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Apple Crisp

With our local apple season coming to a close, we are making apple crisps like no tomorrow! Apple crisp is one of those dishes that we've...

SUMMER RECIPES

Aug 30, 20202 min read

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

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Ashley's Everyday Oatmeal

With the Covid-19 pandemic happening, I've had to change the way I grocery shop and it's definitely taken some getting used to...like...

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Dairy Free Strawberry Banana Ice Cream

If you read our Instagram post yesterday, you’ll know that this blog post will conclude our first season of writing. We didn’t plan on...

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The Citrus Green Smoothie

Based on items I only had around our kitchen, this blend ended up being very simple, accessible and affordable.

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The BEST Veggie and Tofu Stir-Fry

This is one of the first tofu recipes I made in our home where my husband and I both enthusiastically said, “YES, this is amazing!”

SUMMER RECIPES

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Green Spirulina Smoothie

If you live in the prairie provinces of Canada right now it feels like spring is finally showing some of its colors! I have a feeling...

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Apr 22, 20192 min read

Big day in the garden!
The asparagus and rhubarb got cleaned up and both are poking up out of the ground. We also planted an early crop of carrots and beets!

We saw our first snake of the year too! 🐍

As promised, a post about what a CSA is!

The snow is almost melted off the gardens and we only have six more cows to calve!

March Roundup:
1. A rare selfie with my little love ♥️
2. Sitting in puddles with cousins is the best!
3. Brandon Hills hike selfie
4. A big 2 km hike….well actually a 1 km run to start and a long last km bribed with snacks to get to the car
5. Car naps are the best naps
6. Sourdough loaf (thanks for the starter @haleymckaley)
7. Sitting on straw bales making faces
8. Frozen concert
9. Caught the flu
10. A picture from school

2025 growing season announcement!
Get used to seeing my mug around here again! 😘

Hi folks,

I hope you’ve all had a good, wholesome fall and winter. I wanted to touch base about the upcoming season. I’ll be taking a break from Root + Sprout for the 2024 growing season. I’ve been uncomfortably sitting and wrestling with this decision for the past four months or so, and I’m feeling both sad and a little relieved. Calan and I are wanting to spend more time with our family and friends over the summer weekends this year. Over the past few years we are always turning down invitations and now that Aubrey is a full, active toddler, we are wanting to prioritize some fun weekend things for her with the people we love. I have of course tossed around switching harvest and pickup to a different day but I cannot logistically do it at this time. Perhaps next year, when Aubrey is older, or some life circumstances change. For this year though, we are pressing pause to Root + Sprout and all of our offerings.

THANK YOU for your support over the past few years. The relationships we’ve built have been so amazing, nourishing and fulfilling. I appreciate every one of you that has been here in this journey with me. (Some of you will be seeing friend requests from my personal insta soon!)

If you’d like recommendations on other farms to get your greens from this season, I’m happy to recommend some to you, send me a DM.

Happy spring and I love you! ♥️

Colored carrots are finally back this week! ❤️🧡💛💜

On our plates this evening:
Roasted golden beets and potatoes with rosemary and garlic
Steamed carrots with dill
Zucchini fritters with parsley and salsa

Hiii folks! 👋🏼
There’s still a few things up for grabs on our online market! Baby potatoes, beets, salad mix, snow peas, dill, oregano, onions and chard to name a few. 🥬🫛🧅🥔

Pickup is this Monday, July 10 from 5:00-6:00 pm at my home in Brandon (you’ll get my address during checkout).

See you then!

We got dressed up and went to a wedding this weekend! Here’s proof!

The garden is looking amazing despite not getting any rain. CSA members will be getting an email from me in the next two weeks with an official start date. If you want to be on that mail list there’s still a few CSA spots open until the end of this week!

A big thanks to my dad for watering everyday during this heatwave to keep everything alive. ♥️

Even though Brandon has seen lots and lots of rain lately, the farm has seen zero, zip, notta, nothin’. So we sit and wait and watch the dark clouds pass on by, fill up the water tank and throw another few thousand gallons over the garden.

The flea beetles also moved in, so today we finally got row covers on and replanted a few crops including kale, kohlrabi and arugula just incase they don’t make a comeback.

We all went inside during Aubrey’s nap to cool off and then returned outside and went for a gator ride and laughed in the wind! Woohooo! 💨

A little garden update on this rainy/smokey day.

The rain was so needed so it was nice to see that this morning! Chard, spinach, kale, and carrots are now up, and the garlic and rhubarb continue to grow and grow and grow!

We still have a bit of planting to do, but we sowed the beets, peas, beans, cucumbers, and more carrots into the garden on Mother’s Day.

We will be feasting sooooooonnnn!!!

Eye spy with my little eye…some small asparagus spears!

This afternoon we got out into the garden and planted a few rows of carrots, spinach, chard, and kale!

Cannot wait for this.

Also, if you haven’t signed up for our CSA, there’s still a few spots left in both our full and half share options!

All of the plants moved outside today and Aubrey was delighted to help water them! 💦

The snow is gone! 🥳 now we just wait for this mud to dry!

Aubrey and Brinley sit on their new deck chairs and have a snack.

One day it will stop snowing and we will be eating out of the garden again. 🙃

Just over here struggling through the 4,839,374,637 cold I’ve had this season.

Send help. Send strength. 🤒

Rhubarb peeking up before all of the snow arrives tomorrow. 😭

The first photo is from last week and the second and third photos are from yesterday!
Melting is happening!

Eight calves have been born on the farm in the last 24 hours and now we are down to our final nine!

I’ve had a hard time showing up in this space lately because I have had zero ideas about what to show on my feed or what to say. An Instagram “slump” maybe?

Today I was telling calan how I was having a hard time coming up with any content to share in this community, and he encouraged me to just share anything.

So, here I am.

Today I’ve been cleaning our home. Aubrey had oatmeal for breakfast which made a huuuge mess and so I sent Aubrey and Calan swimming and I started to clean. My objective was to mop all our floors but little by little I moved our large pieces of furniture to get that deep clean, dusted, cleaned all the large surfaces in our kitchen, as well as the microwave, and appliances.

Feeling clean and accomplished! ✌🏼

P.S. for those of you who don’t know, Calan and I really love renovating our 60’s split level home to make it into our little scandi/mid-century/minimalist nest. Dreaming and discussing upcoming projects is always on the table here! 🏡

Happy weekend!

I’m quickly jumping on to announce that I’ve extended the early bird pricing for our CSA’s until April 1! 🙌🏼

This week I also got leeks, tomatoes and some peppers in trays under the grow lights! Hopefully I’ll be showing off some sprouts next week! 🌱

Have a wonderful weekend! ☀️

Throwing it back to summer as we hunker down during this March blizzard.

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LATEST FROM THE BLOG

Apple Crisp

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

Ashley's Everyday Oatmeal

Dairy Free Strawberry Banana Ice Cream

The Citrus Green Smoothie

The BEST Veggie and Tofu Stir-Fry

Green Spirulina Smoothie

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