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2012 CSA shares are now available!

Monday, January 2, 2012

Please visit our page on Community Supported Agriculture to find out how you can secure your share for the 2012 season and enjoy fresh vegetables each week from June to October of 2012.      Read More

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Membership Cards Available

Friday, December 30, 2011

Great news!  We now are offering membership cards.  By paying $75 upfront, you will receive 20% off on your vegetables each time you visit our booth at a market.  Check it out…  Read More

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Musical Chairs! Welcome Lisa!

Friday, December 2, 2011

We have some job swapping going on right now here at Backyard Bounty! First I shall say thank you to the wonderful staff and interns we had this year who are moving on to other great things in life.  Thank you Ursula, Ryan, Jessica, Joseph and Elisa for all of your hard work this year! Lisa Conroy who was one of our interns focusing her work at the Peri-Urban site this year, continued into November harvesting the rest of the vegetables, delivering them to restaurants and tucking the gardens in for the winter.  She... 

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Looking for a Marketeer!

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

We have a job available right now:  Marketeer!  If you have been itching for an opportunity to get your hands in the soil and are a charismatic early riser who loves vegetables and would be excited to take care of our market stands throughout the 2012 season then this may be the job for you.  See jobs for more details and to apply!  Read More

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New Backyard Bounty T-shirts are Here!

Thursday, August 25, 2011

90 new stylish Backyard Bounty shirts are printed and available for sale. These stylish, original tees will make great Christmas gifts.  They are going to go quick so order yours today! These beautiful shirts were provided by Hempire in Guelph, and printed byby Source Screen Printing in Markham.  The artwork was wonderfully created by Karen Kesteloot, a fantastic artist in Guelph and a part of the Backyard Bounty team.  The shirts come in bamboo and hemp.  You can get your shirt for $25 at one of our markets or... 

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Animated Painting by Nicole Hewat

Thank you to Nicole Hewat for developing this video for us! After I provided some pictures of our vegetables and gardens, she painted about 300 plates of glass and photographed each one to create this beautiful animation! Peter J. Kovacs then helped with some technical work, and gave the video its musical element by adding a song by a local musician, Luke Michielsen. Nicole is a wonderful up and coming local artist interested in creating more animated paintings.  She can be... Read More

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Opportunities with BB

Looking for a Marketeer!

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We have a job available right now:  Marketeer!  If you have been itching for an opportunity to get your hands in the soil and are a charismatic early riser who loves vegetables and would be excited to take care of our market stands throughout the 2012 season then this may be the job for you.  [...]

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Fun Stuff

Presentations

Jules Presentation

Backyard Bounty wants to share what we do with the community. We are interested in providing a presentation to your co-workers, friends, or group members for free!  We can talk about local food, transforming lawn to gardens, our services, and many other things. Just contact us and we can arrange a date and topic with [...]

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Vegetables

Planning for Next Year

Beautiful ripe tomato!

That’s what we do over the winter.  That and return to classes at the Uni, go on a couple holidays, get work for our other jobs done, etc.  You will not find us at any markets any longer this year, all of our vegetables are finished up and the gardens have been put to bed.  [...]

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Gardening

Transform Your Yard

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Backyard Bounty and Create Order have designed and created our first Eco-garden! Recreate your Backyard with Karis Clinton. The family living on this property in Guelph signed-up to convert their yard into an eco-friendly space and took it a step further – getting down and dirty in the conversion process, whether it be from removing [...]

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8 Islington Avenue
Guelph ON
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