Good Monday Everyone!
This photo was taken by one of my customers yesterday with my beautiful white Gladiolas!  I just had to share this photo with you all!  Thanks Sumeuy!  Love that!

Yes, the first Gladiolas are here, along with many, many Dahlias now!  Blooming more every day!  It's just gorgeous out in my field right now!

Lots of vegetable are here now, and huge!  I have a new crop of cabbage, and they must be more than 5 pounds- so delicious - used one to make lazy man cabbage rolls on the weekend, and still have lots for coleslaw!  If you like to plan ahead, put a few in your freezer to make cabbage rolls in the Fall.  No boiling and scalding needed, just take out of the freezer the day before you need them, rinse off the leaves, and they are ready to use!  So much easier than boiling the leaves!

The Red Russian Garlic is ready to purchase now, and tons more drying in the greenhouse and in the barn - I will definitely have lots to last all of us into the Fall this year!  I was taking some friends through the fields on the weekend, and discovered many, huge pumpkins already so big - there's even a few that are close to 30 pounds - hilarious, and it's only the last week of July.  They are definitely still green, but they're going to be huge this year - I planted 4 varieties of pumpkins ( 3 orange, and 1 white ), Plus, lots of mini decorative pumpkins too.  So don't buy yours anywhere else, come here - you can pick out the ones you want and need for decorating for Fall and Halloween!

I swear with those few days of heavy rain last week, everything has doubled in size since then!  Crazy!  But it's so fun!

Onions will be coming with in a week, so stay tuned!  

I had the wonderful opportunity today to visit Gusto Garlic Farm in Maple Ridge.  Now that's Paradise!  Beautiful Log Cabin home, and beautifully situated on the property.  I learned a lot about Garlic planting and harvesting today - I will be expanding the Garlic portion of my farm this year - look for Porcelain Garlic next year as well as Red Russian!  Thanks to Al & Donna Kozak, for their time and hospitality!  I really enjoyed my visit!

Thank you all for such great support - I really do love meeting you all here on the farm, and really appreciate your honesty!

Have an awesome week!

Mandy
Yakashiro Farm & Gardens
28875 Haverman Road
in Beautiful Bradner!
604-556-1330 Cell
myakashiro@shaw.ca

Good Day Everyone!

These past few days with a bit cooler weather has really helped, but I would still like to see a little rain!!  I know, I know, I just said the warmth of the hot spell was great, but just a little rain for the field produce! :)

I've taken advantage of this cooler weather and done some pickling!  
Now Available in the Stand:  Garlic Dill Pickles, Sweet Hot Dog Relish, and by Wednesday...... Mustard Pickles ( an old family favourite - hope you love them too! ).

The Red Russian Garlic is now available in the stand - right now in Netted Bags of 4 bulbs for $5.00 ( singles will be available by the end of the week for $1.25 per head ).
Cabbage, Beets and Carrots are now available!  Green beans have been taking their sweet time coming up, but now they're looking great - in the Stand today!

I still have a lot of Rhubarb in the field, but please call ahead to order - I want you to have fresh, not wilted rhubarb!

Dahlias are up and blooming like crazy now - so fill your home with beautiful flowers - and don't forget your Moms!  Everyone loves Dahlias!

Off to make my Mustard Pickles this morning!

And if you believe in prayer - please pray for our middle daughter Michele - she ruptured her achilles tendon last night during a soccer game - please pray for speedy and complete recovery for her!  Thank you!

See you soon!
Mandy
Yakashiro Farm & Gardens
28875 Haverman Road,
in Beautiful Bradner, BC
Cell# 604-556-1330
myakashiro@shaw.ca

Hello Everyone!
I hope you're all enjoying this unbelievably hot weather!  Hard on the plants and the farmers, but so nice to be warm! :)

With all the rain in June, and now the hot weather, everything is coming up quickly.

My New Potatoes ( Warba ), and Yukon Gold Potatoes are ready!  Oh man, they are so good!
Lots of Zuchinni available.
Also:  Raspberries, Blueberries, Cucumbers, Green Beans, and Sno Peas!

