What a year, it started out with a heavy dump of snow on unfrozen ground in early January, a great snow mulch for some of the intermediate hardy vegetables like Tuscan Black Kale. These had been selected and left in the garden for seed crop as the weather has been moderating for several years now … Continue reading Welcome to our 2017 Seed Offerings
As we finish cleaning our seeds for this coming year, we are getting a rather deep snow cover finally here at the New Year. As the white flakes fall from the sky, I ponder briefly how many of the H20 molecules will end up being flushed through the gills of the migrating Sockeye salmon as … Continue reading Welcome to the 2015 Sunshine Farm seed offerings
Our growing season started with great promise, a predictable spring after a mild winter with good snow cover. Many brassicas and even some artichokes managed to survive a winter where we saw only a couple of nights below -15*C. Although warm winters are easier on the woodpile they are also easier on the insects and … Continue reading 2014 Season