Farm Stand

Open DAILY for the Summer
Monday-Saturday 10-5:30 & Sunday 10-5
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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.

Hope to see you and your family at the farm!img_2515sm

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Earlier this week I got to check out the site C construction for the next dam on the Peace River. The last time I was up here I went down to Bear Flats to see where the high water mark would be once the valley was flooded. It certainly is a contentious issue, flooding farm land for the sake of power generation in indigenous territories. No one (supposedly) wants to see farmland developed on, while the rally cries are heard against flooding this area of farmland (albeit good, productive river bottom land) the biggest take home was that few are sounding the alarm on oil and gas development on farmland for the entire Peace region. Down on the coast, it’s easy to forget about the Peace and the good productive land up here. It’s a damn shame it’s the Wild West with so little foresight and regulations to protect it. #sitec #alr #rantoftheday
I’m up in the Peace Country visiting my collage roomie and her family farm this week. Our farms couldn’t be more different, at first glance. I sell local. She mostly exports. I grow organically. She grows conventionally. I grow on 17 acres. She grows on 5000. I grow year round. She’s got a short 4-5 month growing season. Yet We both are passionate about agriculture. We both chose to raise our families on the farm. We both have had our parents mentor us along the way. We both have care and understanding for the environment. We both know the commitment and sacrifices it takes to farm. And we both respect each other’s way of farming. When I get the odd time off the farm, I usually find myself most at peace on other’s farms. There is this common thread, this familiarity, that fills the soul with all sorts of agrarian magic. #bcag #oldscollegealumni
Farm Stand is brimming with all sorts of magic! Purple broccoli, French melons, heirloom tomatoes, new potatoes, gold beets, sweet orange carrots, lemons cucumbers and so much more! #certifiedorganic #westhamislandgrown #cropthornefarmstand
Farming definitely teaches me patience. I 💯want these melons to be ready. I pulled one, it was meh. Run of the mill, on a fruit platter kind, passable but not good. These melons are supposed to be TO DIE FOR. Intoxicating. Waking up in a trance, from dreaming about their sweet aromatic goodness. We are not there yet, one more week and the magic starts. It is ohhhhh so worth it, to be patient for. Although... I will 100% check them again tomorrow, just to be sure. Patient, yet hungry. #melonsonthemind #truelove #westhamislandgrown
Garlic Harvest has started! First Simon and I undercut the garlic, cutting it just at the right level to make for easy pulling. (There maaaay have been a few casualties in finding the perfect depth 🙈) Next we pull all the garlic out of the soil and then we rack them and put them in the hoophouse to cure. They’ll dry the next few weeks and then we’ll select some for seed to plant out in the fall, with the rest heading for sale starting in August. May be the best crop yet this year!
Happy 70th birthday Big D. Some days Dad’s in Mexico visiting tomatoes farms, others days he is in Israel standing in a field taste testing Strawberries, other days he’s in Italy seeing how Melons are grown and other days, he’s here on the farm, helping out when he can. Whether he’s around the world or here at home, his passion for agriculture and continuous learning shines through. He has this deep understanding of how plants grow and the work required to do so. He always wants to do things the right way and rarely compromises quality. Sometimes we are much too similar, although with hearing protection on it’s hard for him to realize we are arguing FOR the same thing... but I think that’s just working with family! Xoxo to the guy without Instagram yet is hassling me to get WhatsApp, you are one of a kind.🥳🥳🥳
We are hiring for the future. We have an opening now for 2020 season in mind (holy moly is that next year already 😱) for an ASSISTANT FARM MANAGER. Our current gal will be heading back east to start her own farm this winter so we are looking for someone THIS SEASON to join our crew and learn the ropes. All the info is on our website and please share. We think this is a great permanent, year round position for a hardworking person who is passionate about farming and great with people.
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Isabelle and Jenna are in the West End today and sent me this lovely vid of what we’ve got today at the #westendfm
Spent some time today checking pollination on the tomatoes. Each time a bee visits the flower, it will leave a little brown mark
We be janging! This is our new 12(!!!) row seeder. We are trying it out for salad greens plus using every other hopper for radishes, turnips and spinach. In hopes for denser, cleaner beds 😍
Sweeeeeet Potatoes Not the easiest to grow in our cooler, maritime climate but oh so worth it. They’ve got a long season of growing to do and curing before we start selling them in November!
Hours & Info
4362 Tamboline Road
Delta BC V4K 3N2
Farmstand OPEN DAILY
Mon-Sat 10-5:30 Sun 10-5
On the 'gram
Earlier this week I got to check out the site C construction for the next dam on the Peace River. The last time I was up here I went down to Bear Flats to see where the high water mark would be once the valley was flooded. It certainly is a contentious issue, flooding farm land for the sake of power generation in indigenous territories. No one (supposedly) wants to see farmland developed on, while the rally cries are heard against flooding this area of farmland (albeit good, productive river bottom land) the biggest take home was that few are sounding the alarm on oil and gas development on farmland for the entire Peace region. Down on the coast, it’s easy to forget about the Peace and the good productive land up here. It’s a damn shame it’s the Wild West with so little foresight and regulations to protect it. #sitec #alr #rantoftheday
