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We are currently seeking someone who enjoys working with animals and interacting with people to do our weekday morning chores. Feeding the animals, cleaning pens, maintaining a safe environment. Interacting and communicating with our customers is an important part of the job. English is essential.
There can be things to fix and tractor work to be done at various times. Hours are part time mornings and can be variable.
Download an application form from our employment page and contact us.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Sheep Shearing Time
Spring is here. The weather is warmer and the sheep are sheared. Off with the old wool, making room for the new. Their wool coats are already starting to grow back.
The sheep will be back in Markham to welcome visitors.
OUR FARM IS OPENING FOR THE SEASON SATURDAY MAY 2ND.
The sheep will be back in Markham to welcome visitors.
OUR FARM IS OPENING FOR THE SEASON SATURDAY MAY 2ND.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Here are our new baby lambs
Here is a video of three of our newest additions. The kids just love them!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Spring is Here
The weather is warming up, the snow has melted and our water hoses are thawing. We're looking forward to a new season.
Our sheep and goats have had a productive winter. We now have 7 lambs and 7 kids born in the last month. They are lively, playing together and springing straight up like Tigger's bouncing. They are a joy to watch. The mothers have been good except for two slackers. We are bottle feeding a set of twin lambs and our youngest kid, born March 26th. All three are very excited and happy to hear us coming to the barn and are doing well.
Our market will be opening for the season Saturday May 2nd. We're busy booking school tours which begin late April, making turkey dinners to sell in the market and cleaning up to be ready for the season. Our artist Gillian is painting some more signs for us.
We are currently updating our website to make it more interactive. Check out the changes. Look for the coupons.
We have decided to ignore the doom and gloom of the economy and be optimistic about the future. Still, we have decided this year to keep our admission price the same for the 3rd year in a row keeping our farm a very affordable place for the family to come and enjoy a relaxing time together.
Looking forward to seeing you in May.
Our sheep and goats have had a productive winter. We now have 7 lambs and 7 kids born in the last month. They are lively, playing together and springing straight up like Tigger's bouncing. They are a joy to watch. The mothers have been good except for two slackers. We are bottle feeding a set of twin lambs and our youngest kid, born March 26th. All three are very excited and happy to hear us coming to the barn and are doing well.
Our market will be opening for the season Saturday May 2nd. We're busy booking school tours which begin late April, making turkey dinners to sell in the market and cleaning up to be ready for the season. Our artist Gillian is painting some more signs for us.
We are currently updating our website to make it more interactive. Check out the changes. Look for the coupons.
We have decided to ignore the doom and gloom of the economy and be optimistic about the future. Still, we have decided this year to keep our admission price the same for the 3rd year in a row keeping our farm a very affordable place for the family to come and enjoy a relaxing time together.
Looking forward to seeing you in May.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Sweet Corn Time
We've been enjoying fresh picked sweet corn for the past two weeks and it just keeps getting better. The peaches and cream corn are gourmet sweet varieties which have the sweetness of supersweet corn but with a nice corn taste and texture.
Summer is progressing, the variety of fruit from the Niagara area is becoming plentiful and the peaches are now freestone. Cultivated blueberries have been in big demand. They're best eaten fresh.
It would be nice if the rain stopped. There has been enough for our crops. The cooler weather is slowing down the corn crop along with our pumpkin crop. Hay has been hard to get in dry this year, we need more than 2 days of no rain to be able to cut and bale it.
Anybody want bunnies? Ours have been very productive this season and have we got babies. For a small charge of $15.00 you can take one of these cute, cuddly little bunnies home.
We're already planning for fall. We are currently hiring staff to help us this fall season. Our school tour instructor position is ideal for homemakers with children in school as the hours fit into the school hours between 9 and 2:30. We also need tractor drivers the end of September and October for our school tour program.
We've got lot's to do for a handyman who loves animals. With the students returning to school we are looking for someone to do the farm chores and help with fieldwork.
Weekends in the fall are busy and we are looking for staff who enjoy working hard with others to make our customers visits great.
Application forms can be found on our website. Download, fill them out and come in for a visit. We'd love to meet you.
Enjoy the rest of the summer.
Summer is progressing, the variety of fruit from the Niagara area is becoming plentiful and the peaches are now freestone. Cultivated blueberries have been in big demand. They're best eaten fresh.
