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