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Moondance Organic Gardens Welcome to Moondance Organic Gardens. We are a family "Market Gardens" committed to the promotion of ecological and human health. |
Planting and planning of the gardens for this season of Moondance Organic Gardens is beginning.
This site is constantly changing to provide information on what's available as the season progresses so be sure to bookmark this page and come back soon to watch the site...and garden, GROW!
Within this site you can find:
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About Us |
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Skin Food |
| Children in the Garden | Directions to the Gardens | ||
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About our "Weekly Vegetable Baskets" |
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Resources and Links |
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Composting |
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What's available When! - Market Stand/ Baskets |
| Perennials For Sale | Workshops that we offer | ||
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Growing Tips *new page* |
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| Feature Vegetable - with link to recipes | Feature Herb - with link to recipes |
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Thank you for your interest and involvement with Moondance Organic Gardens and your commitment to fresh healthy food and local economies. We are still "growing", so please be patient while we nurture our dream of promoting ecological and human health through food for the body, mind and soul! Wishing you much health and happiness, Kim Keckes and Family Many apologizes for the sites lack of updates, I hope to get back on top of making sure the site is up to date and informative again - Lisa To find out what will be available to pick up for your baskets or in the market stand, please visit our What's Available When page. (also called veggie ready page :) |
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Hello from the gardens.
AUG 15th
Market Update: The
produce is really
starting to come
along and there
should be lots of
tomatoes, peppers
and more in the next
few weeks. Starting
next Sat. we will
have delicious
Harris Sweetcorn for
sale as well.
Marcy with her
delicious baking
will not be at
market this week.
Looking forward to a
nice sunny day!
Workshop, 10am
Jack, delicious
local Cheeses,
varieties, uses and
tastes
Please meet at the
greenhouse.
Produce
Available: Hungarian
Hot Peppers, Fresh
Garlic, Zucchini,
Lettuce mix, Head
Leaf Lettuce, Swiss
Chard, Kale, baby
beets & greens, Cut
Flower Bouquets
Herbs, Mint, Lemon
Balm, Chives, Basil,
Parsley
Lover's Creek, Snow
peas, beets, pickled
garlic scapes and
more
Come Enjoy the "Farm Market" experience
Saturday's 9am to 1pm v Seasonal farm produce, herbs, perennials, cut flowers and eggs v Jack’s: Local & organic cheeses, organic coffee, jam, butter v Marcy’s: Fresh baked cinnamon rolls, cookies, ready to bake breads v Rustic Gardens, Organic fresh sprouts, preorder at www.rusticgardens.ca v Dickey Bee fresh unpasteurized honey from Innisfil v Lover’s Creek Farm: Wild fruit preserves, compost, & pre-order chickens, turkeys
Corner of the 5th Line and 25th Sideroad of Essa (4km South of 90hwy on 5th line), 2 min East of Angus, 15 min West of Barrie, 20 min North of Alliston
For updates and info please contact Kim 424 2606. ktkeckes@sympatico.ca
Come check out our Sat. Workshops, 10 – 10:30am, for free
Full Workshops offered on: (2 hrs, $25 ) Square Foot Gardening (how to successfully grow your own food & herbs in a small space) House Plant Repotting (avoid the mess, repot, divide your house plants here at the gardens) Preserve the Bounty (preserving for the novice, how to keep the seasons food all year) Aug. 15th -Jack, delicious local Cheeses, varieties, uses and tastes Aug. 22nd - Square Foot Gardening (how to successfully grow your own food & herbs in a small space)$25,registration appreciated Aug. 29th - Mark, Pickled Beets, how to! Sept. 5th - House Plant Repotting (avoid the mess, repot, divide your house plants here at the gardens) $25,registration appreciated Sept. 12th - Kim - fresh salsa ideas Sept. 19th - Preserve the Bounty (preserving for the novice, how to keep the seasons food all year) $25,registration appreciated Sept. 26th -Marcy, Sprouted Grain Bread, explained and great meal ideas Oct. 3rd - Plan your Thanksgiving Dinner, great meal ideas Oct. 10th - Kim Winter Storing your Vegetables Oct. 17th - Last Week
Full Workshops offered on: (2 hrs, $25 ) Square Foot Gardening (how to successfully grow your own food & herbs in a small space) House Plant Repotting (avoid the mess, repot, divide your house plants here at the gardens) Preserve the Bounty (preserving for the novice, how to keep the seasons food all year)
