Old 99 Farm, week of June5 2023

Summer Harvest Basket starts this week. You can sign up for the summer basket will start June 13 week till Nov 7th week and cost $31.95 a week, times 20 weeks (or 10 weeks if bi-weekly).
The whole post from our virtual farm market is reposted below.

It’s haying season and we would love some help with our small acreage. If you can come out for an hour or two on Friday or Saturday, all will go smoothly. Pls send a reply to old99farm2015@gmail.com saying you’re available and times. I’ll confirm.

This week we add beets to the crop list. Head and leaf lettuce, carrots, herbs and more. Still have asparagus and rhubarb. Surf to the online store here to place your order. Store pick up Thurs 4 to 6 or by arrangement.

We have our two Tamworth pigs back from the butcher, in the freezers. Lots of choice including spicey Italian sausage.

Healthy eating,
Ian, Cami and Adam

The summer season is flush with new crops fresh from the greenhouse. 8 to 10 items each week with options for 2 of those, and an exchange table. The summer basket will start June 13 week till Nov 7th week and cost $31.95 a week, times 20 weeks (or 10 weeks if bi-weekly) This year we are offering one size of basket, a little more choice and you have a bi-weekly option. Our basket typically contains 8 to 10 different organic vegetables that are freshly harvested and in season. You can choose to pick it up every week or every 2 weeks (bi-weekly). With the bi-weekly basket you will get 10 pickups/deliveries, scheduled on alternative weeks. Delivery is new for us, beta-testing so to speak. We think we can do it for $15 a week within 10km radius from the farm. If you want delivery, add $15 to the basket x number of weeks (5 or 10).
Another change for this year: vegetables are not pre-boxed. Members make up their own basket by following a blackboard list with the basket contents, and making their choices. We also provide an exchange box where you can trade unwanted items. Please bring your own bags or boxes! Our vegetable basket is a great way to reduce packaging and waste. Here are examples of what the baskets might look like at different times during the summer season.

Early: 1 head lettuce, 250 g salad mix, 1 bunch scallions, 1 bunch garlic scapes, 1 bunch turnips, 1 bunch radish, 1 bunch beets OR Tokyo Bekana mustard, 1 bunch parsley OR arugula.

Mid Summer: 1 herb choice: dill, basil, cilantro, 1 choice between: fennel, celery, cabbage, 1 bunch carrots, 1 pint cherry tomatoes, 1 bulb fresh garlic, 2 cucumbers, 2 eggplants OR 1 bunch beets, 1 quart onions, 1 quart tomatoes, lettuce.

Late Summer: 1 head lettuce, 3 red peppers, 1 kg carrots, 1 bulb garlic, 1 bunch leeks, 1 quart tomatoes, 1 celeriac OR turnips, 1 butternut squash, 1 herb choice: hot peppers, sage, thyme

Old 99 Farm week of May 28 2023

I’m posting in the online store our offering of seedlings for vegetable gardens at home. Some interesting varieties you might not find elsewhere, especially tomatoes.

Vegetable selection remains about 25 items including herbs like parsley, sage, lovage.

I keep plugging the weekly harvest basket summer season starts June 13 week. I’ve taken all the advice: not too much, emphasis on standard familiar crops, flexible choices. Sign up in the locallygrown.net virtual market. You’ll see the list of typical crops listed there, early, mid and late season.

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 May 21 2023

Yes we’re here with lots of fresh picked vegetables for you. From winter leeks to new crop carrots and collards, lots of asia greens and lettuces. A dozen different herbs, asparagus and rhubarb too.

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

June 13 week is start of summer CSA Harvest Basket. Please sign up here in Locallygrown and tell your neighbours.

Healthy eating
Ian and Cami

Old99 Farm, week of May13 2023

Quick reminder, we have 400 sq ft of greenhouse space filled with greens, roots, and on top, we have lots of asparagus and rhubarb!

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

Old 99 Farm week of May 6 2023

Thank you to several readers who commented about the post last week alerting you to Robert Lustig, MD, being interviewed on The Great Simplification/Nate Hagens.

Topic was food and health.

Lustig was asked what was his advice to avoid chronic, ie recurring illnesses. He said it in three words: Eat Real Food.

That’s why I do what I do.

We have lots of fresh greens, some roots and a stem (asparagus)!

