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Cool Garden Hack from Rumar Farm
The Scoop Now is the time to start many of your seeds indoors such as tomatoes, peppers and herbs. Here is...
Plan Your Summer Garden with Rumar Seeds
Spring is just around the corner and that means its time to start thinking about planning your summer garden. Besides...
Community Partner Profile: Rumar Farm
Ruth Gatzke and Marc McKerracher operate their 2nd generation farm located at 219 Canboro Rd in Ridgeville. Rumar is a...
CSA Sale Time!
Isn’t this the time of year that feels like winter will never end? But there are a couple of signs...
Happy New Year from Rumar Farm
It’s finally here and we are so excited to gear up for the 2023 growing season with you. First, we...
Easy Gift Ideas from Rumar Farm
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Hard to believe the holiday season is starting soon and many are...
Rumar Farm Thanksgiving 2022
The final Rumar Farm CSA basket provided last week to our members was an assortment of fruit and vegetables that...
Rumar a Biodynamic Farm
The Biodynamic movement started in 1924 by Rudolf Steiner who wrote 8 lectures known as the Agriculture Course. In many...
Storing Rumar Root Crops for Winter
One of the greatest challenges to eating locally is how to preserve the bountiful harvest of summer for the lean...
Six Ways to Enjoy Kale
Marc and I were considering a good topic for this week’s newsletter and given the amount of kale we planted,...
How to Dry and Store Rumar Farm Herbs
Are you tired of flavourless dry herbs you get from the store? Why not consider drying your own herbs at...
The Famous Bradford Watermelon
At Rumar, this is the time of year when everything is being harvested simultaneously. Careful planning is needed to capture...
Preserving Summer with Rumar Farm
Before modern refrigeration, preserving was a matter of survival. To prevent starvation, families put up as much food as possible,...
A Bit About Sugar in Fruit
I recently read an interesting article about sugar that I wanted to share some of it with you. Are you...
Baby Gold Peaches
They have a cult following, for some it’s the only peach they will eat. Unlike the freestone varieties which are...
Certified Organic Peaches – Rumar Style
Many said it just couldn’t be done in Niagara. Along with the problem of pests, we have such humid conditions...
Wild Foraged on Rumar Farm
Part of being biodynamic is to learn to use the wild natural vegetation on Rumar farm in our preparations to...
Help to Feed the Hungry – Partnership with Rumar Farm
All food banks appreciate donations of non-perishable items, but what many families need most is fresh healthy fruit and vegetables. ...
Beat the High Cost of Food with Rumar Farm
Have you noticed how the price of food seems to be going up? The last time I bought butter I...
Rumar Farm certified organic through EcoCert Canada and biodynamic through Demeter International
You likely know what certified organic is but what is biodynamic farming? Farms holding the Demeter certification help preserve wildlife...
