Farm Story- September These are the first September weekends in 20 years that I haven’t been at the city markets selling potatoes. It is the result of suddenly completing a 10-year plan that began 5 years ago with the vague idea of finding alternate revenue streams for the farm. The…
Seed Potatoes for 2021 planting
Seed Potatoes now available for purchase on the farmstore Sieglinde Yukon Gold White Rose Red Chieftain La Ratte Fingerling French Fingerling
Aug 7. BC Organic Grower Magazine Biodynamic Farm Story We have no cattle on the place this year. This is not an ideal situation for a biodynamic farmer. Rudolph Steiner’s lectures are specifically reverent about the bovine influence. Very simply, their manure is important, and their manner is to be…
Our COVID statement…
April 2020 Please note Because we have no idea what is going to happen next, we don't know when we'll be at market or have open farm dates or anything like that. We are planting a regular crop however. If you would like to be on our mailing list we'll…
Seed Potatoes sold out for 2020
Sorry. We are all sold out. Turned out to be a very big year for seed potatoes. Please send us an email at potato@helmersorganic.com if you would like to be on the email list for next year. We start taking orders in the fall. Have a good season.
Biodynamic Farm Story – as published in winter COABC
Before I get rolling on this, the fourth installment of Biodynamic Farm Story, I need to remind anyone still reading that I am pushing this farming method because I believe in it. It works for the plants, the soil, the farm, the people, and the world. I think it should…
Where to find our Sieglinde in Vancouver
Eliza in Yaletown, Cincin, Les Amis du Fromage, Burdock and Co., Farmers Apprentice and of course, the Winter Market at Riley Park (Nat Bailey Stadium) on Saturdays 10am -2pm
Farm Story
Last week a customer remarked that things must be getting easier on the farm now that summer is over. I agree, in that here I am tooling about on a computer in broad daylight, but in fact we are not quite there. It’s a heavy time of year, really. The…
Plastic Bag Farm Story
Thoughts on plastic bag bans from an organic potato farmer. Clamorous demands for a plastic bag ban at Vancouver farmers’ markets have resulted in… a (pending) plastic bag ban at market. The association that runs the markets at which we have been selling potatoes for over 25 years recently announced…