Backyard Bounty

“Thanks truly to all for making this happen. I spoke about BackYard  Bounty last year to clients of mine in [Toronto] … and they remembered the discussion. They asked me this year how my garden was!! It was a great discussion and I loved updating them.” - Caron Reycraft, Homeowner

“I am really missing working at Backyard Bounty. And I love my shirt too!! It was such a good experience for me, in many ways.” - Nora W. Romero, Volunteer

Bins of veggies, all ready to go!

“The Backyard Bounty Shirts are awesome and Ecologically friendly. In fact, I’m wearing one right now. I did two job interviews in it today (one via the web with Zurich) and the other over the phone. The shirt felt comfortable during both. I think I got both jobs!” – Roli

What was your favorite vegetable?

“Ground cherries!! and carrots, herbs, are always yummy and practical. the flowers were nice too ”

How happy were your with the service from Backyard Bounty?

“Staff was all very friendly and welcoming for sure.”

How did you find the CSA pick-ups?

“Great location – convenient, central.  Nice to see others there we know, and meet new people.  Times worked well for us – allowed for varied schedules.

It is a great name, great idea, and important.   Thank you for your hard work, and for helping us to eat locally.” – A CSA Member

I went with Back Yard Bounty because I wanted to give back some way. As the buyer of a old house, I realized that the part of my back yard was going to need a huge amount of work to clean and put grass on.  I knew with my current schedule and as a Single dad, that is wasn’t going to happen. I saw Back Yard Bounty ads at the Guelph market and got interested. I finally reached you guys and that was when good things happened. Back Yard came in, set everything up, they put my garden to good use. All needed to do was look appreciate and boast to people when I had a party.  In short, I’ve grown beans for the community and I haven’t had to lift a finger. I would recommend this to anyone who has land, likes giving back to the community but is basically lazy – or like me, has no time.  Now if I could only find an organization like this that cleans houses…..  – Rob Cortis, Homeowner

I may decide to purchase another share next summer. I certainly recommend it to my friends and co-workers. Not a single bad thing to say about the program. Plus, the staff of Backyard Bounty are amazing! – Natalie Norman, CSA member

It is some of the best tasting salad I have ever had…the beets were delicious from the last two weeks… and also the little yellow cucumber… I have to admit it looked funny and so it sat in our fridge for over a week, and wasn’t looking it’s freshest by the time I got to eating it… but I peeled the skin off and cut it up and salted it lightly, and it was really nice and juicy and flavourful! – CSA member