http://www.bluelagoonorganics.com/blog Reclaiming land for the next generation Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:18:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We’re having a great time. Wish you were here. Dressed for the weather, we are digging potatoes. Yukon Gold, that is. We are very grateful for Shannon, one of our CSA  sharers who volunteered for the day. She came prepared to play in the snow last Friday. We appreciate her ... http://www.bluelagoonorganics.com/blog/?p=176 We sure know how to have fun. We were cleaning leeks on a Sunday afternoon in parkas and toques. Then it got worse. Monday it rained, with  snow in the forecast for later in the week. No matter how unpleasant it gets, we still need to harvest all the vegetables ... http://www.bluelagoonorganics.com/blog/?p=172 The moment we dreaded has come. The weatherman used the F word yesterday and sure enough we had Mr. .Frost pay us a visit. He was very selective and was just passing through quickly, touching things lightly in his haste to spread as much destruction as possible. It was 0 ... http://www.bluelagoonorganics.com/blog/?p=166 It was easier to crop the picture of this flowerbed than to have Angela weed it but weed it she did, many times and much of the rest of the farm as well. Angela came to us through the mentorship program because she wanted to learn how to grow her ... http://www.bluelagoonorganics.com/blog/?p=163 Last Friday we had 41 people for dinner by hosting a farm tour for OFCM. Of all the pleasant days we’ve enjoyed in the past few weeks, this wasn’t one of them. It started out with fog and a significant amount of rain. The farm was a sea of mud.  ... http://www.bluelagoonorganics.com/blog/?p=153 Oh happy day. We purchased a potato digger that would qualify as a museum piece. With no tires to go flat, this gem was once pulled by horses. It has made our potato digging a pleasure. All we have to do is pick them up. This weekend was the perfect ... http://www.bluelagoonorganics.com/blog/?p=148 They arrived from Montreal on Sunday to film a segment of Active Toi, a show for children, urging them to Get Going or Get Involved. They were focusing on agriculture and the family farm. Blue Lagoon Organics was chosen to present the organic CSA section. Three Junior High students from ... http://www.bluelagoonorganics.com/blog/?p=143 Wonderful sunshine at last. The 2009 climate is quite schizophrenic. The plants are all treading water. A good thing is that we planted on raised berms and mostly into biodegradable (corn based, not plastic) mulch. The water runs off the mulch and fills the walkways  between. It took days for ... http://www.bluelagoonorganics.com/blog/?p=136 Ann-Kathrin, a WWOOFer from Germany was only here for 10 days. Her favourite job was not weeding, not pruning tomatoes, but picking. During those 10 days we had 3 days of  blistering heat, 3 days of that elusive summer when she could get a sunburn. When it started to rain ... http://www.bluelagoonorganics.com/blog/?p=130 Sunshine and flowers.  Emilie is all smiles as she soaks up the rays, picking chamomile for our tea boxes. Last weekend she returned to Quebec where she is an educational assistant in an English school, helping students learn French. We enjoyed her sunny disposition and appreciated her help with pea ... http://www.bluelagoonorganics.com/blog/?p=119