Family Day 2025

Happy Family Day!

From our family to yours

Happy Family Day! Alex here again with another story to share. First, though I hope you are enjoying a day full of fun and relaxation with your family members.

In honour of Family Day (and Valentine’s Day last Friday!), we wanted to share the special origin story of one of our favourite preserves: Strawberry BBQ Sauce. We’ve shared this story before, but wanted to fill in a few details and even share some photos! What can I say, I’m feeling the love.

On June 14, 2015 we hosted one of my favourite parties ever — our wedding! Fun fact, our wedding day was a Sunday, as Saturdays have always been for farmers’ markets.

It’s hard to believe, but this coming June 2025 will mark 10 years since then. You’ll notice a few themes throughout the below photos, and it’s moving to see how the parts of the farm we loved most back then have grown into foundations of our work today.

The day started off a bit rocky, due to a rainy forecast! Like any respectable farming family, we were keeping a close eye on the radar, and we’re no strangers to working with what Mother Nature has to offer. So, we popped up the umbrellas for photos, and, although our plans for an outdoor ceremony were dashed, the rain cleared up just in time for the reception and we were able to celebrate without any concern.

In retrospect, I often wonder what we were thinking hosting a wedding in June. Nowadays we barely get a chance to celebrate. It’s prime strawberry season, after all! We weren’t living and working on the farm full time yet though, and Rob *did* always say that June was the prettiest month of the year — still lush and green from spring rain, before things dried out and turned brown later in the summer.

Plus, strawberries played a very important role in our wedding day! They were served as part of our cocktail hour, included in one of our signature drinks (a Strawberry Gin Smash), and were a key part of dessert. I’m not a fan of wedding cake, but I DO love pie. So we did things our way! I baked and froze pies leading up to the wedding day, along my grandmas and Uncle Randy (the other pie bakers in the family). Today we churn out thousands of fruit pies a season, and I even have a pie tattoo!

Our wedding favours were tiny jars of our Melon Blossom Honey. Very fitting, given that Nathan now oversees all of our beekeeping operations!

Finally, back to the berries. Like I mentioned earlier, strawberries were a key part of our wedding day. And the last way we incorporated them was through our first-ever batch of our Strawberry BBQ sauce. Sadly we don’t have a photo of that, but it will live on forever on our shelves and farmers’ market tables. We love cooking with it at home, and we now serve it alongside our burgers and fries at our Farm Food Truck.

10 years later, and we continue to Eat, Drink, and Be Married

Now, for today’s pitch! If you’re curious about our trying our Strawberry BBQ Sauce, or any of our other preserves, we’re delighted to be introducing our Preserve Subscription.

Preserve Subscription Details

Each week from May - November (7 months/28 weeks in total) one unique farm preserve will be delivered to you or the lucky recipient you are purchasing for. Preserves include a mix of jams, jellies, pickles, sauces, and spreads that are all made fresh from produce grown on our farm:

• Blueberry Jam

• Raspberry Jam

• Strawberry Rhubarb Jam

• Strawberry Jam

• Champagne Mustard

• Horseradish Mustard

• Hot Mustard

• Strawberry BBQ Sauce

• Salsa

• Hot Sauce

• Onion Scape Jelly

• Red Pepper Jelly

• Candied Jalapeno Syrup

• Corn Relish

• Candied Jalapenos

• Pickled Asparagus

• Spicy Pickled Scapes

• Sweet & Savoury Pickled Scapes

• Dill Pickled Beans

• Spicy Pickled Beans

• Pasta Sauce

• Dill Pickles

• Melon Blossom Honey

• Honeycomb

• Creamed Honey

• Caramelized Honey

• Maple Syrup

• Surprise Addition

This would make a perfect gift for Mothers’ or Fathers’ Day, or for someone who loves to cook and try new flavours.

Please note these are listed in no particular order, and don’t necessarily reflect which week you will receive which item!

Valued at nearly $300, available for $260 until the end of March

Monthly Subscriptions

Drumroll please…

Our Monthly Subscriptions are officially LIVE and available for purchase!

Subscribe now then rely on convenient, automatic payments processed every 4 weeks to secure a month’s worth of weekly deliveries. Plus, enjoy the ability to skip a month if necessary.

