Old 99 Farm, week of July 10 2022

Special on Beef: stew, burger and round roasts, 15% off. Surf to the online store here to place your order. Store pick up Thurs 4 to 6 or by arrangement.

The hot peppers are coming into season, we have a yellow banana (med hot, ie I can eat it raw with comfort), a zsechuan type (Happy Bird aka Chao Tien Jiao) and a Thai variety called Dan Fong, very hot 50K to 100 SHU (scoville heat units).

The whole list includes:
Bok choi
Carrots, bunched
Celery
Collards
Green Chard
Kale, Frilly green
Kale, Russian Red
Kale, Nero di Toscano, baby
Lettuce, Head type
Lettuce, Buttercrunch
Lettuce, Red Romaine
Lettuce, Green Romaine
Mesclun Salad Mix
Mizuna
Mustard, Tokyo Bekana
Onions, Green Bunching
Rhubarb stalks
Spinach, bunched
Cucumbers, slicing and pickling
Fennel
Zucchini

Do you know anyone interested in renting a nice on-farm apartment, separate entrance, all services and wifi included? Please pass along that I have such available. Rent is reasonable: $1200/mo.

Old99 Farm July 3 week

More crops coming into the harvest window each week and succession plantings of what we had earlier.
We have two cucumbers: Marketmore for slicing/eating and Eureka for pickling. there are baby beets and carrots by the bunch. Fresh sweet onions “Sweet Utah” are now bulbing up.
The whole list includes:
Arugula
Bok choi
Carrots, bunched
Celery
Collards
Green Chard
Kale, Frilly green
Kale, Russian Red
Kale, Nero di Toscano, baby
Lettuce, Head type (Kaiser and Paonia)
Lettuce, Red Romaine
Lettuce, Green Romaine
Mesclun Salad Mix
Mizuna
Mustard, Tokyo Bekana
Onions, Green Bunching
Rhubarb stalks
Spinach, bunched
Cucumbers
Fennel
Zucchini

Special on Beef: stew, burger and round roasts, 15% off. Surf to the online store here to place your order. Store pick up Thurs 4 to 6 or by arrangement.

I have a loft apartment available for rent here at the farm, pass word around if you know of mature adult who is looking. Two bedroom, gas heat/hotwater, airconditioned, wifi included $1200/mo includes utilities.

Healthy eating
Ian and Cami

Old 99 Farm, week of June 26 2022

Surf to the online store here to place your order. Store pick up Thurs 4 to 6 or by arrangement.

Vegetable Offering:

Bok choi
Carrots, bunched
Celery
Collards
Green Chard
Kale, Frilly green
Kale, Russian Red
Kale, Nero di Toscano, baby
Lettuce, Head type (Kaiser and Paonia)
Lettuce, Rouge d’Hiver
Lettuce, Green Romaine
Mesclun Salad Mix
Mizuna
Mustard, Tokyo Bekana
Onions, Green Bunching
Rhubarb stalks
Spinach, bunched
Cucumbers
Fennel

Special on Beef: stew, burger and round roasts, 15% off.

I have a loft apartment available for rent here at the farm, pass word around if you know of mature adult who is looking. Two bedroom, gas heat/hotwater, airconditioned, wifi included $1200/mo includes utilities.

Healthy Eating,
Ian and Cami

Old99 Farm, week of June 19 2022

I’ve updated the online store listing and added:
tomatoes
fennel
to the 29 items available last week.

Surf to the online store here to place your order. Store pick up Thurs 4 to 6 or by arrangement.

Today, Tuesday, first day of summer and 33dC, a whopper of a hot day.

Thanks to the helpers who came out to bring the hay in. We had a fun time eh!

I have a loft apartment available for rent here at the farm, pass word around if you know of mature adult who is looking. Two bedroom, gas heat/hotwater, airconditioned, wifi included $1200/mo includes utilities.

Healthy eating
Ian and Cami

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Old 99 Farm, week of Jun 12 2022

We have a few new items this week: carrots and radishes, even a few tomatoes! They will be on the display when you come to pick up. Early birds get the worm!

