Green Rabbit Farms

Jar day at the farm! Both of us spent the day filling jars but for very different purposes... Dustin was in the mushroom lab inoculating cooked oats to make more grain spawn. This spawn will eventually go into a growing medium where it will fruit into beautiful edible mushrooms! Also, gardeners, stay tuned for King Stropharia spawn to add to your mulch! I (Katy) filled all my jars with yummy beans for pickling. I had no dill on hand this day but lots of beautiful jalapeños fr...om the greenhouse so did a garlic jalapeño bean. One jar didn’t seal so we had a taste test and SO happy with the results. #caeserbeans Garlic from Golden Boy Gardens, thanks Stefan for the short notice emergency garlic!! #eatlocal #mushrooms #canning #localfood #masonjars #yummy

We have some surplus stuff for sale!! Pick up at the farm only. Call 204-724-0070 to arrange. Veggies: -Beans -Basil, sweet and purple... -Zucchini -Romain lettuce heads -Swiss chard -Beets -Jalapeños -Peashoots -Radish micros Canning: -Tart crabapple jelly -Pickled beets

Find preserves, flowers, herbs, and veggies from our gardens in Dragonfly Delights alfresco tea boxes! Joanne and her team put together the most beautiful afternoon teas and this year she is doing it curb side pick up style. We’re delighted to be providing fresh local goods to another #localmanitoba business #supportlocal #eatlocal #manitoba #community

Ah, summer cafe porch sits.. dreamy. Check out Poor Michael's for the best coffee in town! #mblocal #shoplocal #eatlocal #summertime

We are so excited to be taking on this new adventure with Poor Micheal’s! We have some big shoes to fill but we are so grateful for all the help we received from Vaughn as he set us up to succeed. Green Rabbit Farms has officially started making all the goodies you find in Poor Micheal’s and we will be incorporating as much local produce as possible! We are looking forward to putting our own seasonal twist on some of the recipes, but worry not all the favourite staples will always remain #localmb #supportlocal #buylocal #community #RMNP #onanolemb

It’s been a tough season. We have been pretty absent from social media for the past two weeks as we redirect our energy and plan for a more resilient veg production. We had to make the very hard decision recently to cancel our Summer 2020 CSA program, as well as our market attendance at Global Market Brandon, as our main garden took a huge hit from the recent storms.... The huge amount of rain we received in such a short period of time washed out much of the young seedlings and left our more established plants damaged. It was devastating. It’s hard to explain the feeling of loss and failure. BUT! We are modern farmers. We are resilient. We are innovative. We will recover. We are using the energy we put into the CSA to build more and better garden systems. We are expanding the pig garden. We are building raised beds. We are adding organic matter and thicker mulch layers to the soil. We are perfecting greenhouse systems. The garden will also recover too. What survived is now behind in the season for a couple weeks, but the tomatoes are growing new leaves, the potatoes are coming back to life, and the rest will follow. I can’t express our gratitude for our CSA members and others who have generously supported us in this hard time. You are the folks who bring true meaning to the term Community Supported Agriculture!! Stay tuned for Fall 2020 $100 Baskets and other goodies to come! #year2020 #toomuchrain #recovery #resilience #csa #manitobafarming #manitobaweather

This perfect cucumber tendril tho Can’t wait for fresh cucumbers!! This is our first year with this greenhouse and so far it’s been amazing! The cucumbers and tomatoes are coming along so nicely. They were wonderfully protected from all the storms we’ve had the last little while and get the extra heat and humidity that they love. #cucumbers #northerngardening #greenhouse #localfood #knowyourfarmer

CSA week 3. #portulaca #peashoots #spinach #haskap #oystermushroom #dill

Moving farms again meant starting up a new garden space at home and this year we are experimenting! First, the Folk Dance Farm piggies were #pastured in the spot we wanted tilled. It took about two weeks for them to turn lucious sod into freshly broken ground. Their noses are incredible at flipping ground while looking for roots and bugs. All while fertilizing the soil! Now that the piggies have done their job (and once the soil dries out a bit after all that rain), we’ll ...do a quick pass with the garden tiller and add a thick layer of mulch (straw and bedding from the chicken and rabbit coop, filled with wonderful manure!) to cover the exposed soil. Then, plant a few things and inoculate it with wine cap mushrooms (Stropharia rugosoannulata). The wine caps will act as a mycorrhizal partner to the veggies giving them the extra boost they’ll need in this new soil. Stay tuned for more on this experimental garden and to find out more about the wine caps... #pasturedpork #symbiosis #sustainablefarming #meatandmushrooms #outputsareinputs #stropharia #buildingsoil #eatlocal

