Hello All! We went off a mile or two up the road (pic above, taken by French wwoofer Nellie) to mow verges this month as you may recall the saga going, out of the bailiwick of Mighty Joe Young, our SuperSize Meself neighbor who dwells in his fabulous new faux mountain-range. With the help of [...]
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15 Mar
Newsletter #9 – July 2009
05/08/2009 9:24:33 AM manu in garden.docx ~ Thompson Small Farm ~ Newsletter #9 – July 2009 Hello All! I (Jon) think we had a baby yak born this month. Andrea would know. But I can’t remember. Not whether it was born or not, but whether or not it was this month. If so, this was then the month of [...]
15 Mar
Newsletter #8 – July 2009
Newsletter #8 – June 2009 Hello all! Apparently this June broke records in Alberta for frosts. We had more killing frosts this June in southern Alberta than before in recorded history. This according to my farming associate, if you can believe him, who many claim you can’t, but in this case we do. At any rate, [...]
15 Mar
Newsletter #7 – June 2009
Newletter #7 18/06/2009 5:11:12 PM Hello all! First off, please allow us to apologize for how long it’s taken to get the first newsletter together – we have a new system being implemented that we are hoping will make us more cold, heat and drought resistant. It has been very labor-intensive getting things set-up, and not much [...]
15 Mar
Newsletter #6 – September 2008
Newletter #6 18/06/2009 5:09:48 PM ~ Thompson Small Farm ~ Newsletter #6 – September 2008 Hello all! We simply can’t believe how quickly the summer has gone. Thank-you everyone so much again for your support. We very much enjoyed being involved with you in this venture, and getting to know a little so many wonderful folks. The summer [...]
15 Mar
Newsletter #4 – June 2008
Newsletter #4 – 2008 18/06/2009 5:03:03 PM ~ Thompson Small Farm ~ Newsletter #4 – June 2008 Hello all! April conditions continued until about mid-June this year… and then it got hot. It is interesting to watch how the different vegetables respond to the given year. With the sudden heat, peas and some mustard greens [...]
15 Mar
Introduction
Thompson Small Farm ~ Welcome! Here first on the table are the nuts-and bolts details about membership to our farm, followed by some background and philosophy should you wish to learn a little more. We grow with natural inputs only – no poisons. You can join anytime during the season, however, and we will simply subtract [...]
24 Jan
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