From around 2015 – 2020 we had the last Thursday of every month designated as an open house social held in the BarNone Studio. We called it Over The Fence, and I had so much fun making the visual brand for this event out of coats and hats and ladders and brooms, depicting neighbours hanging…

One afternoon two young people strolled down the farm lane and knocked on the door. They had gotten my name and directions to my home from the super nice lady at the post office. They were inquiring as to whom they might speak with about getting permission to take pictures of the quaint, picturesque church…

Beekeeper Peter Best has 10 hives of honey bees, located on one of the north fields, at Riverdale Farm and Forest. The hives are located close to the river for fresh water, lots of wild honeysuckle, apple trees, and clover in the spring. They forage all Summer in the fields and gardens of Inglewood. They…

Scrap bike cultivator & pedal juicer (with help from Mark H)… Lots of upcycling, recycling, and scraping can be done on a farm!!

Growing Birdhouse gourds is always easy, and fun to see what shapes nature provokes. The vines are left in the field all winter as the heat and cold, wet and dry of the elements add to the curing process. The following summer the fruit is picked up and stored away until the mood strikes me…

There are only 2 weeks of the year when the hayloft is empty before the new crop comes in. And in that great high ceiling space , and hemlock floor, I always get the urge to dance and sing. And so it happened, the first time, within a weeks notice, we joined up with The…

Over the years, we have truly enjoyed watching young families stop by the barn to introduce their toddlers to the barnyard critters, and teaching the classic responses to what does a horsey say? “What sound does a chicken make?” It can be said we have seen a few decades of kids growing up, off to…

This book dropped into my hands at an airport book store on my way toMexico with Owen in November 2017. I was so inspired by what waswritten that while still on vacation I emailed Doug directly and ordered 10copies. I then sold them at cost to my neighbours and friends for $15, andsaid “read or,…

Riverdale has hosted three scarecrow contests 2020-2021-2022. The first year we had 14 entries, and they looked fantastic lined-up in the main market garden, which runs parallel to the Caledon Trail on the west side. Peer review voted this little scarecrow the winner! The following year, we had 9 entries and the winner was the…

Bed-Down Shavings was one of the added-on-value products we were able to offer early in the past decade. We had timber from our Woodlot management program; we had horses that needed bedding, and the motto “waste not, want not” passed down from our grandparents…so we bought a small shaving mill, a 40′ sea container, and…

It takes an awful lot of time and commitment for small farmers and growers to commit to a 20 week, Summer Farmers’ Market circuit. If the truth be told, at the end of the day, one just barely breaks even for the booth rental and insurance. The bigger truth is the priceless experience for us…

The Riverdale Market Garden was moved west, from this site, a few years back. Then, two families from the village asked if they could have a small plot to grow veggies, as their backyards had very little sun. So of course! In 2021, with so many folks staying at home, we put a sign out…