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

Here’s another essay I commend to people from the blog site of Ugo Bardi, Prof of Chemistry in Italy.
“the future is not a single path toward catastrophe. It is a garden of forking paths. We are bound to follow one of these paths: we don’t know which one yet, but not all of them lead to the Seneca Cliff. In the transition to a renewable energy system, we can adapt, reduce demand, improve efficiency, deploy new technologies, and simply be happy with a more limited supply of energy. It is only the rigidity of our mental models that make us think that there are no alternatives to fossil fuels.”

Healthy Eating!
Ian and Cami

Old 99 Farm week of Apr 30 and metabolic syndrome

It’s wednesday evening, almost not relevant to send a reminder to y’all about our fresh picked veggies, which now includes rhubarb and asparagus.
Suffice to say, there’s 20 different greens, for cooking and salads, lots of flavours.

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

But more interesting, you should really have a listen to this kitchen table explanation by Dr Robert Lustig (UCLA credentials) on metabolic disorder. What’s that? That’s the precusor to adult onset diabetes, kidney disorder, overweightness, and much more. It’s about the food we eat or rather, don’t eat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=onVqjZOYlQs

Dr. Robert Lustig joins Nate Hagens to dive into the metabolism of the micro level of human systems – the humans ourselves. Over the last century, accompanying the transformation of our energy systems, our food and consumption patterns have been massively transformed. One of the biggest areas of change is the dramatic increase in sugar consumption. But are our bodies adapted to eating such high sugar, processed foods? What are the health effects connected to this way of eating?

Eat healthy,
Ian and Cami

Post-Doom, No Gloom big picture on Climate Crisis

It’s really not a climate crisis, it’s an overshoot and bottleneck predicament facing the human race.
If you’re looking for some perspective on this, (60% of American youth are distressed by it) look no further.

Michael Dowd* will be delivering a live Zoom presentation this Wednesday, May 3rd at 10:30am PDT / 1:30pm EDT for the Canadian Association for the Club of Rome (CACOR): https://canadiancor.com/

All are welcome to join!

Here’s the info and Zoom link…
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Topic: The Big Picture: Beyond Hope and Fear – with Michael Dowd

Date and Time: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 1:30pm EDT / 10:30am PDT

Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 893 5478 3674
Passcode: 543421

Summary:

No one needs convincing that we are living in an age of chaos and breakdowns. Even those without an ecological understanding of history feel the stress. How do we cope? How can we escape the seesaw of hope and fear? And, crucially, how can we be of support to others who are confused, angry, depressed, or filled with fear, blame, or guilt?

*Dowd is an American progressive Christian minister, author, and eco-theologian known as an advocate of Big History, religious naturalism, sustainability, climate activism, and the epic of evolution.[wikipedia]
I know him personally and applaud his attempt to get people of any faith/nonfaith tradition to wake up to our global predicament.

Old 99 Farm week of Apr 16 2023

quick reminder, we have your vegetables growing now.
And I’m offering a variety of flavours for your plate with cooked greens.
Not just brassica flavours: collards, kale, bok choi.
Other flavours: spinach, mustard, tong ho, turnip, beet tops, mizuna and chard.
They all taste a little different to add variety to your meal.
Try it and see… buy three get one more free.
Surf to the online store here to place your order. Store pick up Thurs 4 to 6 or by arrangement.
Eat healthy,
Ian Cami and Lauren

Old99 Farm week of Apr 9 2023

Just a quick reminder, veggies are new crops here in the greenhouse and the standbys as well.
This is week two for the Spring Harvest Basket. You can subscribe this week and next on pro rata basis.l

10 weeks, 6 to 8 veg plus doz eggs for $27. Alternate weeks possible. Delivery even possible!

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

This is Lauren’s last week, though she might be around a couple of days before the end of April. Wish her good fortune in her new life adventure in Kentucky!

Healthy eating
Ian, Cami and Lauren

Old 99 farm, week of apr 2 2023

This is first week of spring harvest basket. The crops are ready! The grower is ready! Are you? Give it a try, if you’re not happy, I’ll refund your unused balance. How’s that for quality guarantee?
10 weeks, 6 to 8 veg plus doz eggs for $27. Alternate weeks possible. Delivery even possible!
Sign up online Surf to the online store here to place your order. Store pick up Thurs 4 to 6 or by arrangement.

Here are our first crops of greens started this spring:
mesclun salad mix,
baby buttercrunch lettuce,
baby arugula,
bok choi,
baby nero kale,
frilly kale and
green chard.

Pls order by thurs 8am so I can pick fresh for you. Check the Market tab for availability. Pick up Thurs 4 to 6 or by arrangement.

Here’s some pictures to show our stuff.