Berry season is here and in your bin this week you will enjoy fresh, organic strawberries from our good friends at Lunar Rhythm Gardens and Haskaps from Willo’Wind! Strawberries you are familiar with but Haskaps may be new to you. Also known as Honeyberries, this fruit bearing plant is from the Honeysuckle family and…
Did you know that there are certain foods that give off high amounts of a naturally occurring, odorless, colorless gas and plant hormone known as ethylene? …
What is a CSA? We often get asked this question and it can be answered simply: Community Supported Agriculture But there is also another way to define the acronym: Committed: Customers are making a wonderful commitment to welcome and accept seasonal…
On June 4, 2014 Willo’Wind was welcomed into the Bloor Market family. Twelve years of learning, of growing, of friendships! We are looking forward to the coming season and though there will always be challenges in farming, your appreciation and support keeps us in the fields farming. In Your Bin: Regular Share: Green Onions, Potatoes,…
In your bin today you will find the wonderful freshness of spring greens! We are topping up our CSA with produce from local farmers for you to enjoy. When we need more vegetables we head to local farmers and support them and their farms. This way of farming creates a community of farmers that…
How do you see cabbage?! Just a winter storage vegetable pushed to the back of the fridge perhaps! We are adding our voice to the growing chorus of cabbage enthusiasts that are bringing to light what a wonderful and versatile vegetable it is. Aside of being harvested months ago and still packed with Vit. K…
This is Seed Order Week here at the farm. This is the time when Adrian pores over seed catalogues and selects this year’s varieties. Sometimes tried and true, sometimes brand new, all with the intention of a steady growth of vegetables all season long. So many things to consider – soil conditions, weather conditions, pest…
Farmers may not be out in their fields these days but many are hard at work on the issues facing agriculture and the people of Ontario. We hope you take a few minutes to check into the National Farmers Union Ontario updated website. This is a resource you can trust when looking to be informed…
Welcome to the Willo’Wind Winter CSA. We have had an amazing autumn, as if nature wants to make up for the drought in the summer! In addition to the stunning colours all around us, we are glad to be still cutting greens for salad mixes, harvesting lettuce and digging up carrots. As summer now fades…
Twenty weeks of fresh produce and notes from Willo’Wind are now coming to a close! Thank you for your support through the season and we hope that you have enjoyed being part of the Summer CSA. Please be sure to leave out your bin for final pick up so that we can collect all the bins,…