Jack Pumpkin and the Bean Stalks

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Its a beautiful summer and the garden beds are really growing for it.
The beans are reaching for the sky, bringing tomatoes and pumpkins up the vines. Its really neat to see them intertwined and together reaching higher than the posts.

The tomatoes, beans and pumpkins are reaching for the sky

The Kale is growing great in all the beds and wild in the fields.

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  • Bunches of daily Kale

Second generation beans that grow and multiply reaching toward the sky!

Perhaps these beans can be trained to build an organic space elevator..
I am sorry but If your planning on building a space elevator from a bean stalkThat’s an unauthorized post.

Summer Solstice Garden Party

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Celebrate the longest days of the year and share these moments with your friends and those you hold dear.

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Remember the light in times of darkness, and be filled by the love and energy of life. Life and love from our sun, our friends and the sunlight saved in everyone.

The sun grows our food, charges cars, feeds dinosaurs and provides the essential energy for this planet all the time non-stop thermonuclear power station which also includes heat, light and air-conditioning.

Thank you everyone for your support this year. The gardens are growing and we have a fun safe spot here for everyone.

Potluck dinner with many awesome neighbours, friends and family. This is a great chance to celebrate the summer and the good that is going on in our community.

Raised garden beds

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We have new raised garden beds, fantastic thriving filled with wood, soil, chicken mulch built from easily available materials. The metal on the outside walls of the box helps keep the slugs away. The peas and beans and tomatoes love climbing further up on a simple fence trellis.

Full of beets, peas and greens. We built 12 boxes this year with the help of Brian and some volunteers. Perfect for permaculture.

Fire on the Water

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So its a birthday party for Micah and the kids are all hanging out – which is great !Micah_12BdayIMG_4521

Such a good day for everyone to be outside. And we have a fire on the beach.

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Some people extended the beach into the water what fun!

 

 

Got Chickens and lots of Eggs

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Its spring time not the Easter bunny its our awesome happy chickens taking charge.

Forget about composting the kitchen scraps and leftover lunches these are gourmet chickens. Leftover food from the night before is a dozen eggs the next day.chickensIMG_4426

These ladies know what they like and its freedom.

 

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Lucky chickens all the way thanks everyone for your support. Your paying for our ticket to love. Love fresh eggs, love fresh greens love sunshine and wishing we could fly. And stay safe of course. wishing everyone the best of health.

 

Hops Harvest

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Hops Harvest for cascade and nugget 

We had walls of hops this year its wild how well they grow.

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We harvested them a week ago and sold them all.

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We have great quality Cascade and Nugget with some Sterling and Heirloom hops from original Squamish Valley groves

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Big Thanks to the HOOH Harvesters Of Organic Hops.

Fall Rye

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It is time to plant fall rye. The last years rye makes really good bread. Rye keeps the weeds down and looks good.

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July 2015 picture of rye with hops growing on vines in the background. When its ready the rye starts to fall over at the top.

Sacha gathers the sheaths of rye from the field. Its fun in the sun.

Sacha gathers the sheaths of rye from the field. Its fun in the sun.

Then its time to pick it. The nice thing about this is its great for making bread. Also it makes a good bed for the ducks.

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Fresh sourdough rye with a little help from our friends.

 

Squamish Farmers Market

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We had our table at the Squamish Farmers Market this week. Its Fall

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We have some great food sustainably grown local produce from the Squamish Valley Farm.

  • Pumpkins
  • Cool Carrots
  • Potatoes varieties
  • Krazy Kale and salad greens
  • pumpkins.

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Its been quite an adventure, lots of learning, great food and new experiences.

The ducks have actually started laying eggs and the bees seem to be doing fine.

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Brackendale 2014 Fall Fair

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This year we entered some Magic Beans and a couple of Ducks in the Brackendale 2014 Fall Fair.

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We got first place for the beans an ducks and its just great to participate.Thanks to everyone who has helped out on the Squamish Valley Farm this year.

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A selection of tomatoes. 6 different Heirloom tomatoes. and Super Yummy Chocolate hip cookies Sacha and Micah also baked for second place.

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