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Heirloom potatoes, garlic, and whatever’s ripe this week.

A family vegetable farm in Osgoode, 35 minutes south of downtown Ottawa. Buy at our farm stand on Tavish Road, or find us at the market on Saturdays.

Baskets of red and white potatoes on a market table

This week at the stand

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    Harvest calendar

    What’s growing, month by month

    Pick a month to see what’s fresh from the field and what’s coming out of our cold room. Weather moves things by a week or two, so call if you’re driving out for something special.

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      Fresh from the field From our cold room

      Our specialty

      Twelve kinds of potatoes, and the people who grow them

      Potatoes take up twelve of our forty acres. These six are always at the stand from August; the other six come in smaller batches, so ask what’s in.

        At the stand

        • 5 lb bag, any kind$7
        • Heirloom sampler, 3 lb of four kinds$8
        • 50 lb sack, Yukon Gold or Kennebec$36

        Want a sack put by for the winter? Call us and we’ll set one aside at the stand with your name on it.

        Freshly pulled white garlic bulbs with their roots on

        Hardneck garlic

        Music and Red Russian, planted in October and pulled in July. Big cloves that peel easily and keep until spring in a cool, dark spot. Scapes in late June, while they last.

        $2.50 a bulb · 6 for $13

        Wooden crates of leeks, kale and beets at a farm stand

        Worth the drive

        Three times a year people come from town

        • A green basket of strawberries in the strawberry field

          Pick-your-own strawberries

          Late June to mid-July, mornings from 8 until the rows are picked. Baskets are at the field gate.

        • A pile of just-dug carrots with soil still on them

          Frost-sweet carrots

          We leave them in the ground until the first frosts in October. The cold turns the starch to sugar.

        • Pumpkins and striped and pale squash piled together

          Squash and pie pumpkins

          Eleven kinds from September, piled by the stand. Delicata and red kuri go first.

        Farm stand

        Come out to the farm

        The stand is at the end of our lane, under the blue sign. Everything on it was picked that morning or came out of the cold room.

        Farm stand hours by season
        • Saturday marketSaturdays from 8 to 1, May to October, at the farmers’ market downtown. Look for the blue tent.
        • ParkingGravel lot beside the stand, room for about fifteen cars. Turning around is easy, even with a trailer.
        • Getting aroundThe stand is at ground level on packed gravel. Sacks are heavy: ask, and we’ll carry them to your car.
        Map: the farm is on Tavish Road, east of Highway 31, south of Ottawa Hwy 31 Tavish Rd 4180 ↓ Osgoode ↑ Ottawa

        4180 Tavish Road, Osgoode, ON K0A 2W0About 35 minutes from downtown Ottawa. Take Highway 31 south, then turn east on Tavish Road.

        Send us a note

        Questions about what’s in, a sack for the winter, or a school visit? We answer within a day, faster in winter.

        Long green rows of a crop field under a cloudy sky

        Our story

        Three generations on Tavish Road

        Dale’s grandparents bought the farm in 1962 and grew hay and a few acres of potatoes. Dale and Joanne took it over in 1994, planted the first heirloom potatoes the year after, and have been adding a new one every couple of years since.

        Their daughter Tess runs the Saturday market tent. If you’re not sure which potato to buy, ask her: she’ll tell you what she’s cooking this week.

        Good to know

        Questions we get at the stand

        Do you deliver or ship?

        No. Everything is sold at the stand and at the Saturday market, so it’s picked close to when you buy it.

        Are you organic?

        We’re not certified organic. We rotate our fields and spray as little as we can. Ask us at the stand, we’re happy to talk about how we grow.

        When do strawberries open?

        Usually the last week of June, depending on the weather. We put the opening day on this page and on the sign at the road.

        Can I buy in winter?

        Yes. The stand opens on Saturdays until just before Christmas. From January to May, call us for potatoes, carrots or garlic from the cold room and we’ll arrange a time.