The Fields
Grown with care in Black Creek
Five acres of vegetable beds, wildflower grasslands, forest and hedgerows, farmed on organic growing principles.
How We Farm
Our farming practices follow organic growing principles.
We use composts, manures, and cover crops to build soils and encourage microbial life, that in turn, grow great vegetables.
Our 5 acres is a special place made up of sections of long vegetable garden beds, grasslands with wild flowers, natural forested areas, and a tributary of the Black Creek, which runs along the edge of the back field. We encourage hedgerows where we have planted fruit trees, elderberries and allow the wild Nootka roses to flourish.
We have put up over 30 birdhouses around the farm and they are thriving with swallows, robins, chickadees, and other wild birds we do not know the names of. Diversification on your land, of animals, plants, birds, insects, etc, ensures a healthy ecosystem for all.
- Organic growing principles
- Compost & cover crops
- 30+ birdhouses
- Hedgerows & wildflowers
What Farmer Brian Grows
From salad greens to the summer harvest.
Leafy greens
We specialize in leafy greens. Our number one product is our mixed salad greens with scattered edible flower petals. You can find bags of them at Edible Island and both Discovery Foods, on Vancouver Island. We sell them at the Comox Valley Farmers Market, and of course, here in the Farm Store.
We grow a lot of red and green lettuce varieties, spinach, mizuna, arugula, kale, chard, frisse, and radicchio, that go into the salad mix and are also sold by themselves.
Spring plant starts
In the early Spring, we sell plant starts for your gardens. Lots of herbs, at least 10 varieties of tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, all the different greens, elderberry cuttings, zucchinis, squash, rhubarb, edible flowers, etc.
We also carry a good selection of seeds from Good Earth Farms. They are just down the highway from us!
Summer harvest
In the summer months, the shelves and tables are laden with carrots, all kinds of tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, celery, zucchinis, eggplants, peas, beans, onions, squash, fennel, herbs, and so much more.
We love growing such a variety for our customers.
Good Food Grows Here.
Come visit the farm store
Fresh produce, our own herbs, spice blends and sea salts, soups, relishes and more. Open Wednesday to Saturday, 9 to 5.
