Almost Urban Vegetables

03/07/2025

Sixteen days until the Spring Equinox, and seeding is underway here . We typically start with some of the longer germinating herbs, allium, and celery. We start all our own plants from seed, except rosemary and mint. That's because mint doesn't come true from seed (it will revert back to its less flavourful mint grand-daddy) and rosemary is notoriously hard to germinate. Still, by the time planting begins, hundreds of trays will fill every nook and cranny of our seeding greenhouse. We'll post a pick once it's jam packed🌱🌱🌱Let the 2024 season begin!
Curious about our CSA program? Be sure to check it out at the link in our profile🙂 #

03/05/2025

Eighteen days until the Spring Equinox, and did you know...you can order the Herb Add-On with your CSA? Twelve weeks, three herb bundles per week, all to add amazing flavour to your dishes. We grow 20 different herbs here at Almost Urban, so the variety is unparalleled. Be sure to check out the details on our website, linked in our bio.

03/04/2025

Nineteen days to the Spring Equinox, and here are some basic facts about our CSA (Community Shared Agriculture) program:
💚 Our CSA provides you with a box of fresh, seasonal vegetables each week for 16 weeks.
🥦 Each box includes a wide variety of vegetables, all grown here, by us. We grow 40 different vegetables and 20 different herbs each season.
🥬 The boxes can be picked up at one of three locations: Wolseley, River Heights, and on our farm in St. Norbert.
🧄 Boxes typically begin the second or third week of June, depending on the weather.
🫑 We pride ourselves on the quality of the vegetables we provide to you.
To learn more about our CSA program, check out the link in our bio.

03/02/2025

Twenty days to the Spring Equinox, and let's talk about the first of our promises to you.
🌱 We are "all natural" growers. What does that mean? The word "natural" is used to greenwash all kinds of products, so we need to be clear about what it actually means for us. For us, it means that we completely follow all organic standards, though we have chosen not to certify organic. We use barriers like net and fabric to keep pests off our plants, let nature do her work by introducing beneficial insects when the pest pressure threatens the crop, and use only organic-approved sprays, and then only as a last resort.
🐛 We believe that there has to be a balance between the needs of the natural world and our needs as producers. So swallowtail caterpillars are allowed to eat their share of the parsley and dill 🙂 It doesn't mean we don't take action (using organic methods) to manage pests when they threaten to destroy a crop. That's the reality of market gardening. But we do our very best to do that with care and consideration.
🌍 We've always loved the diagram that shows humans as just one element in the circle of nature, and not at the top of the pyramid. And that's how we've rolled since day one, nearly two decades ago. 💚
Our 2025 CSA shares are open for purchase. Be sure to check out the details in our website (linked in our bio)

03/01/2025

Twenty-one days until the Spring Equinox and our largest, and last to arrive, seed order is in the building. Time to get the soil mixer rolling!

02/18/2025

All the good reasons!

02/18/2025

Eat local, folks!

02/11/2025

Let's celebrate all the amazing food we grow right here in Manitoba! Hurrah for Canadian Agriculture💚💚💚

02/09/2025

Are you ready for another season of the freshest possible veggies? Our 2025 CSA memberships are now open! Join us to eat local and eat well🍅🥕🫑

01/28/2025

We're presenters at this lovely event 💚 Come out and meet your farmers and hear their stories!

01/25/2025

O.M.Gosh- fresh flowers today. Such a treat at this time of year!

01/23/2025

We're presenters at this lovely annual event (see the second slide for dates and details). Come out and hear our story, and the stories of 7 other fabulous local producers. Hope to see you there!

01/23/2025

We're presenters at this lovely annual event! Come out and hear our story, and the stories of 7 other fabulous local producers. Hope to see you there!

01/07/2025

When winter comes, and this forest next door becomes my daily walking place, I often think of this poem by Robert Frost. It describes better than I can our chosen path that lead us to be here on this market garden farm. It's not clear by the end of the poem if his chosen path comes with regret, but I think I can safely say ours does not.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

12/26/2024

Fondue night.

12/22/2024

On this darkest of nights, may the promise of the return of the light bring you hope and friendship and dreams of all things possible. Happy Solstice from our home to yours ❤

10/15/2024

Check out the winter season St. Norbert Farmers' Market hours! The marlet remains open year-round with shorter hours in effect.

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On Saturday October 19th, 2024 ⁠
NEW HOURS ARE IN EFFECT⁠
We're open from 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.!⁠
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Local Lives Here, Year Round!