Wendalane Farms

life on our flower farm

Wagons Ho!

Bob | July 19, 2010

We’ve been known to occasionally complain about the amount of traffic on our road. This year we’ve taken a different approach and decided to put the wagon out with some of our sunflowers on it and try to slow down the odd speeder who might be looking for some flowers. The price is [...]

Leaning Towards Sunflowers

Bob | June 25, 2010

It’s always neat to watch Sunflowers track the sun. After they’ve established themselves and get to a certain size you’ll see the heads always pointing towards the sun. Here the sun is going down and you can see the sunflower head dipping down as it goes.

Before and After

Bob | August 15, 2009

I’ve been meaning to take more of these types of shots to show just how much things can change in two months. Yep, that’s the same bed from almost the same angle.

Sunflowers Finally

Bob | July 29, 2009

We had an extremely cold June/July and that directly affected how fast the sunflowers grew and matured, but finally they have started to bloom. This is always a great time of year as it fills our market van and our market booth with tons of colour.

Grimsby Market

Bob | July 24, 2009

Here is a picture of our booth at the Grimsby Market. This market runs from May to October, and from around 3:30 until it starts to get dark. We are very happy with our booth, and our neighbours at this market. To our left is Jim and Mary of Warner’s Orchards and [...]

Lily Almost

Bob | June 17, 2009

There are lilies throughout the farm wherever Jen has found the desire to plant them. She knows better than I which colour is going to jump out when they go from bud to bloom. My guess for these is yellow, but I’ll probably be incorrect.