Choose from two subscriptions, or snag both!

1. Our standard Market Box, a box full of seasonal produce grown right here on our farm delivered to your home once a week

2. A Beef Subscription: one monthly delivery of a box full of beef.

*PLUS* order stand-alone delivery items such as baked goods, beef, and preserves to be delivered independently (no subscription required!) or as add-ons for subscribers.

Here’s an overview of how it works:

For 2024, the monthly subscriptions will once again be true subscriptions. When you sign up for the first month of delivery of the season, your credit card will be charged.

After that, your subscription will automatically renew every 4 weeks for 7 months, with an automatic payment being processed every 4 weeks. Please note that this automatic renewal date is based on your initial subscription date (i.e. If you register for May on April 15th your renewal for the month of June will be processed on May 13th).

However, if you wish to discontinue your subscription for a month, you can send us an email following your automatic renewal, and we can manually issue a refund for the month. That way your overall subscription will remain intact, and will continue to renew for future months without interruption.

Alternatively, you can head to the subscription tab, and click “cancel subscription.” Want to join in again? Head back to the 2024 Subscriptions tab on our website and purchase the subscription again. You will then be charged every 4 weeks for the remainder of the Market Box season.

Stand-Alone Deliveries

Each month we will also offer a variety of items for delivery either as add-ons for Market Box customers or as stand-alone deliveries for non-subscribers — we can do both!

These items will be available according to the season, and will include things like bulk produce, preserves, our frozen Black Angus Beef, and baked goods from our Farm Kitchen.

Orders for stand-alone delivery items for the following week close each Friday at midnight. This ensures we have time to create detailed harvest and pack lists for our team. Please be mindful of this timeline when planning your orders!

• For 2024, preserves & honey will be available for delivery weekly

• Baked goods & Black Angus Beef are also available weekly

• Bulk produce for May: cases of asparagus and rhubarb, for anyone who wants to stock up their freezer

  • 11lb Case of Asparagus: $47

  • 4 Bunches of Asparagus: $24

  • 10lb Case of Rhubarb: $47

  • 4 Bunches of Rhubarb: $24

If you are a subscriber, place your stand-alone delivery orders separately and we will automatically pair them with your Market Box.

May Schedule

Month 1: Weeks 1 - 4

Registration Deadline for Month 1: Thursday May 2nd  

• Week 1: May 6 – 10

• Week 2: May 13 – 17

• Week 3: May 20 – 24

• Week 4: May 27 – 31

Delivery Area

Below is an overview of our delivery area. Exact days of delivery will be determined and announced the week before deliveries start.

April 11 2024 Farm Updates

Hey there friends of the farm! We have some exciting updates for you:

🛻 Monthly Subscriptions and stand-alone deliveries for the month of May will be launching on Monday April 15th. Stay tuned for a wide range of options for home delivery!

🧀 Our Farm Market will be reopening for the season on Saturday May 4th. We are participating in Big Cheese Days again, a partnership with Tourism Oxford and the Cheese Trail. Check out details here!

👩🏻‍🌾We will also begin to attend a variety of farmers’ markets on Saturday May 4th. Find us at the Galt, Guelph, St. Jacob’s, St. Lawrence, Stratford, and Woodstock Farmers’ Markets!

🐝 Our 2024 On-Farm Experiences continue to be available for booking. Spend some time behind the beehives with Beekeeper Nathan and our brand-new experience Meet the Bees or join Registered Dietitian & Farmer Alex for a Harvest Brunch – a morning of harvest, cooking, and tasting!

🥬 We have greens in the greenhouse, asparagus, rhubarb, and green garlic beginning to re-awaken for the season, and overwintered potatoes, carrots, cabbage, and sweet potatoes tucked away in storage ready to be pulled out in just a few weeks.

🍯 We have a great stock of our Melon Blossom Honey on hand! If you are interested in snagging a jar or two (or a full case!) email alex.trmelons@gmail.com to arrange a pickup day and time. We are also able to ship across Canada via Canada Post (this goes for our full lineup of preserves, actually!). Shipping is a bit pricey, typically starting at $15-$20, but is a great option if you can’t make it out to the farm.