Farm Stand

Open Saturdays in November and December

From 10am-3pm with a wide selection of vegetables, eggs and flowers.

 

 

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We run a seasonal farm stand at our farm on Westham Island from June until December.

We grow a wide array of organic vegetables, lots of specialty items as well as many staple crops. We also have beautiful bouquets of seasonal flowers and eggs from our pastured hens.

We are open daily in the summer until Labour Day Monday from 10am-5:30pm Monday to Saturday and from 10am-5pm on Sundays

In September and October we are open Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10am-5pm.

In November & December we are open Saturdays from 10am-3pm.

We are located on Tamboline Road, which is your second left after the Westham Island bridge. Our address is 4362 Tamboline Road.

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Cropthorne Farm on Instagram
We are at the winter farmers market today from 10-2 with all sorts of winter goodies 🥕🥔🍠 Check out insta stories for more of what’s at market today!
My big lessons from 2018 RANT, it’s long and rant-y 😬 Yesterday I was lying in a MRI machine getting my brain scanned after a very brief scare (Only those scary moments when you are in a claustrophobic chamber, unable to move when you are forced into remembering what matters most!) I am by no means totally balanced with family and farm life, it has been a constant struggle since starting the farm but 2018 was great start in consciously shifting that balance. I am so grateful to our farm team for stepping up. They quite honestly have been running the show the last while and have allowed me to step back and I love seeing them all grow and learn here. For anyone starting out farming, the farm can be all consuming, there is always something left undone and there is this false sense of pride of grinding out long days and having worked X amount of days in a row. You can sacrifice your health, your happiness and your friendships. The farm provides so much purpose, nourishment and hope and I don’t want to discount that, it is not this one sided relationship that doesn’t give but to tip to the point where all life becomes is work is not a good place to be. What we should be championing, is instead of the photo of the all too often late night harvest finish or the August burnout rant and instead be pumped on that epic family supper or the 3 day weekend to the lake. That’s what I want to see more in my real life, offline version of best 2019 memories next year, a little less work and a little more play, life is just too short to be working away, regardless of how much one loves their job. After ten years of farming, I think I am finally starting to grasp what true sustainability is and how important the human aspect is.
Last Day at the farmstand until June! Thanks to our customers to making this our best year yet! 💚
After a little hiatus on introducing our crew we are back to it! Today meet CRYSTA! After pursuing agro-ecology at UBC, she then worked for UBC Farm before coming to us in 2015. Crysta's relaxed and positive personality makes her a gem to work with. Crysta does all the direct seeding on the farm, does our restaurant deliveries and helps manage the day to day jobs of the farm. 💥Crysta💥 Hails from: Long Island, New York Number of seasons at Cropthorne: 3 Number of seasons farming: 5 Favourite Vegetables: Potatoes, carrots and fennel is real nice. It is hard to choose! Favourite job on the farm: Harvesting cabbage is fun. Celeriac harvest is really satisfying, prepping beds, getting ready for transplanting. Why do you like farming: Get to be outside, get your hands in the soil and I love food so it is fun to eat and grow it. and it is a job you can be proud of.
Sooo much bounty at the winter farmers market today! Come stock up on veggies, it is a beautiful day in the big city!
Winter Sustenance
🎵⛄️Making a (restaurant harvest) list, checking it twice, wanna find out where to dine out real nice? Cropthorne’s Crysta is coming to town🎄🎵 • In all seriousness we’ve got all whole lot of fresh produce heading out to some great restaurants. • Be sure to dine with them as they are great supporters of local/organic agriculture and it’s partnerships like these that keep us farmers farming the land and pushing the boundaries to what we can grow. 💚
Greenhouses are always a nice place to be on a frosty, sunny morning. Isabelle is picking some beautiful chicories for the @cropthornefarmstand and #rileyparkfm
It’s such a rare site to have the fields so green so late in the year, and with all this cold weather this sea of winter cover crop should winter kill and start to decompose providing some great organic matter for next season. It’s always a mad rush to seed cover crop in the fall as we are in the thick of harvesting but it is always well worth it. This cover crop was seeded at the end of a long potato harvest day, finishing seeding in the dark as the rain was just starting to come down.
We’ve got a great deal on winter squash right now at @vanmarkets #rileyparkfm • 💥Buy 2 and get 1 FREE!💥 We’ve got a huge selection; from Acorn to Butternut to Kabocha to Delicata and Pie Pumpkin and much more!
