tapple…berries?

So this is the CURRANT situation… an idea is coming into FRUITION… we’re BERRY excited.

2024 marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter on the farm as we embark on the establishment of a small yet robust berry enterprise.

This spring, our farm is teeming with excitement as we get ready to plant over ten different varieties of soft fruit. From timeless classics like red and blackcurrants, strawberries, and raspberries, to some more unique options including Saskatoon, Aronia, and Honey Berry, our market garden is soon to be bursting with diversity.

The quarter acre garden, previously dedicated to our CSA veg box scheme (2015-2021), is being transformed into a thriving collection of berry patches full of luscious fruits.

These perennial shrubs, along with already established hedgerows of top fruit and nuts, will yield a bountiful harvest from June all the way through to November, gracing us with their produce for years to come.

It will be a couple of years before the berry bushes settle in and start yielding reliable harvests that we feel we can sell. Until then we will be tending to these varied berries, farming them with the best agro-ecological practices that we can provide and taste testing our way to being fruit farmers, whilst planning the best way we can get these juicy sweet fruits to our valued customers within our local community.