Christmas Trees are Here

The snow is here early and everyone is off to an early start.  It seems time speeds up when preparing for special occasions.
We have beautiful Fraser and Balsam Fir trees along with pine and spruce.  Our courtyard is transformed into a forest -  oh the smell - awesome!  The wet fall has kept the trees lush and green. Along with the trees we have garland and wreaths to help you make your home look and smell special.
A cup of hot apple cider is waiting for you in the market.  Lynda has been making up our Christmas cookie trays and pies are in the oven baking.

Traditions -  they are what connects us all.
Many of you have been coming for all 27 years that we have been open at our Markham Farm on Kennedy Rd.  Christmas is so traditional and sometimes it is the only time you visit us.  Each year it seems I am reconnecting with friends, watching the kids grow and over the years come back with kids of their own.  That is what makes this season so special to me.

As with life there are bends in the road and we are at a turning point in ours.  After 27 years here on Kennedy Rd. we have been given notice of termination of our lease.  This is our last season in Markham, the farm will officially close December 24th.  Winter will be busy moving everything up to our Greenbank Farm where we will continue to be open for our strawberry, pumpkin and Christmas seasons.

There will be some changes, we haven't fully developed them.  You will be able to see Dan at the Markham, Oshawa Centre and Whitby Farmers Markets along with his CSA.  James is applying for the EG Farmers Market at Green Lane and Yonge St and there may be more.  We will still be at the Markham Fair as well.

With that said we would love for you to visit - Customer Appreciation Days are the last 2 weekends before Christmas.  Come in for a chat, bring a picture from your visits on the farm.  We are making a memory board of the farm and would love for you to contribute.

We look forward to your visit.

Christmas is coming,

the goose is getting fat, please put a penny in the old man's hat. If you haven't got a penny a half penny will do. If you haven't got a half penny then God bless you.

Is the tune running through your head now? I remember my Grandfather telling me of the time when he was a boy that he had to memorize this verse and say it at the front of his class. His family were homesteaders in Saskatchewan and lived initially in a sod house while the wood house was being built and the land was being cleared. Oh how I miss him at Christmas. It can be such a family time, a time to reminisce of years gone by.

We have had a great Christmas season seeing you and catching up with the events in your year. The kids are growing - off to school, finished school, getting married, grandchildren being born. We've been selling Christmas trees for 25 years now and some of you have been coming for that long.

We have exciting news - Heather, our wee petite staffer that you'll see mostly in the bakery when she isn't in school, is now engaged to be married to a wonderful young man Thomas. We're so happy for them. She'll be working the 22nd and 23rd so if you stop in, give her your best.

We'll be busy these next few days baking and organizing turkeys. We still have some beautiful balsam and fraser fir Christmas trees and you can still order a fresh turkey. Our lives can be so busy that for some it seems Christmas has snuck up on them and oh my gosh its only 6 days away.

Thanks for taking this moment to read this blog. As another famous charactor at Christmas says-
Merry Christmas. God bless you one and all.