CSA week 2 #local #mb #CSA #oystermushrooms

This is so well said. As we grow our farm and business I (Katy) can find so much to relate to in this but more than anything I find inspiration and admiration. Sometimes things do go wrong and sometimes people don’t take you seriously, but we do this thing because we love it. Our connection to our community and the earth is what drives us. This is just our second year and as we push through our start up phase we hold on tightly to the dream of becoming successful producers ...and entrepreneurs. Thanks for the good words and advice Brown Sugar Produce! We wish you and everyone a day of rest and relaxation today! #marketgardening #smallfarmers #maitobafarmers #supportlocal #smelltheroses #brandonmb

Excited to have a beautiful day ahead at Global Market Brandon, MB! The sun is shining and the vendors are out! We have some gorgeous purple basil on the table today, one of my (Katy) all time favourite herbs! It’s colour is rich and intense and adds flare to any dish! We are also taking more CSA sign ups too!... #shoplocal #supportlocal #brandonmb #downtownbrandon #freshveg #csa

Here’s a sneak peak into the CSA baskets for this weekend... #local #knowyourfarmer #herbs #eatyourgreens #green #purple

We are heading into summer with #abundance and want to extend this to our community by reopening our Summer 2020 CSA program! You can sign-up for 10 weeks of fresh veggies, gourmet mushrooms, jams, jellies, pickles, preserves and more. Check out a picture of last weekend's $35 basket Go to www.greenrabbitfarms.ca/csa-signup- to get yours... See you at Global Market Brandon, MB on Saturday! Thanks to Joanne from Dragonfly Delights for sending us this photo

Global Market Brandon, MB is hopping today!! Lots of vendors, and lots of fresh and handmade goods! Come check it out. It’s also the first day of our Summer 2020 CSA! #csa #knowyourfarmer #shoplocal #eatlocal #freshgreens #yum

You can now find some of our preserves at The old church Pottery & Gift! This is one of our favourite little shops on the way to Riding Mountain National Park, right off of the #10 highway between Minnedosa and Erickson. Jeff’s pottery is amazing, he experiments with glazes like I’ve never seen before - function and beauty. Check out all of the amazing locally made things there on your way to the lake! #shoplocal #supportlocal #pottery #jamsandjellies #community #RMNP #manitobamade #handmade

Good morning Brandon, Manitoba! Global Market Brandon, MB is open on this gorgeous day and the vendors are ready for YOU! Come check out the homemade goods available and sign-up for Summer 2020 #CSA! #homemade #shoplocal #knowyourfarmer #madeinmanitoba #markets #supportlocal

**HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!** We are now launching both our new WEBSITE and our Summer 2020 CSA!!! We've been very busy trying to stream-line CSA registration to better serve you, and we feel like we're well on the way with this baby www.greenrabbitfarms.ca ... #CSA is the best way to shop social distance style. Get a weekly basket full of fresh veggies, microgreens, mushrooms, and other value added products like pickles and jams to satisfy your craving for local foods without stepping in a store. To get all of the info go to www.greenrabbitfarms.ca/csa Check out some pics from Summer 2019 CSA #shoplocal #eatlocal #supportlocal #brandonmb #onanolemb #knowyourfarmer #localisbest #veggylovers #eatingseasonal #summer2020

Thanks to Kyle from The Brandon Sun for including us in his article about the Global Market Brandon, MB on Saturday! It was a great Saturday despite the chilly rain, saw lots of new and familiar faces. See you there next Saturday Brandon, Manitoba! #localfood #farmersmarket #supportlocal #eatlocal

All set up at Global Market Brandon, MB!! First market of the season! And this year we’re trying something NEW! Our #mushroom display is out with some funky little guys poking out... come see what’s going on at the Green Rabbit Farms booth! So many great vendors out here, tons of canned goods, bedding plants, baked goods, and so much more! #buylocal #supportlocal #community #farmersmarkets #tomatoes #reishi #oyster #shiatake

You’ll find us at the Global Market Brandon, MB tomorrow morning with a huge load of bedding plants like tomatoes and herbs, as well as pickles, jams, jellies and more!! PLUS an interactive mushroom display... We can’t wait for the first market of the season! Come check out this incredible community space, fill all your farmers market cravings!! #buylocal #supportlocal #brandonmb #downtownbrandon #farmersmarket #CSA

We are so excited to be attending the Global Market Brandon, MB again this year! We had a wonderful time last year meeting new faces and reconnecting friends and can't wait to get back out there. The Global Market is an amazing community space. We love being there, filled with friendly vendors, great people, a play structure for little ones, beautiful and colourful covered booths. It's a space for community opportunity and provides life and vibrancy to #DowntownBrandon. Come ...see what's going on downtown on Saturday June 6th from 9 am to 1 pm! We'll be there with a table filled with exciting products including our famous best selling Horseradish Beets, you can ask Erin at the market how they taste ;) It's also a great chance to sign up for our Summer #CSA subscription, to find out more come out and see us, or shoot us an email at [email protected] #BrandonMB #buylocalbrandon #knowyourfarmer #supportlocal #localMB #farmersmarket #canning #summer