Farmstand prep is going on right now, getting ready for tomorrow. Along with veggies and eggs, this week we’ve got eucalyptus wreaths from @riverandseaflowers too!
Winter salads
Hours & Info
4362 Tamboline Road
Delta BC V4K 3N2
Open Saturdays in November & December from 10am-3pm
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We are at the winter farmers market today from 10-2 with all sorts of winter goodies 🥕🥔🍠 Check out insta stories for more of what’s at market today!
My big lessons from 2018 RANT, it’s long and rant-y 😬 Yesterday I was lying in a MRI machine getting my brain scanned after a very brief scare (Only those scary moments when you are in a claustrophobic chamber, unable to move when you are forced into remembering what matters most!) I am by no means totally balanced with family and farm life, it has been a constant struggle since starting the farm but 2018 was great start in consciously shifting that balance. I am so grateful to our farm team for stepping up. They quite honestly have been running the show the last while and have allowed me to step back and I love seeing them all grow and learn here. For anyone starting out farming, the farm can be all consuming, there is always something left undone and there is this false sense of pride of grinding out long days and having worked X amount of days in a row. You can sacrifice your health, your happiness and your friendships. The farm provides so much purpose, nourishment and hope and I don’t want to discount that, it is not this one sided relationship that doesn’t give but to tip to the point where all life becomes is work is not a good place to be. What we should be championing, is instead of the photo of the all too often late night harvest finish or the August burnout rant and instead be pumped on that epic family supper or the 3 day weekend to the lake. That’s what I want to see more in my real life, offline version of best 2019 memories next year, a little less work and a little more play, life is just too short to be working away, regardless of how much one loves their job. After ten years of farming, I think I am finally starting to grasp what true sustainability is and how important the human aspect is.
Last Day at the farmstand until June! Thanks to our customers to making this our best year yet! 💚
After a little hiatus on introducing our crew we are back to it! Today meet CRYSTA! After pursuing agro-ecology at UBC, she then worked for UBC Farm before coming to us in 2015. Crysta's relaxed and positive personality makes her a gem to work with. Crysta does all the direct seeding on the farm, does our restaurant deliveries and helps manage the day to day jobs of the farm. 💥Crysta💥 Hails from: Long Island, New York Number of seasons at Cropthorne: 3 Number of seasons farming: 5 Favourite Vegetables: Potatoes, carrots and fennel is real nice. It is hard to choose! Favourite job on the farm: Harvesting cabbage is fun. Celeriac harvest is really satisfying, prepping beds, getting ready for transplanting. Why do you like farming: Get to be outside, get your hands in the soil and I love food so it is fun to eat and grow it. and it is a job you can be proud of.
Sooo much bounty at the winter farmers market today! Come stock up on veggies, it is a beautiful day in the big city!
Winter Sustenance
🎵⛄️Making a (restaurant harvest) list, checking it twice, wanna find out where to dine out real nice? Cropthorne’s Crysta is coming to town🎄🎵 • In all seriousness we’ve got all whole lot of fresh produce heading out to some great restaurants. • Be sure to dine with them as they are great supporters of local/organic agriculture and it’s partnerships like these that keep us farmers farming the land and pushing the boundaries to what we can grow. 💚
Greenhouses are always a nice place to be on a frosty, sunny morning. Isabelle is picking some beautiful chicories for the @cropthornefarmstand and #rileyparkfm
It’s such a rare site to have the fields so green so late in the year, and with all this cold weather this sea of winter cover crop should winter kill and start to decompose providing some great organic matter for next season. It’s always a mad rush to seed cover crop in the fall as we are in the thick of harvesting but it is always well worth it. This cover crop was seeded at the end of a long potato harvest day, finishing seeding in the dark as the rain was just starting to come down.
We’ve got a great deal on winter squash right now at @vanmarkets #rileyparkfm • 💥Buy 2 and get 1 FREE!💥 We’ve got a huge selection; from Acorn to Butternut to Kabocha to Delicata and Pie Pumpkin and much more!
Farmstand prep is going on right now, getting ready for tomorrow. Along with veggies and eggs, this week we’ve got eucalyptus wreaths from @riverandseaflowers too!
Winter salads
Hoophouse crops💥 💣
Early Winter CSA bins packed and ready for tomorrow’s pickups • 📷 @lehmanncrysta
A little sneak peak of what will be fresh at the @cropthornefarmstand this Saturday
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