It would be nice if the rain stopped. There has been enough for our crops. The cooler weather is slowing down the corn crop along with our pumpkin crop. Hay has been hard to get in dry this year, we need more than 2 days of no rain to be able to cut and bale it.
Anybody want bunnies? Ours have been very productive this season and have we got babies. For a small charge of $15.00 you can take one of these cute, cuddly little bunnies home.
We're already planning for fall. We are currently hiring staff to help us this fall season. Our school tour instructor position is ideal for homemakers with children in school as the hours fit into the school hours between 9 and 2:30. We also need tractor drivers the end of September and October for our school tour program.
We've got lot's to do for a handyman who loves animals. With the students returning to school we are looking for someone to do the farm chores and help with fieldwork.
Weekends in the fall are busy and we are looking for staff who enjoy working hard with others to make our customers visits great.
Application forms can be found on our website. Download, fill them out and come in for a visit. We'd love to meet you.
Enjoy the rest of the summer.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Summertime and the fruit is here
RASPBERRIES have begun. We have them available fresh picked in our Markham farm market. We are now into the second week of picking them and hope to have at least another week to go.
PEACHES and other fruit from the Niagara region have also begun. Cultivated blueberries are great on cereal and salads. They are available by the pint. We're looking forward to the wild blueberries which are great for baking.
Don't miss out on the SUGAR SNAP PEAS and SWEET PEAS. The cool and wet summer has extended their season. We're into our last planting now so enjoy them fresh from the field while you can.
SWEET CORN is starting to ripen. We hope to have some fresh picked peaches and cream corn in our market by this Friday.
The lambs are growing and Victor and Houdini are now being weened from their bottles. They've been eating hay and grain the past few weeks so their formula is now being watered down and the frequency of feeding is dropping. Kids still love to see them fed and they still love their bottle so we'll continue for a while but it will be mostly water they're drinking.
August long weekend will be the last weekend for our Enchanted Forest until September. We'll continue to have wagon rides on the weekends. The forest will be closed so we can freshen it up for the fall.
That's the news for now. Hope to see you at the farm.
PEACHES and other fruit from the Niagara region have also begun. Cultivated blueberries are great on cereal and salads. They are available by the pint. We're looking forward to the wild blueberries which are great for baking.
Don't miss out on the SUGAR SNAP PEAS and SWEET PEAS. The cool and wet summer has extended their season. We're into our last planting now so enjoy them fresh from the field while you can.
SWEET CORN is starting to ripen. We hope to have some fresh picked peaches and cream corn in our market by this Friday.
The lambs are growing and Victor and Houdini are now being weened from their bottles. They've been eating hay and grain the past few weeks so their formula is now being watered down and the frequency of feeding is dropping. Kids still love to see them fed and they still love their bottle so we'll continue for a while but it will be mostly water they're drinking.
August long weekend will be the last weekend for our Enchanted Forest until September. We'll continue to have wagon rides on the weekends. The forest will be closed so we can freshen it up for the fall.
That's the news for now. Hope to see you at the farm.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Fresh Chickens now available
Our first batch of free range, grain fed chickens are now cleaned, dressed and in the cooler in Markham. They're waiting for an invite to dinner.
The chicks we have for viewing in the spring are roasting chickens and some are now huge. They've had a good life in our turkey pen and we're ready to move on. If you can't make it out this weekend, you'll find some in our market freezer.
Strawberry Time is nearing an end. DON'T DELAY
Our pick your own in Greenbank will be closing for the season at 5pm Sunday July 13th. We will continue to have fresh picked berries available in our Markham farm market until approx. Sunday July 20th.
Sweet Peas and Sugar Snap Peas now available
This has been good pea weather with the cooler nights and not extremely hot days. Our sugar snap and sweet peas are ready for picking. We've got fresh picked available in our market for all to enjoy.
The chicks we have for viewing in the spring are roasting chickens and some are now huge. They've had a good life in our turkey pen and we're ready to move on. If you can't make it out this weekend, you'll find some in our market freezer.
Strawberry Time is nearing an end. DON'T DELAY
Our pick your own in Greenbank will be closing for the season at 5pm Sunday July 13th. We will continue to have fresh picked berries available in our Markham farm market until approx. Sunday July 20th.
Sweet Peas and Sugar Snap Peas now available
This has been good pea weather with the cooler nights and not extremely hot days. Our sugar snap and sweet peas are ready for picking. We've got fresh picked available in our market for all to enjoy.
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