Checked on the Carrots and Beets today, and we're really close - hopefully by the end of this coming week they'll be good to go!

I've lifted all the Red Russian Garlic - I need about a week to cure them, and they'll be ready as well.

Hope to see you at the Stand soon!  It's been so warm, that I'm leaving the cut flowers in the big stand closer to the house, so make sure you don't drive by - the flowers are in the big stand for a while.  Lots of Sunflowers, Alstromaria, Astilbe and more!

Thank you all for being honest!  

Mandy
Yakashiro Farm & Gardens
28875 Haverman Road
in Beautiful Bradner!
Cell# 604-556-1330
myakashiro@shaw.ca

Hello Friends!

Well produce season is under way.  This week, I have available:
Fresh Rhubarb - please order ahead - 75 cents per lb.
Sno Peas
Green Beans
Zuchinni
Blueberries

Cut Flowers now available:
Sunflowers 
Alstromaria
Astilbe
Roses
Baby's Breath
Lavendar Bundles


All the jams have been replenished, and the pickling products will be happening within the next month!

Happy Gardening!
Mandy
Yakashiro Farm & Gardens
28875 Haverman Road
in Beautiful Bradner, BC
Cell# 604-556-1330
myakashiro@shaw.ca

Happy Belated Canada Day!
I hope you all got some down time over the 'sort of' long weekend, if you were able to get Monday off as well!

Fresh Vegetables are just around the corner now!  I had my first cucumber and zuchinni over the weekend, and I can honestly say, that there is nothing tastier than freshly picked fruit and vegetables, right off the vine, or tree, or out of the ground.  It's incredible how little flavour fruit and vegetables have in the store, especially once you get used to home grown produce!

I have a new whiteboard sign out front now, that will give you daily features for fruit and veggies that are in the stand every day.  Today I have the last of my Garlic Scapes, and fresh cut Rhubarb!  The way zuchinni grows, I do believe I will have some ready before the weekend!  Get out those zuchinni recipes!  If you need some, let me know!  I have tons! 

Fresh batches of Raspberry, Strawberry-Rhubarb, and Rhubarb jams have been made over the long weekend!  I ran out of Raspberry Jam quite a while back, so I made 4 times the amount this year! :)  Except for the Rhubarb ( which I now have a ton of again! ), I buy my fruit for jams from Krause Farms in Langley.  My crops are not quite big enough yet for that much jam making.

I still have two sections in my massive garden that have been overtaken with weeds, but that is my task before this coming weekend.  I actually feel like I'm getting on top of it! Yayy!

I wanted to forward a pet peeve of mine - and please don't judge me.  I will do my best to not be political, and I totally believe in a farmers' right to farm, but some things really upset me.  My next door neighbour grows blueberries.  I grow blueberries.  I don't spray my blueberries and have quite a crop this year, only being a two year old crop, it's incredible!  I'm very excited!  My neighbour, over the weekend, sprayed his already ripening crops three times.  I am very concerned with the amount of sprays put on these blueberry crops - so please do yourself a favour, and when you are purchasing blueberries, or any berries for that matter - ask the vendor if they spray their crops, or if they use Cannons in their property.  I am especially concerned with all the Insecticides sprayed - as my crops are flowering now, and if someone is spraying for bugs, that does include Bees, which are the most important part of gardening for pollination and produce production!  Here's hoping there's an invisible barrier between my property and flowering plants, and his.  Okay, enough.  PS. Krause Farms does not use sprays or cannons on their farm!

I wanted to share a photo of my beautiful climbing pale pink rose growing in my back yard.  I planted it 4 years ago over an antique rusty trellis - it's in full bloom right now, and gorgeous!  Enjoy!

I still have some herbs ready to be planted in your garden : Mint, Oregano, Thyme, Basil, Thai Basil, and Cilantro.  Get in while they're still here!

Until next time!
Happy Gardening!
Mandy
Yakashiro Farm & Gardens
28875 Haverman Road,
in Beautiful Bradner, BC
myakashiro@shaw.ca
Cell# 604-556-1330