Simpson Eco Farms

A variety of Acorn squash is rolling in! #picsfromthefarm

Are you ready to up September?! Meet the Sugar Rush Peach pepper A mouth watering combination of sweet and spicy with notes of citrus, apricot and red peppercorn. () This s heat is in between that of a Jalapeno and Habanero, with most heat residing in the seeds. If you think its a little early to get the fireplace going, dont worry! pick up a $3 bag of Sugar Rush Peach Peppers to mix in your meals and youll forgot all about that cold! #picsfromthefarm

Have you ever tried white Acorn squash? These sweet and delectable Acorns go great with EVERYTHING! They are perfect baked with just butter and salt, but do ya wanna know our secret? We absolutely LOVE them baked, mixed with maple bacon, cheese and topped with garlic chives. Hurry and get yours before the wasps find them! #picsfromthefarm

First Orangello melon coming in at 16.5 pounds. Bigger ones still to come!

Just a quick phone shot of the new Lipstick and chocolate Bell Peppers at the farm store! Are you making a pasta and want that really nice and bold pepper taste? These chocolates are for you!

To Honeydew or Honeydont, that is the question. Ok, ok, in all seriousness. Super sweet Honeydews are just starting to ripen so keep an eye out for these little surgery geodes at the farm store.

Holy menoly! Batman! This is one sweet melon! "Janosik" melons are now available at the farm store. This Polish heirloom with bright yellow flesh is one of the sweetest watermelons you can get. Dare we say, almost too sweet. A 6-10lb icebox melon that always has a nice crisp texture and never becomes mealy. Sells for $3-5 each

Faerie melons have just hit the store shelves!! Beautiful golden yellow rind with crisp sweet pink flesh is the perfect cool down for all this summer sun/heat . These exotic specialty melons come in around 4-6pounds and sell from a price range of $3-$5. They wont be around for long! as only 1 row was planted as an experiment.

Delicious ripe green zebra tomatoes now available at the farm store! Beautiful yellow and green tomatoes with an almost translucent green stripe. The flavour is a mix of sweet and smokey which gives a great addition to salads, burgers, tacos... or green eggs and ham

Zinnias available very soon!

Fresh dill available at the farm store! $3 a container.

We planted 5 varieties of basil this year, with flavours ranging from lemon, cinnamon, licorice, sweet green Genovese, and purple ruffles. We use the cinnamon or lemon basil (dried) as a tea in the winter. $3 a container or $6 a bag (roughly 3-4 containers worth)

Lots of peas available at the farm store!! $4 a quart/pound. This year we did an experiment where we planted melons alongside the peas and so far things seem to be working.

We are starting to pull in some of our more unique zucchinis. With colours ranging from green, black, grey, yellow, yellow with white stripes, Italian green with white stripes, and green with yellow stripes. $1 each

Happy Canada Day Everyone!

Meet our volunteer bug catcher. Weve been watching this little Wren scurry around the farm picking up all the bugs it can find for its young ones (If you look real close you can see a little baby bird mouth in the bird house). The best thing about this is, as you can see in the second pick, they seem to fancy going after the same caterpillars that like to eat the strawberry flowers and leaves. I stood here for roughly 15 minutes taking photos and probably saw the wren catch a insect every 3 mins or so. Amazing little birds to have on the farm.

Whos ready for strawberries!? The pickn has begun!! (Small quantities right now until we get into full production)

How do we organically deal with bugs on the strawberries? Video below Yes, we check over 11,000 plants for bugs, either once or twice a week at the beginning of the season. While a lot of tedious work, its worth it in the long run. It means you get a healthy berry grown without pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or soil fumigants, and in turn, we get to do what we love. And while we do love farming, what we love even more is the idea of people eating food that will beneficially add to their health, not take away from it. Now, to the smooshing!!

Were not far away now from strawberry season!!!! (Pic from today) At this rate we think it might be before July 1st. But well keep yall posted

We now accept all forms of debit and credit cards thanks to square! This option allows us to also accept apple and google pay with the swipe of your phone. Now, given these crazy times, you wont need to fumble around for the correct amount of cash, you can just swipe your phone or tap your card to complete the order.

