Agriculture Demonstration Day 

Wednesday, Aug. 3

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Research Farm 

Guess where I was today.  Yesterday hot and sunny.  Today for the BBQ ... RAIN.  Oh well, what can you do but attend the bbq anyway,  All the food was local (except for the buns) and all of it was delicious.  I had no idea this farm was here so it was a new experience for me.

Their crop was excellent as seen by the example of the beets above.  They grow a number of veggies (kale, beets, potatoes, carrots), berries (raspberries, currents, haskap, to name a few), grains (wheat, barley, ...), orchards (apple, peach, ...), oils (canola, soya ...), and flowers grown especially for honey bees.  

Brad was one of the workers that walked us around and gave us an update on soil, plants and expectations.

Above is an example of the kale - in the middle grown with NPK Pellets  (i.e. fertilizer) + compost, on the right just compost (although this is the 7th year of compost - the first year growth made no difference, it took a while for it to make a difference in the soil) - there was little difference in the middle and the right as it all looks healthy and green, and on the left is kale grown with no help at all to the soil - there IS a difference in size and colour.

After eating, the rain stopped and the sun tried to break through.  Walking through this farm was very interesting and informative.