Harvest Share

Fruit Trees For Sale!

We have the exciting opportunity to expand our current fruit tree varieties to include others in the coming years to get fresh local fruit to you sooner and later by expanding the season than we would have otherwise. To repurpose our current infrastructure without investing more into the setup we are going to be selling a limited amount of established and producing trees that include apples, plums, tart & sweet cherries, apricots, and nectarines. Example trees are in the pictures. Selling for $30/tree regardless of type and on a first come, first serve basis. So get in touch with us to put your name on the waitlist and I'll dig them in the spring. Asking $15 deposit to secure your waitlist spot.

- Mike and Harvest Share.

A little late in posting and planting for that matter, but we would like to thank all of our wonderful customers for making 2023 a great year! Many new and returning faces made for some great conversations and excellent networking within our community! Although we will be closed for the winter season, we will leave you with some images of hope as we plant the 2024 garlic crop. Thanks to these fine gents for bearing near freezing temps to get the crop in the ground and to all you who made 2023 a great year. Cheers!

Mike and the Harvest Share crew!

With the shift to cooler temps and the preparations for winter wrap up, we have to conclude our season's end next week. For all our wonderful customers who expressed stocking up for the winter months or for the last fresh produce straight from the field, Friday, November 17th will be the final order pickup date. So get your orders in with the end of season sale while we still have produce available!

Lettuce sold at $5.00/crate full.
Spinach sold at $5.00/crate full.
Apple Cider sold at $5.00/jug.
Garlic sold at $3.00/lb.
Potatoes (Red or White) sold at $0.25/lb.

We now have Spinach available this week for $10/crate (~9lbs worth) and just in time for Halloween we also have pumpkins, any size for $3.00. We are also taking orders for Friday pickup of our likely, second to last batch (depending on orders) of the ever popular freshly Pressed apple cider.

As always, order pickups are Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays at 3pm or 6pm your choice!

Our fridge has been restocked for this week's batches of apple cider just in time for Thanksgiving weekend! Whether you're hosting or attending, it's highly recommended to bring along a jug or two of this fresh pressed apple cider. You cannot get any fresher than this unless you are working the pulper, the press, or the kettle. We are here today (Friday at 3pm or 6pm) and are selling a 1/2 Gal. Jug for $5.00.

Our fresh apple cider has started making its way from the press and into jugs for sale to our great customer base! Made with 100% apples grown on site, unfiltered, pasteurized, and sold in 1/2 Gal. (~ 2L) jugs. We harvest and process apples Thursday mornings, pasteurize and chill Thursday afternoons, followed with bottling Friday mornings just in time for order pickups on Friday afternoons. All orders must be received before we start harvesting Thursday mornings to secure your jugs of cider for Friday or the following week.

Cheers friends!

There is an old saying that states something about enjoying the fruits of our labour, and this could not be any more true than harvesting our grapes for wine! For those of you who are home vintners, we are selling our grapes for $20/bushel and for those of you who can't wait for wine to age properly we will be processing the first batch of the year of our sweet apple cider!

Cider orders must be received by Thursday morning as we harvest and process our apples Thursday morning, pasteurize and chill it Thursday afternoon, followed by packaging Friday morning, ready for pickup Friday afternoon. Sold in 1/2 Gal (~2L) jugs.

Fall is here and so are our Empire apples! We have been monitoring closely the maturity of our apples via the sugar-starch test method (see last picture) and of course the taste method. Selling in a 3L basket, 7L basket, half bushel, or full bushel.

On a side note we are working on something extra tasty but that will be revealed shortly!

We might be getting ahead of ourselves with fall decor when fall has not officially arrived, but we don't care! Our pumpkins are ready to be purchased and placed around your home to give you that fall festive feeling. Selling as small, mid, and large size for $2, $3, and $4 respectively.

A crisp morning stroll through the orchards has us feeling excited for what's around the corner. Our limited bartlett pears are now ready, our apples are finishing up, for those home wine makers our grapes are increasing their Brix levels, and with fall on the horizon we will have everyone's favourite orange decor. Reach out to us with your produce needs as we have pears, potatoes, roma tomatoes, garlic, and raspberries currently available!

