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Planting Your Vegetable Garden with Rumar Farm
A stale seedbed is an old technique for getting rid of weeds and can be used both in a back yard...
Tips from Rumar Farm for a Greener Sustainable Garden
The weather is warming up, it’s time to get outside and get your garden ready for the spring. As more...
Rumar Farm Spring Plant Sale 2023
Our Plant sale has officially begun! Go on-line and follow the “shop” tab for instructions on how to place your...
Ready, Set, Grow with Rumar Farm
A rain barrel is an incredibly useful addition to a backyard, especially if you’re looking to be more sustainable. It...
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...
Growing Plants from Seed
Growing veggies from small, unassuming seeds is a wondrous process, even for the most experienced gardeners. Not to mention, it’s...
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...
Meet Local Entrepreneur – Anthony Pasto of Happy Bees Honey and Funky Funghi Mushrooms
Niagara was in the house at the Toronto Spring RV and Camping Show held March 2nd – 5th , 2023...
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...
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,...
It’s Melon Season at Rumar Farm
You know summer is in full swing when the melons start to ripen. Full of water, melons are super refreshing...
