Oh my!
I can't believe it's been a month since my last Blog Post. Sorry!
With all this incredible heat and no rain, I've been run off my feet to say the least!
Remarkably, there are things growing in my field!
Now available:
Zuchinni, Blueberries ( not sprayed ), Green Beans, Carrots, Cabbage, Beets and lots of Potatoes ( both German Butter & Yukon Gold ).
Unfortunately with this incredible heat, many of the cut flowers that I normally grow are just melting in the field. Dahlias have just started, and I'm praying that we get some rain soon. If you believe in the power of prayer, please pray for some rain. I don't irrigate the fields, and normally even with a hot Summer, everything does so well, but this year, everything is basically budding, splitting, opening and dying the same day. Very frustrating for me as I was growing a ton of flowers for my two oldest daughters' weddings coming up in August. I hope that we will have some to enjoy for the weddings, but I just don't know.
Also, some more bad news for all you customers that enjoy my wonderful pickled items and jams. Fraser Health gave me a visit and told me because I don't have a commercial kitchen specifically dedicated to the canning products, I cannot sell them to the public - very sad for me. I do have my Food Safe Certificate, and I am extremely cautious when preparing food for the public, but apparently that is not enough for Fraser Health.
If you do happen to pop in, and want some of those items, and you see me around the property, I will sell to you, I just can't have them in the Stand any longer - Sorry.
Good News!
My garlic crop is amazing this year, and I will have some available starting next week - as well as red & yellow onions coming very soon!
My blueberries are huge and very sweet this year - I do sell them by the small carton, but if you would like a flat, please let me know, and I will pick that for you specifically. A flat is $30.00
I will be closing the Stand on two different days in August, for my daughters' weddings here on the farm - August 2nd and August 22nd - so stock up before and after!
Hope to see you soon! And thank you to all of the regular customers I have - you all make my work feel worth while!
Warm regards,
Mandy
Yakashiro Farm & Gardens
28875 Haverman Road,
in Beautiful Bradner, BC
Cell# 604-556-1330