Public Service Announcment to all our friends ... our small and likely last patch of sweet corn is on and it is good! For those lucky enough to snag these limited cobs we are selling them for $5/dozen and for those not lucky to get their hands on these cobs we have another small patch that should be coming on at the very end of the season. So we will need mother nature to help us out!

Happy holiday Monday folks!

As we soak up the last long weekend of the summer, we shift our focus to kids going back to school. We have observed this with our staff and we can imagine this occurring in many of your households. Happy or sad, for those young kids meals and after school snacks our "boxless" subscription boxes have been a hit. A great way to provide nutrition to your family with a diversity of fruits and veggies. Everything in the box we sell on its own in case you're like Mike with a selective palate!

Enjoy school kids and rejoice once again parents!

Limited quantities of fall raspberries, both yellow and red varieties are now producing until peak production in a couple weeks which should last through Thanksgiving. Might as well capitalize on the summer time temps and get your pints now, although raspberries with turkey go great too! Selling these large flavourful berries at $4.50 per pint.

Red potatoes are now available and limited quantities of pickling cucumbers are also available. Potatoes are dug fresh per order basis and pickling cucumbers are harvested Tuesdays and Fridays.

Bulk potatoes = $0.25/lb
Graded potatoes = $0.50/lb
Grade 1 cucs (1 1/16" diameter) = $1.25/lb
Grade 2A cucs (1 1/4" diameter) = $1.00/lb
Grade 2B cucs (1 1/2" diameter) = $0.75/lb
Grade 3/4 cucs (1 3/4" + diameter) = $0.50/lb
Upgraded cucs = $0.75/lb

We also continue to have cured garlic at $6.00/lb and honey at $12.50/700g jar (500mL). "Lettuce" know your needs!

Garlic season is upon us folks with 2 key time frames. The first is for 1 week only! All our harvested bulbs are available as fresh garlic (not cured), meaning the bulbs are best consumed within a few weeks to a month. The second timing is after July 23rd when all of our fresh garlic will be cured, meaning the bulbs will undergo drying in a kiln to extend the shelf life (best used within 6 to 8 months depending on storage conditions). Fresh garlic will be sold at $5.00/lb, and cured garlic will be sold at $6.00/lb. No minimum order, and as always, reach out to us to secure or order.

Our first harvest is ready and with all the rain recently, our lettuce, beets, and radish's are thriving. Make your dinner salads 🥗

Beets and radish's are $2.50 per bundle and a head of lettuce is $3.

Message us through Instagram or Facebook to reserve your order or if you have any questions!

While quantities last.

What a glow up!

With all this heat, the cherries have been turning red and ripening. The biggest challenge is keeping deer and birds away from the fruit orchard 🍒

What a glow up!

The cherries are starting to turn red and ripen in the in the tender fruit orchard 🍒

Come visit Mike tomorrow at the ✨Kick Off Summer Straffordville Vendor Market✨

Mike wants to talk to you about the
subscription boxes that Harvest Share will have to offer this season and he will also have a few goodies for sale.

This market is being held at the Straffordville Community Centre from 10am - 2pm

The event is being held to support Caressant Care Bonnie Place

BEE 🐝 careful Mike!

Mike is checking on the health of the colony, looking for any signs of pests or disease, as well as new eggs and larva to keep the colony population healthy and thriving.

This colony looks great and is well on its way to producing honey 🍯

BEE 🐝 careful Mike! Mike is checking on the health of the colony, looking for any signs of pests or disease, as well as new eggs and larva to keep the colony population healthy and thriving. This colony looks great and is well on its way to producing honey 🍯 #harvestsharevienna #elgincounty #buylocal #apiculture #pollinators #ecosystemservices

Did you know that the snapping turtle is Canada's largest fresh water turtle that can live to well over 100 years? The snapping turtle is listed as a species of special concern in Canada, with habitat destruction being the major driver of declining population numbers. The sandy soil and clean tributary that run through the harvest share property make the perfect habitat to support snapping turtles and to help increase their numbers. We've named this one Franklin 🐢 #elgincounty #speciesatrisk #harvestsharevienna #ontarioturtles #snappingturtle

Dreaming of salads with fresh local spinach, beets, and spring peas...

