This fall, families and individuals will trek to Orchard Hill Farm located on Fruit Ridge Line in Central Elgin to collect their vegetable share, chat with the grower and enjoy the view over the ridge. It will mark the beginning of the farm’s seventh generation as Ellen Laing and her husband take on management of the Fall Garden. Ellen chatted recently about her parents’ farm and her return to Elgin County. 

On a visit to Quai du Vin's store, event space and vineyards you might get the sense that everything you see before you has come about, like a nice wine, in a natural way with liberal inputs of passion and hard work. And it has … Rob Quai reflected recently on the work (and fun) that has gone into the twenty five years since he and wife Lisa opened the winery that has become a picture-perfect place for quality, affordable wines and memorable events.

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Moosberger Farms, located on Nova Scotia Line just west of Port Burwell on Lake Erie’s north shore, has long been a landmark and popular stop for fresh potatoes. A large distinctive sign marks the farm which has been dedicated, for four generations, to a way of life and to growing really good potatoes.

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There aren't too many vegetables that grow on five continents, can be prepared using just about every cooking method, and grace the plates of both the most refined and simplest of dining tables. But the potato does.

Read the entire article, plus find Cindy's recipe for Crispy Potato Cakes in Relish Elgin Spring Edition 2015