10 years ago we planted approximately 50 fruit trees at Earth Candy and since then we have enjoyed many bountiful harvests; pictured above is one of our Italian prune plum trees, full of fruit in late September. Our farm is a unique combination of production gardens, commercial retail space, and family homes, within a biodiverse forest ecosystem. Everything is intertwined and connected: our parking lot is literally adjacent to our fruit trees and flower garden! For this reason, we are incredibly conscious not to contaminate the environment around us, and you can help us!
We want to give a FREE CHOCOLATE BAR to anyone who is:
Driving an electric car
Carpooling
Shopping for another family
Riding a bike
Your contribution to oil free transportation helps to keep our farm environment clean. This includes the air we breathe while working and shopping, our artesian spring which is downhill from the parking lot, and our food and flower gardens beside the market.
Although we haven't bought our electric tractor yet (it's the dream!) we exclusively use bio-diesel and biodegradable lubricants in all our farm machines and vehicles. It's the least we can do and we rest a little easier knowing that toxic oils aren't dripping into our soil and that our emissions are slightly more clean. How are you managing sustainability when it comes to your transportation and machine use? Do you have ideas for us? Driving is such a big part of the culture on Salt Spring; how do you feel about this?
As we wait for spring and all those fruit trees to burst into bloom, we are craving fresh food more than ever. Luckily Ellis has secured a large volume of organic BC apples and pears at a discount for this Saturday's market. These fruits are grown in Cawston, BC and are top quality, having just been released from Carbon Dioxide storage (which keeps them fresh during the winter).
Apples: Empire, Pinklady, Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Ambrosia, Braeburn
Pears: Anjou, Bartlett
We are also lucky to have the very last local Spartan apples from our farming friends at the Salt Spring Centre