Yesterday, when my husband, Paul and I were returning from inspection our new farmer's market locations in Toronto, I casually asked him what vegetables would be harvested for the CSA bins the first week of June.

Quietly, Paul replied, "I don't know.  Maybe, nothing."

Stunned, I listened as Paul explained that the abundant April showers had in fact turned the fields into a soggy muddy mess, plus the cold temperatures had failed to warm the soil, so that any seed planted would in fact rot, inste...

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On April 28th, around 4pm, the strawberries arrived.  I didn't really take note, as I was busy in the house working on payroll that day, and didn't realize the impending crisis MANAGEMENT I would be navigating within just a few short hours.  You see to a strawberry neophyte, the strawberries' arrival just seemed like another event on our busy farm.  Little did I know, that the arrival of 19,000 strawberry plants is actually quite TIME SENSITIVE.  I clued into the problem around 9pm, when my b...
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