Farming Practices

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In 2018, we invested in a first-of-its-kind in Canada solar-powered electric tractor. It’s near silent, there is no in-field CO2 release, and we charge it with our solar array. 

Almost every time a vegetable planting is a harvested, we follow it with a cover crop. They help capture CO2, the hold the soil in place and when we turn them in, they fertilize the next crop. 

I love the beauty and simplicity of the paperpot transplanter. With a honeycomb paper design, the seedling flat is eventually pulled apart and planted all in one motion. It’s extremely effective at planting seedlings and all done with human power.

 Small and simple, these tools allow you to plant any seed you can think of just by walking them back and forth. 

Because we don’t spray herbicide or lay black plastic mulch, we weed our crops manually. We use stir-up hoes, wheel hoes, basket weeders and finger weeders.