We have a pair of cedar waxwings that seem to have made a nest at the top of our red maple. I couldnt get a good shot with the lens on the camera so its a whole lotta cropping and low image quality, but, were just happy to have seen them for the first time. Has anyone else seen them in your neck of the woods?

Its Rhubarb Time!! We are selling mixed bunches of German wine, Valentine, Victoria, Strawberry Red, Canada Red, Glaskins Perpetual, AND! we also have some rhubarb that we inherited on the farm, we call it the "Springbrook". Sells for $3 a bunch (1-1.5 pounds) We also have some frozen strawberries for sale which would go great in a strawberry rhubarb pie!!!!... P.S. If anyone has access to the rhubarb variety "Riverside Giant" Please get in touch with us. Its a very large green variety and something weve been hunting for years with no luck. Stay safe during this heatwave everyone!!

If you thought the 2019 kittens at Simpson Eco Farms were adorable, wait till you see 2020s

We got the last of the tilling done just before the rain came the other day. Our pea netting is up, the strawberries have been planted and now we are prepping an area for 2# 130ft lavender beds. 3rd and 4th pic is a photoshop of what it will hopefully look like when filled out. Were not 100% sure if we should go all purple lavender or purple and white lavender rows... What does everyone else think? Purple and white or all purple? Or maybe we should plan for alternating rows of purple then white? Thoughts?

Bio Fish is an organic fertilizer we use in the vegetable beds and the strawberry system. As soon as we experimented with the berry system it was amazing. The sweetness improved fairly dramatically. Our only concern; its thick and it reeks. Not as bad smelling as other fish fertilizers, but not much better. They also have an organic berry fertilizer we will be experimenting with in the future. Depending on how it fairs in our irrigation system, we can see this product being a staple in our fertilizer program for years to come- we are that happy with it. http://www.biofert.ca//liquid-fertilize/biofish-3-1-2.html

If anyone is curious what products we use here on the farm, over the next little bit we will upload pics and certificates of fertilizers/ soil amendments we use to grow all those fruits and veggies. These posts may not be for everyone, its mostly technical stuff, but for those who want transparency, this is for you. Below is a certified organic fertilizer we used in the vegetable beds last year, its a combination of organic turkey litter and organic mushroom compost.

It looks like we have finally found a clear compostable/ biodegradable bag we can use for our produce!! https://www.cagreen.ca/0-456

A professor at Cornell University influences his students to eat pesticide right form the can, claiming it to be safe. Once one student eats it, the rest follow. This is the level of propaganda taught at Universities now- Eating pesticide is safe. Not only is this illegal, the ethical and moral implications of this is beyond measure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzud-R_BRz0

Well, its been an interesting few weeks over here at Simpson Eco Farms. Our main computer crashed (which is why you havent heard from us in a while) along with loosing all our photos we were working on. Weve had thefts in the grocery store. Trespassers hunting, cutting property fences and 4 wheeling in the back 40. Knee injuries and 2 broken tillers. THANKFULLY we are starting to get back on track. We would like to wish everyone a belated thanksgiving and a spooky Hal...loween! + Our store is still open and stocked with fresh beets, carrots, pickled beets, sweet/acorn squash, pie pumpkins, frozen strawberries, leaf lettuce, spring and peal onions, and spaghetti squash. We have got the first part of our hydroponic lettuce system set up and getting ready to bring back microgreens for the winter! Thank you all for stopping by this season and we look forward to surprising you next year with a smorgasbord of interesting fruits and veggies!

Are you looking for sweet squash? Maybe its butternuts that fit your fancy? Look no further! Right now in the store you can find Buttercups, Butternuts, Butterscotchs, Delicatas, Acorns, Sweet dumplings, Kobachas, Hubbards and more!

Look at all these beautiful kamo kamo squash! From what we understand , it makes fantastic baby food.

Romaine lettuce is ready and on the menu!

Black and white Pepper squash (Acorn) are just starting to come in. $1 each.

Since were out of the duck business, were getting all our pumpkins in a row.

The shelves are starting to fill up with pumpkins of every shape and size! 50+ varieties of squash and pumpkin this year. There are even some mystery varieties that just popped up from the compost pile last year.

New shelving for the store! We will have to figure out how best to place these during the winter, but we think they have the perfect country store vibe.

I will never get over how abundant the wildlife is in eastern Ontario. Its absolutely amazing.