You can find P&H Farms at one of the Farmers' Marketsevery Wednesday through Saturday - check our locations
Organic Red Clover Hay for Sale
Approx. 1000 small square bales at $4.00 each ... Great for organically raised livestock ... first cut, just coming off the field now ... Port Hope area ... additional charge for delivery ... or can be picked up at P & H Farms northwest of Port Hope ... call 905-786-3043
Organically Grown Tomato Plants
Own-seed, organically-grown Tomato Plants available from P&H Farms: have you secured your summer supply of home-grown tomatoes by planting the varieties you love? Hearty plants started at P&H Farms (Certified Organic) in Port Hope are still available in individual pots or trays in 7 different varieties .... read more
Pick Your Own
Interested in picking your own produce? Have a look at the definitive guide to pick your own farms at Pick Your Own.
Canning, Freezing, Drying Directions
Over 150 directions for canning, freezing, drying your fruit. A useful reference for pick-your-own customers. There are pages on making jam, applesauce, salsa, apple butter, pickling, jellies, chutneys, you name it.
Local Farm Markets
Find a real local farmers' market near you - wherever you are - at Local Farm Markets.
New Research: Gardening & Veggies
New research from Texas A&M University and Texas State University found that older adults who participate in gardening may be more likely to eat their veggies. Read more.
P & H Farms grew over two dozen varieties of tomatoes from classics to heirlooms in 2009.
Starting with about 6 acres of tomatoes, in 2010 P & H Farms reduced its tomato garden to benefit from its own seed stock for the coming year. Steadily creating a tomato field with mulched rows, to reduce weed-growth over the summer of 2010, the plantings for the 2011 season will be able to have grown to reach the point of comprising 48 400-foot rows of at least 100 different variety of vegetables and melons.
A harvest of over 40,000 tomatoes is once again expected for 2011, along with abundant quantities of beans and peas, beets and broccoli, cabbage and carrots, lettuces, kales, and spinach, cucumbers, onions, radishes, summer and winter squash, turnips, and 4 varieties of sweet corn.
P & H Farms has chosen to broaden its production of vegetables this year for a number of reasons, the main one being to include a wider range of healthy, delicious products in their offerings at Farmers’ Markets and other sales venues. Looking forward, the added benefit of this crop will be its greater seed strength and diversity for crops in the years to come.
Preservation of heirloom varieties is still high on the list of priorities, as the choice of varieties planted reflects. P & H Farms is also looking ahead to modes of organic processing for storability. (Pictures of the fruits of this season are for later, but if you are interested in learning more about the different tomato varieties grown last year, and how they differ in taste, size, and yield per plant, please visit our Products Page)