Harvest share is working hard at growing local produce at affordable prices to help keep your family happy and well fed.

Good misty morning from Harvest Share ☀️

April showers bring May flowers and our honey bees have been busy pollinating our tender fruit trees! In a few months we'll have different varieties of cherries, peaches, apples, pears, and apricots for sale.

Today managed to be a breath of fresh air for us after what felt like an eternity of miserable, cold, fall like weather this past week, we are sure you can all relate! Even our garlic was loving the gorgeous conditions today! For those unaware, the majority of Ontario garlic is planted in the fall and harvested early to mid summer. Get your recipes in order and your taste buds dancing for our garlic this season.

Fertility program ... complete, seed bed prep ... complete, first veggies of the season planted ... complete. Now we just have to let mother nature be kind in terms of frost and temperatures after emergence. Crops went into the ground yesterday were bulb onions, beets, leaf lettuce, spinach, and peas.

For sale apricots, sweet and tart cherries, peach, apple, and pear trees. Some two year old, already pruned cherries and peaches (should have some blooms this year and a couple fruit) but most are one year old nursery stock in excess from my planting this week. Available on dwarfing rootstock are tart cherries (evans and montmorency), sweet cherries (stella and lapins), peaches (harrow beauty and red haven), and apples (cox orange pippin and golden russet). On semi dwarfing rootstock are apricots (velvaglo) and pears (clapps favourite and Flemish beauty). Each tree is 50 bucks, first come first serve, pickup near Vienna.

Happy Weekend Folks!

We are super excited to announce the launch of a secondary platform on Instagram to help target a wider audience than those who only use Facebook or like Mike, Pigeon Carriers!

We are also excited to demonstrate the side not well observed from soil scratching to the moment you buy our produce and everything in between. Here we have Mike applying the spring fertility program in our tender fruit orchard, specifically our cherry block.

Happy Saturday Folks,

Our team was diligent in getting the first shipment of apple and pear tree replacements in the ground this past week and we have a few left over to sell. If anyone is interested please reach out sooner rather than later as in the past the excess have been sold fast. Each tree comes grafted to either a dwarfing rootstock or a semi-dwarfing rootstock to keep tree height and vigour manageable while also allowing for earlier cropping. Just keep in mind that most pome fruit require a pollinating partner so two varieties should be purchased together unless you already have a different variety planted at home. Each bare rooted tree is $50.

- Empire Apple Whips
- Crispin/Mutsu Apple Whips or Feathered
- Cox Orange Pippin Apple Whips
- Clapps Favourite Pear Feathered
- Bartlett Pear Whips
- Flemish Beauty Pear Whips

We hope that everyone welcomed a great and safe holiday season over this past weekend, and my what a beautiful weekend it was!

The long weekend kicks off our market prep season and in full swing of things we have Kristin taking over majority of the spotlight this season. Good thing too as we all know Mike is meant to stay in the fields out of sight and out of mind! Kristin brings forth a diverse horticulture background and enthusiastic energy that fits in perfectly with our founding principles.

This season we are setting our sights on a variety of local produce starting early to mid June through October and that list can be seen below.

- Apples, Pears, Plums, Cherries, Apricots, Nectarines, Peaches, Wine Grapes, and Raspberries.
- Garlic, Potatoes, Lettuce, Onions, Sweet Corn, Tomatoes, Pumpkins, Butternut Squash, Radish, Broccoli, Cucumbers, Carrots, Beets, Beans, Spinach, Peas, Watermelon, and Cantaloupe.

Get Excited!

- Mike, Kristin, & the Harvest Share Crew.