Please contact me for dates and more info at 705 424 2606, ktkeckes@sympatico.ca Wishing you the very best, Kim Treats for 2009 This year as always we look for what will be the best fit for you and our family. With that in mind we are planning to provide even more options and flexibility. We look forward to providing an opportunity for you to have fresh, nutritious, locally grown food. FARMERS' MARKET On Saturdays from May to October we will be offering a "Farmers' Market" onsite where we can have additional produce and vendors. This will provide an option to pick and choose individual items and offer other local specialties such as asparagus, berries, sweetcorn cutflowers and more. The market will be from 9am - 1pm. I welcome feedback on what you would be most interested in as well as hours and set up. CSA Vegetable Basket Program We look forward to offering the CSA format on Wed.'s with the pickup time being the same as last year, from 3 - 8pm. The price is staying the same as last year although we are not offering the biweekly option as that seems to be a challenge for customers to remember and for us to keep track of. Sorry to those that have enjoyed the Sat. pickup option but hopefully the Wed. can work out and Thurs. morning is available if you can't make it Wed. afternoon. The selection of veggies is nutritious and delicious, there are wonderful new varieties. We will focus on what grows well and season extension. So lots of snow peas, exotic radish, brown beans for drying, golden yellow beets, chinese cabbage, Chicory (Italian Dandelion), a gourmet eggplant called Fairy Tale (lavender and white), green stemmed Bok Choi and even radicchio and turnip. My goal is to have excellent variety, increase the number of items available in the early baskets, increase the quantities for items such as carrots, spinach and peas. We have over 27 different types of vegetables we will grow and about 160 different varieties within that. Such as tomatoes, we are growing 14 different varieties this year. Please see the attached sign up form and again I welcome feedback to best suit your needs.
Garden Update May 6, 2008 For the first time on the Gardens site I proudly welcome the addition of Bliss Naturals - ONLINE!
Kim and
Michaelle Brass have been blessed with being able to offer
all natural skin care products that we hand craft. Our
business is called Bliss Naturals,
www.blissnaturals.info
Our web site is in process but we are happy to take orders
through there or I will have a selection of our products
here for market/pickup days. We make our products with the
most simple, natural, healing ingredients that help your
skin feel the bliss of taking care of yourself. We of
course do not use parabens, sulfates, fragrances (only 100%
essential oils) or many of the other ingredients that are in
so many of the available products. Try out a little Bliss!
Wednesday
Market Days: Starting next week April 30th (3pm - 7pm)
we will have greens (spinach, leaf lettuce, chickweed,
swiss chard), herbs (parsley, lavender, chocolate mint,
spearmint, lemon balm, fennel, lovage,cilantro, chives),
available in bags or bunches. I will take orders and/or
you can just drop by. I will send out a price list for
next week. We will also have local honey and eggs
available.
Containers: Please save any lettuce containers that you have. I would love to use them for salad mix this year. The bags are effective but I don't like using the plastic. Clam shell containers are also great for smaller amounts of greens or herbs. Flower Arrangements: This year Logan and Kyra (our children) are going to be selling flower bouquets and arrangements. If you have any flower containers that you would like to get rid of we would be happy to have them. CSA: We are about 1/3 full with Wed. filling up quickly. If you know of others that might be interested please feel free to pass our information along. I am hoping to plant some of the early crops in the field this week so we will have radish, peas, lettuce and lots of other greens for those early baskets. I have a full listing of the 30 crops that we will be growing this year if you would like a copy. Thank You for your interest in our growing adventure and local nutritious food. Wishing you outrageous health, overflowing happiness and presence to appreciate the beautiful planet we live on.
Please check out Veggie ready to find out what's in store for this week's baskets! Features Veggies : Lemon Balm - with extra recipes for a variety of Squahes Organic Thought: "Abundance"
On a side note: something of interest was sent to me by our lovely garden Lady Kim: I thought I would share online! Just a reminder to please return the small green containers and any ziplock bags that are in good shape. If you have any clam shells or larger plastic containers feel free to donate them to us or use them for your herbs/greens.
Please let me know if you have
any questions or suggestions for the gardens this year.
I look forward to hearing from
you
Wishing you the very best,
Kim and Family
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