I’m up in the Peace Country visiting my collage roomie and her family farm this week. Our farms couldn’t be more different, at first glance. I sell local. She mostly exports. I grow organically. She grows conventionally. I grow on 17 acres. She grows on 5000. I grow year round. She’s got a short 4-5 month growing season. Yet We both are passionate about agriculture. We both chose to raise our families on the farm. We both have had our parents mentor us along the way. We both have care and understanding for the environment. We both know the commitment and sacrifices it takes to farm. And we both respect each other’s way of farming. When I get the odd time off the farm, I usually find myself most at peace on other’s farms. There is this common thread, this familiarity, that fills the soul with all sorts of agrarian magic. #bcag #oldscollegealumni
Farm Stand is brimming with all sorts of magic! Purple broccoli, French melons, heirloom tomatoes, new potatoes, gold beets, sweet orange carrots, lemons cucumbers and so much more! #certifiedorganic #westhamislandgrown #cropthornefarmstand
Farming definitely teaches me patience. I 💯want these melons to be ready. I pulled one, it was meh. Run of the mill, on a fruit platter kind, passable but not good. These melons are supposed to be TO DIE FOR. Intoxicating. Waking up in a trance, from dreaming about their sweet aromatic goodness. We are not there yet, one more week and the magic starts. It is ohhhhh so worth it, to be patient for. Although... I will 100% check them again tomorrow, just to be sure. Patient, yet hungry. #melonsonthemind #truelove #westhamislandgrown
Garlic Harvest has started! First Simon and I undercut the garlic, cutting it just at the right level to make for easy pulling. (There maaaay have been a few casualties in finding the perfect depth 🙈) Next we pull all the garlic out of the soil and then we rack them and put them in the hoophouse to cure. They’ll dry the next few weeks and then we’ll select some for seed to plant out in the fall, with the rest heading for sale starting in August. May be the best crop yet this year!
Happy 70th birthday Big D. Some days Dad’s in Mexico visiting tomatoes farms, others days he is in Israel standing in a field taste testing Strawberries, other days he’s in Italy seeing how Melons are grown and other days, he’s here on the farm, helping out when he can. Whether he’s around the world or here at home, his passion for agriculture and continuous learning shines through. He has this deep understanding of how plants grow and the work required to do so. He always wants to do things the right way and rarely compromises quality. Sometimes we are much too similar, although with hearing protection on it’s hard for him to realize we are arguing FOR the same thing... but I think that’s just working with family! Xoxo to the guy without Instagram yet is hassling me to get WhatsApp, you are one of a kind.🥳🥳🥳
We are hiring for the future. We have an opening now for 2020 season in mind (holy moly is that next year already 😱) for an ASSISTANT FARM MANAGER. Our current gal will be heading back east to start her own farm this winter so we are looking for someone THIS SEASON to join our crew and learn the ropes. All the info is on our website and please share. We think this is a great permanent, year round position for a hardworking person who is passionate about farming and great with people.
🙌🏼🍈🙌🏼🍈
Isabelle and Jenna are in the West End today and sent me this lovely vid of what we’ve got today at the #westendfm
Spent some time today checking pollination on the tomatoes. Each time a bee visits the flower, it will leave a little brown mark
We be janging! This is our new 12(!!!) row seeder. We are trying it out for salad greens plus using every other hopper for radishes, turnips and spinach. In hopes for denser, cleaner beds 😍
Sweeeeeet Potatoes Not the easiest to grow in our cooler, maritime climate but oh so worth it. They’ve got a long season of growing to do and curing before we start selling them in November!
Added a few bios this week to the greenhouse. Being Certified Organic means we don’t have as many tools in our IPM (Intergrated Pest Management) tool box as some other growers. We need to be proactive and preventative rather than reactive and this week that meant adding a few thousand little friends to help control pests in our greenhouses before they become a problem. 🐞🐝🦟🦗
We’ve got a big week ahead, with farmstand opening, as well as Main St and West End markets and, of course, our CSA 🎉🎉 . CSA starts this weekend for Farm Sat, West End and Kits, with Farm Tues, Tsawwassen and Main starting next week. Along with these luscious salad greens, shares should have cukes, radishes, scapes and more! See you soon 😊 #cropthornecsa
For so long I’ve worn my identity on my sleeve, being a farmer is all I wanted to be for so long. I’ve always seen myself as a farmer first and everything else second (daughter, friend, partner, sister, mother etc). I don’t ignore these latter roles, I am active in them yet I don’t outwardly identify with them. I was half way through planting potatoes when David brought our youngest out and I had to stop to feed him while David snapped this shot. He texted this photo to me a few hours later and my heart just burst. My identity as a farmer couldn’t be stronger yet my identity as a mother held weight equally. It was a perfect moment on the farm with my boy. #strongasamother #thisiswomenswork
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