Offering:
Asparagus
Bok choi
Carrots, bunched
Celery
Collards
Green Chard
Kale, Frilly green
Kale, Russian Red
Kale, Nero di Toscano, baby
Lettuce, Head type (Kaiser and Paonia)
Lettuce, Rouge d’Hiver
Lettuce, Romaine
Mesclun Salad Mix
Mizuna
Mustard, Tokyo Bekana
Onions, Green Bunching
Radish, bunched
Rhubarb stalks
Spinach, bunched
Tong Ho

Special on burger and stew beef, good option for that bbq on father’s day to make shishkebab. 25% off if you buy 2kg or more.

All of continental USA is in a heatwave right now, most major cities posting 100F plus. wow. Check here for news on climate and the economy; it’s my favourite aggregator site to stay current.

The summer harvest basket starts this week, for 20 weeks at $31.95 a week, or biweekly; select either option with a comment in the order form. Support us with your commitment to a regular basket of freshpicked organic vegetables each week. We have a flexible plan with options and substitutes. We’ll even deliver.
Still considering whether to sign up for the Harvest Basket? Here’s a sweetener: free copy of my customized 40 pg booklet on How to store vegetables from A to Z. Extending shelf life, freezing, canning, drying, etc. with recipes and pictures. Sign up via Locallygrown right here.
Please click here for brochure on Harvest Basket.

Surf to the online store here to place your order. Store pick up Thurs 4 to 6 or by arrangement.

Healthy eating
Ian and Cami

Old99 Farm week of June 5 2022

Welcome to the best season for local vegetables. We’ve started our second or third plantings of some greens, like arugula, and have the tomatoes, eggplants and peppers in the ground.
Here’s our offering this week:
Asparagus
Black Currant Leaf, fresh
Green Chard, small leaf,
Kale, Frilly green
Kale, Russian Red
Kale, Nero di Toscano, baby
Lettuce, Buttercrunch
Lettuce, Grand Rapids
Lettuce, Rouge d’Hiver
Mesclun Salad Mix
Mizuna
Mustard, Tokyo Bekana
Onions, Green Bunching
Parsley, Curly Leaf
Rhubarb stalks
Spinach
Tong Ho
Cilantro

We have a special on beef: roasts of the shoulder: eye of round, top round, bottom round, sirloin tip, all 25% off, that’s $5.95/lb. Sized about 3 to 4 lb.

The summer harvest basket starts next week, for 20 weeks at $31.95 a week, or biweekly; select either option with a comment in the order form. Support us with your commitment to a regular basket of freshpicked organic vegetables each week. We have a flexible plan with options and substitutes. We’ll even deliver. Here’s a testamonial: “I’ve been visiting Old 99 Farm regularly for over a year to pick up fresh organic fruits and vegetables, eggs and meat. There are lots of options and they vary throughout the year. Highly recommended!” (David)

Surf to the online store here to place your order. Store pick up Thurs 4 to 6 or by arrangement.
Please click here for brochure on Harvest Basket.

Here’s Dawn D’s ‘Old 99 Salad’ with Tong Ho greens and flower, Romaine, Arugula, and Mizuna.

Old 99 Farm, week of May 29 2022

I haven’t been websurfing that much lately but the same issues are still there facing us for the future we want for ourselves and our children. A common theme: Relocalize, that can be added to the ones we know well: Refuse, Reuse, Recycle, Repair.
Local food is part of the larger idea that we will be more secure, more resilient, more healthy if we relocalize much of our lifestyle choices, ie food. Consider this quote “Thanks to globalization, food produced regionally or nationally is more likely to be exported than to feed the local population: They’ll eat food imported from elsewhere. The situation is now so absurd that countries regularly import and export nearly identical quantities of identical products.”
Isn’t that crazy?
I watched a very good local documentary from Rochester MN on the current state of the climate/ecology crisis that made me feel glad I’m a local food producer. Watch especially from 1:14:00 for the summary.

It’s strawberry season and are you wondering if there’s a nifty kitchen gadget for dehulling those fresh picked treats? Here it is the Strawberry/Tomato Corer.

You can help us here at Old 99 to keep on producing if you join up for the Summer Harvest Basket. In Quebec 140 farms provide 28,000 people with their vegetables from local growers through a network organized by FermierdeFamille. Our summer basket share is for 20 weeks at $31.95 a week, starting June 13th, payable in two instalments. If you want biweekly baskets, ie 10 weeks, because maybe you don’t think you can eat 8 to 10 vegetables a week, then choose that option with a comment in the order form.

