what is Grassroot Organics?

Grassroot Organics (aka G-Root) is a small-scale, mixed farm practicing sustainable agriculture in Woodville, ON (on west side of the Kawatha Lakes). we focus on heritage breed poultry (chickens and turkeys), heritage breed pork, and market gardening.

we sell our goods at the Brickworks Farmers Market every Saturday in Toronto, as well as from our farm gate. We also service a number of fine dining restaurants and high-end retail stores in downtown Toronto.


Monday 23 May 2011

May 23

too busy to blog just yet (!).  here's my day...

MON:
- start a blog;  kill KEG email address                ....donendone....
- draft a mass email re my resignation from KEG                    ....donendone...
- chores;   check on summer sausage hanging;  attn to house plants (supposed to get rather windy)
- show laura how to forward email mssgs
- respond to kim's email
- call CR/DF re pig invoicing of next pig - May 24;  how many weaners coming, and when?;  MS looking for some - get back to mark
- create a spreadsheet to automate budget calc, based on jottings from saturday
- revisit GR budget - esp farm input section - $200/mnth budgeted right now, could most likely be as much as $500/month needed (!);  tweak sales #'s?!
- plan a talk w/ Dave Meli for Sat - need more $$ from beef, without scaring him off;  what is current 'rail price'?
        - NZ getting $2.75/lb for his beef, and his customers are paying the cut & wrap & kill fee;  i need to come up with a formula to match this
- chef list;  add lemon balm; no carrot
    - AMOS; asparagus
    - ES; will have only STAR greens for next two weeks while filling mama earth orders
    - HH;  celeriac - 5 bush
    - NZ; asparagus, rhubarb

change fiddle water

- call Brandon - won't need truck;  shannon in the market now though...

- will need to think about picking up grain bins at HH, NZ, LZ sometime during week (thurs when placing orders?)

- call eli            ....left mssg

- call aa re BWPicnic

- think fruit trees
- work on btb garden - transplant bean plants into back garden - seed more beans too?; will need trellising action for beans;  start working on outside of the fenced in area

garden patch - dedicated mint patch, dedicated chive patch?  - plant radish in bean row
- clean out turkey area - more straw
- weeding, weeding, weeding
- think pig!;  a-frames;  electric fencing;  feed;  etc.