... and yes that is a disco ball in the barn!

we will be at the duncan farmers market this saturday from 9am-3pm. come and see our new idea we call the salad bouquet.

Sunday we will be having our tea tastings from 2-5pm at the farm. it is supposed to be hot so come for an interesting surprise.

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