This week’s offerings includes new carrots and head lettuce (Kaiser) in addition to
Asparagus (1lb)
Black Currant Leaf, fresh (50g)
Green Chard, small leaf, 8 oz
Claytonia baby greens
Kale, Frilly green (8 oz)
Kale, Russian Red (8 oz)
Kale, Nero di Toscano, baby (6 oz)
Lettuce, Buttercrunch (ea)
Lettuce, Grand Rapids (7oz)
Lettuce, Rouge d’Hiver (bunch .5lb)
Mesclun Salad Mix (6 oz)
Mizuna (6 oz)
Mustard, Tokyo Bekana (.5lb)
Onions, Green Bunching (6)
Hakurei Breakfast turnip (3 bu)
Parsley, Curly Leaf (6 oz)
Rhubarb stalks (1 lb)
Spinach (8 oz)
Tong Ho (bu)
Cilantro 4 oz
Parsley 6 oz
Turnip Greens
Surf to the online store here to place your order. Store pick up Thurs 4 to 6 or by arrangement.
Please click here for brochure on Harvest Basket.

Old99 Farm week of May 22 2022

We have available this week:
Asparagus (1lb)
Arugula (6 oz)
Black Currant Leaf, fresh (50g)
Green Chard, small leaf, 8 oz
Chard, Rainbow (8 oz)
Claytonia baby greens
Kale, Frilly green (8 oz)
Lettuce, Buttercrunch (ea)
Lettuce, Grand Rapids (7oz)
Lettuce, Rouge d’Hiver (bunch .5lb)
Mesclun Salad Mix (6 oz)
Mizuna (6 oz)
Mustard, Tokyo Bekana (.5lb)
Onions, Green Bunching (6)
Hakurei Breakfast turnip (3 bu)
Parsley, Curly Leaf (6 oz)
Rhubarb stalks (1 lb)
Spinach (8 oz)
Tatsoi (8 oz)
Tong Ho (bu)
cilantro 4 oz
parsley 6 oz
Turnip Greens
That’s a pretty good list eh!

And you get to enjoy the new crops coming in as part of the Summer Harvest Basket. It makes easy what fresh vegetables to have on your table each week. Summer session starts week of June 13, cost is $31.95 per week, weekly or biweekly. Delivery option new this season if you live within 10k of the farm.

Pls use old99farm to order. You can pick up any time after 4pm thursday. Oh heck, if it’s a favour I’ll go pick for you right now! It helps to put a note in the order form when you would like to pick up so I can have it boxed in the cooler for you.

Tokyo Bekana is a lettuce like mustard green. It has a stem (aka petiole) like a romaine so it’s good for dipping, nice and crunchy/juicy too. The leaf is soft and mild, sweeter than lettuce. You can substitute if for lettuce in any salad or wraps. Here’s a site for recipes.

Healthy eating,
Ian, Cami, Kenzi

Old99 farm Week of May 14, 2022

We have available this week: 3 x Arugula (6 oz)
Black Currant Leaf, fresh (50g)
Bok Choi, Green Shanghai
Chard, Rainbow (8 oz)
Claytonia baby greens
Kale, Frilly green (8 oz)
Lettuce, Buttercrunch (ea)
Lettuce, Grand Rapids (7oz)
Lettuce, Rouge d’Hiver (bunch .5lb)
Mesclun Salad Mix (6 oz)
Mizuna (6 oz)
Mustard, Tokyo Bekana (.5lb)
Onions, Green Bunching (6)
Parsley, Curly Leaf (6 oz)
Rhubarb stalks (1 lb)
Spinach (8 oz)
Tatsoi (8 oz)
Tong Ho (bu)
cilantro 4 oz
parsley 6 oz
Turnip Greens

Oh, I forgot, asparagus now showing and we’ve got enough for you!

Pls use old99farm to order. You can pick up any time after 4pm thursday. Oh heck, if it’s a favour I’ll go pick for you right now! It helps to put a note in the order form when you would like to pick up so I can have it boxed in the cooler for you.

Did you like that picteure of tong ho last week? how about try it this week, with your salad greens, or use it like the chinese, in soup or steamed.

Healthy eating earthings,
Ian, Cami and Kenzi