How to Grow a Berry Garden in Your Backyard
Plant blueberries in early spring and choose a location that gets lots of sunlight and well-draining soil. They like their...
Ruth Gatzke and Marc McKerracher operate their 2nd generation farm located at 219 Canboro Road in Ridgeville. In addition to tender fruits they grow an exciting assortment of Heirloom vegetables including a wide variety of tomatoes and eggplants.
Plant blueberries in early spring and choose a location that gets lots of sunlight and well-draining soil. They like their...
Growing veggies from small, unassuming seeds is a wondrous process, even for the most experienced gardeners. Not to mention, it’s...
The Scoop Now is the time to start many of your seeds indoors such as tomatoes, peppers and herbs. Here is...
Spring is just around the corner and that means its time to start thinking about planning your summer garden. Besides...
Ruth Gatzke and Marc McKerracher operate their 2nd generation farm located at 219 Canboro Rd in Ridgeville. Rumar is a...
Isn’t this the time of year that feels like winter will never end? But there are a couple of signs...
It’s finally here and we are so excited to gear up for the 2023 growing season with you. First, we...
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Hard to believe the holiday season is starting soon and many are...
The final Rumar Farm CSA basket provided last week to our members was an assortment of fruit and vegetables that...
The Biodynamic movement started in 1924 by Rudolf Steiner who wrote 8 lectures known as the Agriculture Course. In many...
One of the greatest challenges to eating locally is how to preserve the bountiful harvest of summer for the lean...
Marc and I were considering a good topic for this week’s newsletter and given the amount of kale we planted,...
Are you tired of flavourless dry herbs you get from the store? Why not consider drying your own herbs at...
At Rumar, this is the time of year when everything is being harvested simultaneously. Careful planning is needed to capture...
Before modern refrigeration, preserving was a matter of survival. To prevent starvation, families put up as much food as possible,...
I recently read an interesting article about sugar that I wanted to share some of it with you. Are you...
They have a cult following, for some it’s the only peach they will eat. Unlike the freestone varieties which are...
Many said it just couldn’t be done in Niagara. Along with the problem of pests, we have such humid conditions...
Part of being biodynamic is to learn to use the wild natural vegetation on Rumar farm in our preparations to...
All food banks appreciate donations of non-perishable items, but what many families need most is fresh healthy fruit and vegetables. ...